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Google Reader Gets Way More Social With New Sharing Features
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Drew Olanoff This is great for ReadBurner users!!!This story is near and dear to my heart: Google Reader has added a bunch of features to make sharing items more social and much easier. The biggest addition, which makes Google Reader sharing a lot more like saving something to del.icio.us or submitting it to Digg, is a new bookmarklet so you can share any web page in Google Reader. ...
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Google Wants To Be Your Universal Profile Too; Announces Friend Connect
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Stan Schroeder on May 12, 2008
Following announcements last week from Facebook and MySpace about initiatives to make your social networking data portable, Google has announced “Friend Connect,” a similar service that will officially launch this evening at Google’s Campfire One event.Friend Connect is a tool which enables any website owner to add some code to their site and get a number of social features. You know, all...
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Facebook Borrows $100 Million to Buy Servers
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Adam Ostrow on May 09, 2008
Facebook is about to spend big on upgrading its infrastructure. According to Business Week, the social network has closed a deal to take a $100 million loan (“venture lending”), all of which will be spent on new servers. Facebook gives up no equity as part of the deal. Business Week explains how this type of loan works:“Venture lending peaked during the dot-com bubble of the late...
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Addict-o-matic Thinks Search Needs an Easy Button Too
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Kristen Nicole on May 07, 2008
Addict-o-matic is a new site that is quite similar to Surchur, a site that Adam O. reviewed just yesterday. In that sense, Addict-o-matic is also quite similar to Alltop, popURLs, Original Signal, and the rest. What makes Addict-o-matic slightly different is its search page, which allows you to search any topic with a particular keyword. The results you’ll get will be quite numerous and...
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Domize: The Fastest Domain Name Search Ever
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Adam Ostrow on May 07, 2008
Are you the type of person that registers a new domain name every time you think you’ve cooked up the next big thing? If so, you might want to check out Domize, a new site that is essentially a super slick and fast interface for checking the availability of domain names, both on the Web and via iPhone. As developer Anson Parker describes it, “Without exaggeration, it blows away anything...
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TorrentSpy Hit with $110M Judgement. The MPAA Has Won.
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Kristen Nicole on May 07, 2008
TorrentSpy already shut its doors earlier this year, and even though the company’s founder Justin Bunnell insisted that it’s trying legal loss was not behind the decision to close down the site, it appeared to be the only feasible reason for TorrentSpy moving towards oblivion. After a defeating battle against the MPAA, TorrentSpy was out of tricks for continuing to fight against the American...
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CBS Acquires CNET For $1.8 Billion
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Stan Schroeder on May 15, 2008
CNET Networks, and all of its properties, including CNET, ZDNet, GameSpot.com, TV.com, CNET News, UrbanBaby, BNET, CHOW and Search.com, are being acquired by CBS for a total price of $1.8 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of CNET Networks for $11.50 per share, representing an equity value of approximately $1.8...
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Google News Now Looks Beautiful On Your iPhone
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Stan Schroeder on May 02, 2008
Finally, Google News is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch, for users in over 30 countries. Wait…iPhone isn’t available in over 30 countries, right? Oh well, let’s just shelve this one with the rest of unsolved mysteries, like the fact that Apple sells way more iPhones than its exclusive carrier, AT&T, has iPhone subscribers. In any case, Google News for the iPhone is here, and it...
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Rackspace Unveils Mosso For Scalable Storage
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Sean P. Aune on May 06, 2008
... CEO Michael Crandell, in which they attempt to concisely explain exactly what the concept and application of cloud computing is. The embed is available below, or you can download the MP3 file directly here.Get the Mashable Conversations podcast here. Add directly to iTunes here (or give us a rating).Add directly to your Zune here.© Sean P. Aune for Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog, 20...
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SourceForge Now OpenID-Friendly
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Paul Glazowski on May 07, 2008
SourceForge, an immense base of open software development and discussion, today announces its newly instated mechanism for accepting OpenID users. According to an estimate provided by the website, this enables some 250,000,000 potential OpenID registrants to join the collaborative, which SourceForge already counts to be some 1.84 million strong. Naturally, the chair of the OpenID Foundation,...
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