Techmeme: Irish ISP begins three-strikes program to cut file-sharers' broadband connections (Matthew Rogers/Download Squad)

2:55 PM ET, May 24, 2010

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The Twitter Platform — Enduring Value — When we discuss the future of Twitter, we focus on the mechanisms through which we can build a platform of enduring value. The three mechanisms most important to building such a platform are architecting for extensibility, providing a robust API …

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Mark Zuckerberg / Washington Post:

From Facebook, answering privacy concerns with new settings — Six years ago, we built Facebook around a few simple ideas. People want to share and stay connected with their friends and the people around them. If we give people control over what they share, they will want to share more.

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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

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Yahoo, Nokia To Launch Co-Branded Services Around The World — While we already knew the subject of this news, Yahoo's CEO Carol Bartz officially announced Project Nike, a distribution partnership with Nokia this morning. Nokia will build Yahoo email, search, and other applications into their devices.

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Yahoo-Nokia Alliance Is Too Late for Mobile Market

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Apple:

Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 with Keynote Address on Monday, June 7 — Apple® will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address by CEO Steve Jobs on Monday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m. This year's WWDC sold out in a record eight days to over 5,000 developers.

Sean Hollister / Engadget:

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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

TweetUp Launches “AdSense For Twitter” Product At #TCDisrupt — TweetUp, the Twitter-focused search and advertising startup that was incubated by idealab - the original Overture founders - is launching today at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City.

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Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

IBM buys Sterling Commerce from AT&T for $1.4 billion — IBM on Monday acquired Sterling Commerce from AT&T for $1.4 billion. Big Blue said it will lump Sterling Commerce and its 2,500 employees in with its WebSphere middleware unit. — The move means that Sterling Commerce has another home inside of a large company.

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Matthew Rogers / Download Squad:

Irish ISP begins three-strikes program to cut file-sharers' broadband connections — Starting this week, Irish ISP Eircom will begin the three-month pilot-phase of a new program in which they'll enact a “three strikes” rule against subscribers found to be file-sharing.

Discussion: Ars Technica, The Irish Times, p2pnet and PlagiarismToday

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Irish ISP and Major Music Labels Ready To Disconnect Pirates

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