SMX Denver Day 1 Recap

Facebook’s AceBucks Bring In $1.5 Million

As regular readers will know, I’m wary of Facebook applications.  I’m especially wary of ones that require or (in the case of AceBucks) imitate real money.  But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense that Buddy Media, which owns the AceBucks app, has raised $1.5 million.

Facebook To Expand Globally

Facebook has plans to translate its Web site into foreign languages as it attempts to capture a larger share of the global market.

Microsoft Backs New Postal Technology

Depending on how much you trust the current government that likes to tap phones and secretly search your houses, an electronic form of paper mail that you can receive anywhere, anytime might be a good thing. At least you won't to worry about anthrax.

Steve Jobs Inspires Yahoo

It’s an exciting, strange, and, for Yahoo’s sake, hopefully encouraging piece of news: Steve Jobs gave the search engine company’s executives a pep talk.