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The killer Twitter-tracker just arrived and its name is Tweetmeme
via TechCrunch by Mike Butcher on January 27, 2008
It had to happen sooner or later. We’ve had Technorati. We’ve had TechMeme. Now we have Tweetmeme, which will track what’s hot on micro-blogging platform Twitter. The business of tracking the online conversation just a got shot in the arm with the tech equivalent of crack cocaine.Built by the makers Fav.or.it, a yet-to-launch blog commenting system, Tweetmeme looks for new content and...
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WOW. Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo
via TechCrunch by Duncan Riley on January 31, 2008
It’s been rumored for a long time, but now it’s reality.Microsoft has made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. The bid, which would consist of cash and Microsoft stock, values Yahoo shares at $31 a share, a 62% premium on Thursdays closing price.Michael stated during his appearance on Fox Business this week that Yahoo could face a takeover by Microsoft as part of an ad play, and he...
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Yahoo’s oneConnect: One Mobile App to Rule Them All
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on February 11, 2008
Today at the Mobile World Congress in Spain, Yahoo announced a mobile app called oneConnect that will be available in the second quarter as part of the upcoming release of Yahoo Go 3.0. I have not seen a demo of this myself, but it sounds like a much-needed integration of messaging and social apps. OneConnect will pull together contacts from your mobile phone, Yahoo address book, and social...
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MySpace Shows Facebook How It’s Done: Google Gears To Power Messaging
via TechCrunch by (author unknown) on May 27, 2008
Shared by Michael Really interesting development!The Google I/O conference in San Francisco kicks off today with a really welcome announcement: MySpace has integrated Google Gears into its messaging system, which will back up all messages to a user’s local machine and allow for very fast search and sorting. This is the largest third party implementation of Gears and the first time a search and...
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Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope Released
via TechCrunch by Mark Hendrickson on May 12, 2008
Microsoft has released its highly anticipated Worldwide Telescope software, which can be used by astronomers and non-astronomers alike to explore the heavens with a desktop client akin to Google Earth. We’ll have a detailed review up shortly. Until then, head over the site and download your copy for free (Windows only).See our previous coverage here and here.Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause...
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OLPC 2.0: A Striking eBook and a Step In the Right Direction
via TechCrunch by John Biggs on May 20, 2008
Here is the the next-generation OLPC. It will consist of dual touchscreens on a single spine and include keyboard, face-to-face, and ebook functionality. The touchscreens will be built by a start-up by OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen. These screens will be readable in direct sunlight, just like the OLPC. I’m glad that the second generation OLPC is more of an ebook than a laptop. While the...
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Add Google Reader, Techmeme, and TechCrunch Tabs to FriendFeed
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on June 04, 2008
Who knew Duncan Riley was such a Greasemonkey? My former colleague just made FriendFeed a lot more useful for people on Firefox. Using Greasemonkey, an add-on to Firefox that lets developers customize Webpages through the browser, he created some scripts that add tabs to FriendFeed that make it even more of a super start page than it already is. He got the idea from this app called...
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Will We See Delicious 2.0 This Week?
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on January 20, 2008
It’s been four and a half months since Yahoo first previewed Delicious
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Scoble Sells Out
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on January 24, 2008
... have been the main proponents of advertising-free blogs over the years, arguing that it creates conflicts that should be avoided. In 2005, when we first put ads on TechCrunch, Winer wrote a long comment expressing disappointment and regretting linking to the site, and followed up with a podcast on the issue. He’s been writing about this since at least 2000.This isn’t the first time Sco...
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Can Google Still Claim To Be David To Microsoft’s Goliath? No.
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on February 02, 2008
Google finally went on the recordtoday regarding the proposed Microsoft/Yahoo deal. In short, they don’t like the idea of Microsoft and Yahoo being one company. They think it raises “troubling questions” and threatens “the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation.” Microsoft is also vilified as engaging in “inappropriate and illegal influence” and having...
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