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Is Wikipedia On Its Last Legs?
The monetization of Wikipedia has been the subject of much debate, and even a little venom spitting, for the past several months.…
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Online Dating To Reach $932 Million
The US online dating market continues to grow but faces a slow down in the number of users paying for access, according to a study by JupiterResearch. European online dating sites are growing as well and are attracting new users. Revenues will double from 243 million euros in 2006 to 549 million euros in 2011, according to the JupiterResearch online dating forecast.
YouTube Censors Religion Criticism?
Outspoken atheist Nick Gisburne claims that the staff of Google-owned YouTube deleted his account simply because he posted a selection of Quran quotations, among other religious criticism. In a video he released on February 8th, he states:
Scoble Interviews Wikipedia
The Chairwoman of Wikipedia foundation, Florence Devouard, is interviewed on video by Nicolas Charbonnier and part of her speech at LIFT is online in the last third of his eight-minute video. On screen is a slide showing Wikipedia’s growth, which is one context behind why Wikipedia needs more funds/donations to keep up in the future. When your service is doubling every few months in near-exponential…
Obama Takes on MySpace
Via LostRemote, Barack Obama launched a social network campaign site. From the blog:
MySpace Beats YouTube To Copyright Protection
Compounding YouTube's recent rows with copyright holders, YouTube's biggest backdoor competitor, MySpace, announced a pilot program developed with Audible Magic to block copyrighted video from being posited in the community.
