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Google, Yahoo Quietly Develop Social Networks
So Google's Orkut hasn't taken off where it counts and the company missed its chance to buy MySpace for the half the…
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Dow Jones Denies News Corp. Buyout
A report from British news site The Business that Dow Jones had officially been sold to Rupert Murdoch is being called untrue by spokespersons for both the Bancroft family, which owns Dow Jones.
“Hyperlocal” News Sites Take A Hit
A lot of big companies - from Google to CNN - are interested in “going local,” and, to be honest, it seems that those companies have the money to do whatever they want. But “going local” isn’t easy; Backfence.com, which focused on a number of smaller communities, is going out of business.
Facebook Discusses Personalized People Search
Facebook’s a formidable entry in the social networking field - we all know this. But the company’s announcement that it is also doing well in people search (indeed, in Facebook’s own words, it is the “[m]ost used people search engine on the web”) came as a surprise to many.
Yahoo Properties Go Out Of Order
Everyone’s Internet connection goes a little bit wonky from time to time, and after having trouble reaching Yahoo.com, I thought this morning was one of those times for me. But I was wrong; it turns out that Yahoo was having issues.
The Other Boomers Get A Social Network
If you didn't know there was a Generation Jones, you're not alone, and those of this generation are not alone either – a new social network called Boomj.com aims to connect them, ridding them of the more ominous moniker, "the lost generation."
