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Scoble Covers Apple Press Event
I had about 250 people in my Kyte.tv chat room. I think Engadget said they had something like 40,000 unique visitors in…
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The Ad War Is Mostly Harmless
Well, leave it to the New York Post to yellow their headlines by proclaiming an "online ad war." A little over the top, but luckily the rest of Holly Sanders' article brings up an interesting development in the online advertising industry: there is a sort of power shift happening as a result of saturation.
Hearst Acquires Kaboodle
Never mind the kit: Kaboodle alone costs over $30 million. That’s the social shopping community’s rumored price tag, anyway, following an acquisition by Hearst Corp.; Kenneth A. Bronfin, the president of Hearst Interactive Media, explained that his company thinks Kaboodle “will bring to social shopping what MySpace has brought to social media.”
Congressman Calls For Yahoo Investigation
The chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives had a few choice words for Yahoo after discovering company executives knew more than they let on about the arrest of Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist jailed for speaking against the state.
Blinkx Hires Several New Execs
Google probably hires around 40 people on a daily basis; it almost certainly achieves that every week. Not every company’s worth $160 billion, however, and so it’s significant that Blinkx, which has a much smaller budget, has added a few employees and raised its overall headcount to 40.
Fred Thompson’s Webmaster Doesn’t Know Dmoz
The potential Presidential candidate's campaign doesn't know why a Google listing for his official website has a description they didn't write. We know what happened.
