Top Items:
Wall Street Journal:
Comcast, Time Warner Cable in Wireless Talks — Companies, With Others, May Help Fund Venture — The two biggest U.S. cable providers, Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., are discussing a plan to provide funding for a new wireless company that would be operated by Sprint Nextel Corp …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
CableCos Join The $3 Billion US WiMAX Rescue Act — WiMAX in the US has been a bit on the ropes, but it isn't dead yet. And if you believe The Wall Street Journal a miraculous comeback maybe in the offering, thanks to some deep pocketed cable companies' willingness to write mega-million dollar checks.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Craigslist Is Our Mirror, Nothing Better (Or Worse) — I flipped on the news today (yes, my actual television, not sure why) and the big story was Craigslist gone wrong. Someone placed an ad on Craigslist saying that anything at a home in Jacksonville, Oregon was up for grabs.
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Margaret Kane / CNET News.com:
Motorola to split in two — Under pressure investors, Motorola has decided to split into two publicly traded companies, one handling handsets and accessories and the other taking on wireless broadband networks and enterprise level communications services. — “Our decision to separate …
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Motorola:
Motorola Commences Process to Create Two Independent, Industry-Leading Companies — Separate Publicly-Traded Mobile Devices Business and Broadband & Mobility Solutions Business Anticipated — Company to Host Conference Call Today at 8:30 am ET — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) …
Discussion:
Between the Lines, Silicon Alley Insider, I4U News, Engadget, Switched and PhoneNews.com
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Screenshot - AdWords Text Ads with Video on Google Homepage — Google is now playing video commercials on their homepage. — This inline video ad from AT&T appeared on the Google search page for the keyword “phone” - the video clip remains hidden until you click the “Watch Commercial” link.
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Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Tests Video Ads Alongside Search Results — In February, we found out that Google intends to test video ads next to search results and now we can finally see some examples. Digital Inspiration spotted an AT&T ad targeted to the query [phone], but there's also an Intel ad when you search for [laptop].
cabel.name:
Japan: URL's Are Totally Out — If you hadn't heard via Twitter (and why would you?), I just returned from over two weeks of quality time in Japan. A lot of business and business planning, but also a whole lot of fun. The truly watershed event: this time, I had Steve along.
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek to roll out second-generation Eee PC with touchscreen panels and possibly GPS support in May or June — Asustek's 8.9-inch second-generation Eee PC lineup will include touchscreen panels and possible GPS support, with shipments expected to begin in May or June, according to Kevin Lin …
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Guardian Unlimited, Digital Trends, Gadget Lab, Dan's Tech-n-Stuff Weblog, TECH.BLORGE.com, Gizmodo and Engadget
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Communicate Acquires Y Combinator Startup Auctomatic, Unveils New Business Strategy — Communicate.com, a public company in Vancouver, Canada, is announcing the acquisition of Y Combinator startup Auctomatic this morning for $5 million in cash and stock. The company is also changing its name to Live Current Media, Inc.
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Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:Canadian media company buys Auctomatic for $5 million
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Mashable!
Bret Taylor / FriendFeed Blog:
FriendFeed API: Extend and improve FriendFeed — We are very excited to announce the launch of the FriendFeed API, which enables developers to interact with the FriendFeed site programmatically. It's designed to make it possible for anyone to improve FriendFeed or integrate FriendFeed into other applications.
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Associated Press:
Google execs: $1 in pay, $13B in stock — Giant stakes enrich Brin and Page, but value of their shares decline by billions as company stock falls. — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page each took home their customary $1 annual salary again in 2007 …
Haochi / Googlified:
GMail Trends — Mihai Parparita, a developer at Google (mostly on Google Reader) and author of many cool things that you have heard of or used, released a Python program today called Mail Trends that “let's you analyze and visualize your email.” The program will generate a page …
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Mihai Parparita / persistent.info:Mail Trends — I get a lot of email (especially at work).
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CNET News.com
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
OpenSocial is now neutral: What's the business hook here? — OpenSocial is no longer just a Google standard. Microsoft catches social networking religion. And most folks are wondering where Facebook will land in this mess. The larger question: Is there a business hook here somewhere?
Matt Hartley / Globe and Mail:
Bell irks ISPs with new throttling policy — Rocky Gaudrault wants Bell Canada to take its hands off his customers' data. — The chief executive officer of Teksavvy Solutions Inc., an Internet service provider (ISP) based in Chatham, Ont., says a new plan from Bell to “manage” …
