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Wednesday, 24th October 2007

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Should Google Be Afraid Of Facebook?

In the latest issue of Fortune magazine, Josh Quittner wrote a page length article entitled Look Who's Worried Now (online here), in which he argues that Google is increasingly worried about Facebook. He says that Facebook is taking Google's talent, taking its traffic, and is using its platform to power a new Internet…

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Al Gore's Current: Re-defining TV, Using the Web

Last week while in San Francisco I got the chance to visit Current's offices, to check out the launch of their new Current.com website. I spoke to Robin Sloan (Online Product Strategist) and Joshua Katz (President of Marketing), who gave me a demo and overview of their strategy. I came away impressed by Current.com's stunning design - but more…

Richard MacManus comments

Microsoft Beats Google on Facebook Deal; Valuation $15 Billion

We wrote earlier this morning that Google and Microsoft were competing for a stake in Facebook, the super-hot social networking platform. Earlier, the NY Post was reporting that Google was the frontrunner. But a WSJ report has now confirmed that Microsoft won out: "Microsoft Corp. agreed to invest $240 million for a minority stake in Facebook…

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Messaging Services

Instant Messaging Round-Up

There are more and more ways to get your instant messaging done, with a large number of new online and offline clients from third parties. With so many instant messaging options, it's hard to figure out which one to use. Below, we've listed a large number of online and offline instant messengers, as well the various protocols supported by…

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