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Microsoft:
Microsoft Launches Beta of New All-in-One Service for Consumers — Q&A: Group Product Manager Bryson Gordon discusses “Albany” — a new service to help consumers be more protected, productive and connected and to stay current with essential software and security updates.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft readies ‘Albany’ subscription trial for consumers — Microsoft is set to start testing privately a consumer Software + Service bundle code-named “Albany,” an all-in-one bundle of Office Home and Student, Windows Live OneCare, Office Live Workspace and various Windows Live services.
louisgray.com:
Most Bloggers Don't Deserve Any Ad Revenue — It's routinely shocking to me that so many bloggers think they should try and make a profit from their Web site. — Urged on by the success of mega blog networks like TechCrunch and spurred forward by stories from ProBlogger …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Comscore: The Google fallout — Google's first quarter earnings call didn't have much in the way of theatrics, but a serious brush back pitch was delivered to Comscore. What should we make of Google CEO Eric Schmidt essentially throwing Comscore under the bus?
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:Google Defies the Economy and Shows Profit Surge
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Jena McGregor / Business Week:
The World's Most Innovative Companies — Smart ideas for tough times: The 50 companies that make up our annual ranking nurture cultures that value creative people in good times and bad — Suddenly, innovation has a bull's-eye on its back. As the recession debate shifts from “what if” …
Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog:
Minimum Bids No Longer Fixed at $.10 — How to manage your new Sponsored Search minimum bids — Starting today, minimum bids for some Sponsored Search keywords will no longer be fixed at $.10. Throughout the next week, you may start noticing new minimum bids on some of your keywords.
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
After complaints, Apple tweaks Software Update for Safari — Following a storm of criticism, Apple has changed its Software Update software to mark a distinction between new programs, such as its Safari on Windows browser, and updates to existing ones. — Last month, Apple started …
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Fred / A VC:
The Difference Between Wordpress and Facebook — Is about $14.8bn according to the publicly available information about the most recent financings of the two companies ($15bn for Facebook and $200mm for Automattic). — But consider this comscore chart of unique visitors over the past year.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Secret Merger Talks Between Technorati And b5media Blow Up — Blog search engine Technorati was days away from merging with blog network b5media when the whole deal blew up earlier this week, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. — Technorati has been searching …
Margaret Kane / CNET News.com:
New Zappos: Shoes—and gadgets to boot — Sometime in the next few weeks, online shoe seller Zappos.com will launch a new user interface that could soon let consumers buy lipstick and MP3 players along with Birkenstocks and Nikes. — The company is preparing to do a soft launch of the new …
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Watch Restricted YouTube Videos — I've noticed that an increasing number of YouTube videos are restricted to a limited number of countries, probably because the company that uploaded them doesn't have global distribution rights or because it wants to use different marketing strategies in other countries.
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Google shares poised to capture largest one-day gain — Google's shares soared 19.1 percent in morning trading Friday, poising the Internet giant to mark its largest-ever one-day gain, partying like it's 1999. — The Internet search giant's stock jumped as high as $535.50 a share in early-morning trading …
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Jonathan Richards / Times of London:
iPhone sellers braced for hit on cheap handsets — Mobile operators with exclusive contracts to sell Apple's iPhone are bracing themselves for significant losses on unsold stock as they clear the shelves to make way for a new, faster version expected this summer.
Jonathan Skillings / CNET News.com:
Take-Two rebuffs latest offer from EA — After a quiet few weeks, Electronic Arts and its takeover target, Take-Two Interactive Software, are back to sparring. — The latest round between the video game makers got into full swing on Friday morning, with word from EA that it would extend …
