Odeo Purchased Back by Founder

The development, launch, growth and (minor) failure of Odeo, is a strange story. When the company, founded by Blogger co-founder Evan Williams, launched back in February of 2005, it raised $5 million in VC, but never really raised our attention.

Google Keeps Fretting Over Googling

Merriam-Webster's and the Oxford English Dictionary's addition of "Google" to their multitude of pages as a verb has given Google fits, and the company has been desperately trying to fight the genericizing of their trademark name.

Obvious Corp. Buying Odeo

Evan Williams and other Odeo employees buying control of Odeo back from their VCs is definitely an interesting piece of news because it's not that common, and it says something interesting about what some companies are experiencing right now.