Will Kindle 2.0 Mirror iPod’s Success?

Rumor has it Amazon will unveil the second generation of its ebook Kindle at a press event next Monday. The device is expected to be thinner and cheaper, but still will lack certain functionalities the digital consuming public might expect. Beyond that, predictions for the device seem overly optimistic.

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Travelzoo Talks $1.8 Million Acquisition of Fly.com Domain

Last Friday, travel site Travelzoo announced that it had purchased the domain Fly.com for $1.8 million. Not a lot of details were released about the transaction, so I contacted Travelzoo to find out a bit more.  Mindy Joyce, Travelzoo's senior marketing director got back to me and answered a few questions.

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Microsoft Names Most Popular “How To” Searches Of ’08

Like it or not, we're now 35 days into 2009, and textbook writers are probably already trying to compose a few paragraphs about last year for the overpriced latest versions.  Microsoft may want to help, as it's just released a list of the top "how to" queries of 2008. 

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Facebook Marks Five Years

Facebook is celebrating its 5th birthday today and the social networking site now boasts more than 150 million users globally. In a blog post, founder Mark Zuckerberg reflects on the last five years. "Facebook was founded in 2004 to give people the tools to engage and understand the world around them. We are glad and humbled that so many people are using Facebook in this…

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Microsoft Virtual Earth Gets Massive Imagery Update

Earlier this week, Al Gore, Jimmy Buffet, and a famous oceanographer came together to announce a Google Earth update.  Don't look for the same level of hubbub here, but Microsoft's now taking its own impressive step in this area by releasing about 100 terabytes' worth of Virtual Earth imagery.

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