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Expanding The Concept Of “News”
Thanks to my mesh pal Mike Masnick from Techdirt for pointing me towards a recent column by Jeremy Wagstaff of Loose Wire…
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Web 2.0 Talks About Car Pricing
A car commercial might last 30 or 45 seconds, and in most cases, only a tiny portion of it will discuss pricing. I’m not complaining - high-def laps are more interesting than transferable leases - but this is all the more reason to turn to blogs, social networks, and other online resources for financial information.
Bernstein Bearish, Says YHOO Should Break Up
Sometimes the whole of something isn't worth the sum of its parts. An analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein thinks someone needs to do to Yahoo what Bruce Lee used to do to his on-screen foes and bust it into pieces.
Bear Stearns Bullish, Says GOOG To $700
So shares of Google are tickling the underbelly of $600. Big deal. Wait 'til next year, when trading puts a seven in front of those double-zeroes.
Google Earth Turns Unwelcome Eye Towards Israel
We’ve seen this sort of thing before: people complaining that Google Earth has exposed military secrets or put certain structures at risk. Yet of all the nations in the world, Israel may have the most right to worry, and it’s this country that the latest update affected.
Mesmo.TV Attracts $900,000
Social networks and video-sharing sites are two of the most popular things out there. So it makes sense that Mesmo.TV, a social video site, would be well-regarded, and it is - Mesmo.TV just raised $900,000 in funding.
