Microsoft Buying Yahoo? OSS Implications
Just read news about Microsoft potentially buying or merging with Yahoo. These are just rumours, and lots of analysis will discuss why…
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Just read news about Microsoft potentially buying or merging with Yahoo. These are just rumours, and lots of analysis will discuss why…
I wonder if Rupert Murdoch has any shares in Yahoo he’s trying to get rid of. Just kidding But now would be a pretty good time to unload them. The New York Post ignited a firestorm of rumour this morning — and lit a fire under Yahoo’s share price too — with a story saying Microsoft is back in merger talks with the Internet portal.…
Google’s YouTube has announced the expansion of their partnership program to include many popular video content creators. The move seeks to offer a way for popular videos to monetize their popularity, by sharing in some of the revenue YouTube collects from AdSense ads.
You would think that questions about linking to a website, or more specifically, what you're allowed to say when linking, would have been put to rest. But that's not true for Cingular or for Verizon Wireless, who think they have a right to control your hyperlink anchor text and where you link on their public sites.
Richard Rosenblatt, chairman-CEO of Demand Media and former CEO of Intermix, told AdAge that:
As the fallout continues on the Digg and AACS key, probably the most cogent statement made in this whole process is civil disobedience as performance art.