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Is Flickr Worth $4-Billion?
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on May 07, 2008
In the wake of Microsoft’s aborted courtship of Yahoo and Jerry “Oh, did you increase your offer” Yang, there’s bound to be a lot of scrutiny about what’s next for Yahoo.One asset that’s well known but perhaps not scrutinized from an investment perspective is Flickr, the world’s most popular photo-sharing site that Yahoo picked up for a song ($40-million) in 2005. Today, Flickr...
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Could Anyone Buy Google?
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on February 05, 2008
If you believe the adage that anything is for sale at the right price, does that apply to Google?This scenario - however seemingly implausible - struck me after Microsoft unveiled plans to spend $44.5-billion to acquire Yahoo. That’s a whack of cash but it pales in comparison to the $158.5-billion it would take to acquire Google (not including a takeover premium).Still, does that price tag make...
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Wanted/Needed: Twitter Services Directory
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on May 06, 2008
One of the best aspects of Twitter is the flurry of cool related services that seem to be released on a daily basis.The launch of TwitterFone yesterday got me thinking how useful it would be to have a directory where you could find any Twitter-related service. It would be something similar to the Wordpress Plugin Directory, and be a user-friendly destination where Twitter aficionados could easily...
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The Twitter Ecosystem’s Spark
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on January 27, 2008
For those of you into Twitter, Tweetmeme might become another must-use tool.Much like Techmeme analyzes and aggregates the most popular/active blog conversation, Tweetmeme does the same for Twitter.If it lives up to its potential, Tweetmeme might just be the service that single-handedly sparks an explosion in the Twitter development community. This isn’t to diss the growing number of...
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Twitter 101
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on March 05, 2008
If you haven’t heard of Twitter or want to learn more about it, Common Craft (which produces terrific videos on technology services) has a cool video on Twitter that explains how it works. Technorati Tags: Twitter
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A Return to Reading Blogs
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on March 08, 2008
Over the past couple of weeks, something that I’ve started to read blogs again.Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been consuming a lot of blog content but, for the most part, it’s been within Google Reader where 150 or so RSS feeds lie in waiting every day.The difference recently, however, is when I find an interesting blog post, I’m often clicking through to the blog itself. Not sure why this is...
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A Chance for Pownce to Pounce?
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on May 20, 2008
The amazing thing about Twitter is that despite its ongoing and frustrating technical problems, people keep on using it. You know you’re red-hot when most of your users continue to love what you do even when you screw them around.Still, you have to wonder if there will be a point in time when Twitter’s technical troubles start to make people think twice about not only using it but may get...
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A New del.icio.us Soon
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on January 20, 2008
del.icio.us is an extremely useful service but, truth be told, it has been pretty stagnant since being acquired by Yahoo two years a
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Automattic’s Aggressive Ambitions
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on January 28, 2008
Hot on the heels of snagging $29.5-million in venture capital, Automattic made another announcement - this time unveiling a Twitter-like service called Prologue in which Wordpress users can exchange short, Twitter-like messages. Matt Mullenweg claims Automattic isn’t going after Twitter but that’s just his Texas charm at work because it’s increasingly difficult not to get the idea...
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Would You Pay for Online Applications?
via Mark Evans by Mark Evans on January 29, 2008
A few days ago, CenterNetworks asked whether anyone would pay $1/month to subscribe to an RSS feed or, perhaps, $4.95 for a package of 10 feeds.Not surprisingly, the response was unenthusiastic. With so much content being pumped out every day, how many blogs are worth $1 - especially when many people are reluctant to pay for “professional” editorial content from the New York Times, Wall St....
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