Meebo brings embeddable chats to Hearst sitesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 17 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
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"Instant-messaging service Meebo announced on Thursday that it has inked a deal with Hearst Magazines Digital Media that will bring its Meebo Rooms instant-messaging and chat tools to the sites..." read more »
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Google cries foul over coverage of Apps outagesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
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"Recent outages affecting Google Apps have received a disproportionately large amount of coverage from the technology press, resulting in a misperception about the stability of this hosted collabora read more »
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Yahoo Almost To $10. Referee, Please Call This Fight.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags yahoo, microsoft, shares, economy, finances, Search All Tags
"Yahoo dipped again today (as did the market in general), down nearly 9% to $10.34. That means they've officially destroyed $31 billion in shareholder value since turning down Microsoft's acquisit read more »
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LiveWorld offers new private-label social networking editionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 18 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
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"LiveWorld, a social media marketing agency that's trying to expand its business into social networking, announced today that it will offer a new edition of its Community Center 2.0 software..." read more »
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Twitter vote-monitoring effort mainly sound and furyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
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Angela Gunn reports, "A three-page paper from Bob Conrad, a Nevada-based PR person, blogger and doctoral student, looks at last Tuesday's Twitter Vote Report -- a volunteer effort to give voters a read more »
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WiMAX gets a handset, but no free ride for evolutionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 18 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags wimax, handset, gsm, itu, standard, Search All Tags
Bill Ray reports, "The WiMAX camp should be celebrating the launch of the first WiMAX/GSM mobile phone, but instead the technology backers are under fire from the ITU for trying to paint a redesign read more »
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In Time For The Penny-Pinching Holidays Comes Yahoo DealsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags holidays, yahoo, deals, income, economy, Search All Tags
Yahoo has launched a new site section that focuses exclusively on shopping deals in anticipation of holiday shopping. read more »
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Why free Wi-Fi could (help) save StarbucksOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: internet | Tags free, wifi, help, starbucks, Search All Tags,
"Starbucks' wretched earnings report this week may unnerve fans of coffee and out-of-office Wi-Fi, but now there's evidence that keeping customers hooked for free is smart business practice..." read more »
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