venturebeat.com - 10/22/2008
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Facebook is indeed working on a plan to deeply integrate streaming music into its site, I’ve learned. The details of a rumor published last week in the New York Post are, from my understanding, basically accurate. The social network is considering a partnership deal with one of four ...
wired.com - 10/21/2008
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wired.com —
Thinking about launching your own blog? Here's some
friendly advice: Don't. And if you've already got one,...
pull the plug. Writing a weblog today isn't the bright idea it was four years ago. The blogosphere, once a freshwater oasis of folksy ...
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Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004
techcrunch.com - 10/23/2008
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techcrunch.com —
The bad blood between Facebook and Google may
go deeper than anyone has really realized to date....
The spat became public earlier this year when Facebook banned Google’s Friend Connect , theoretically over security issues (but really over ...
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Don’t Hold Your Breath For The Facebook Android App
mathewingram.com - 10/21/2008
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mathewingram.com —
Hey, didn’t you hear? Blogs are so 2004.
They’re dead now, says Paul Boutin (who also writes...
for Valleywag) in a piece he wrote for Wired magazine. Here’s his argument (such as it is) in a nutshell: “The blogosphere, once a ...
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Blogs are so over, Wired magazine says
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Imeem Cuts Quarter of Staff, Might Be Looking for Buyer
TechCrunch —
... lost between July and August alone:
The reasons for Imeem’s cuts may be mixed: girding oneself for bleak economic conditions, readjusting performance expectations, and (as Paid Content suggests) shifting focus away from technical development and towards marketing. Whatever the reasons, Imeem’s surviving staff members have their work cut out for them; the free music streaming space is getting hot with competition from MySpace, iLike, Lala, and possibly Facebook as well.
Imeem, a Sequoia Company, has been added to our ongoing ...
MySpace Music picks up more indie artists
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... ... the other giant in social
networking, Facebook, is reportedly in discussions with digital music
services to make a big push into music, as discussed by VentureBeat, following a story in the New York Post from last week. ...
How Would Facebook Music Affect the Facebook Platform?
Inside Facebook —
Last week, there was a lot of talk in the tech blogosphere about rumors originally reported by the NY Post that Facebook is stirring the music pot again by talking to potential partners about putting together a deal to integrate their music experience inside Facebook.
Facebook is rumored to have had conversations with Rhapsody, iLike, imeem, and Lala. Obviously, potential partnerships with these would look quite different depending on the partner, since some (Rhapsody and imeeem) have streaming music deals with ...
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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, in a tie? Oh my.
If you know Mark you know he’s a pretty casual dresser. Usually seen in T-shirt, jeans, and sandals.
But not here at the World Economic Forum where we walked around downtown Davos ...
Facebook Connect Launch Scheduled For November 30
techcrunch.com 11/5/2008 — An update to our recent post on Facebook Connect : Facebook is pushing partners hard to be prepared for an official November 30 launch.
24 of 26 announced launch partners have yet to integrate Facebook Connect. We’ve spoken with a number of ...
Facebook Value Drops To $2 Billion
alleyinsider.com 12/17/2008 — Facebook still has a valuation most 24-year old entrepreneurs would kill for, but it's a far cry from the $15 billion mark the company set last fall. Valleywag's Owen Thomas:
Facebook is not publicly traded, but an informal market exists for its ...
Silicon Valley's hottest startup —
Technology news - CNNMoney.com 10/20/2008
Silicon Valley operates on potential. Employers may not like it, but talented engineers switch jobs like Pony Express horses so they can be at a company that has a shot at dominating the future. Google and Apple (after the return of Steve Jobs) were ...
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