Hitwise Sums Up Facebook At Five

Today marks Independence Day in Sri Lanka, Across the Universe Day for NASA buffs, and, as you've surely heard by now, Facebook's fifth birthday.  To celebrate, Hitwise took a look at the social network's state of being and some of its more recent achievements.

Competing with eBay by Making People Matter

As discussed in this article from the other day, Bonanzle is a site that is emerging as a contender to compete with eBay, who as we all know has been driving a lot of sellers away for various reasons.

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The article on CNN.com detailing a New Jersey DJ putting up his famous 867-5309 phone number and DJ business for sale on eBay said the owner hopes to make $40,000 to spend on a Caribbean vacation. Current bid: $434,544.44.

Gmail Simplifies the Labeling Process

Google has taken a few steps to make labeling email messages in Gmail a little less complicated, particularly for those who are new to the service and not used to the Gmail labeling system. Gmail users will notice that the buttons at the top of their inboxes are a little different looking now:

Google Asks Time Warner For Money Back

Roughly three years ago, Google bought a five percent stake in AOL for $1 billion.  AOL then went down the tubes, and more recently, the economy has done the same.  So everyone's favorite search giant has now put Time Warner into a position where it may have to offer something of a refund.