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Thursday, 24th May 2012

The Web's Original TV Show Ramp-Up Continues on Hulu and YouTube

Web-only, original programming. If there's one trend in TV this year that has the potential to shake things up moving forward, this is it.

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Wozniak, Circa 2004: Google's Value Is "Not Likely to Appreciate"

Wozniak, Circa 2004: Google's Value Is "Not Likely to Appreciate"

Steve Wozniak, two years later It’s been fun to watch the normally exuberant tech press go through the rationalization process of what went wrong with Facebook’s IPO, starting with claims that Friday’s flat opening meant the IPO was perfectly priced to outright ignoring the story. It’s been almost as much fun as…

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Axis Ain't No Browser - It's Yahoo's Latest Shopfront

Axis Ain't No Browser - It's Yahoo's Latest Shopfront

shopfront: the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows (Dictionary.com) Yahoo's search app Axis, launched earlier today, is being marketed as "a new kind of browser." It's not a browser though, it's an app that is available on PC, iPhone and iPad. On the PC, it's a plug-in (which is a type of app) for actual…

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Wednesday, 23rd May 2012

What Yahoo's New Axis Browser Gets Wrong - and Right

What Yahoo's New Axis Browser Gets Wrong - and Right

Yahoo just joined the browser game. The veteran Web company, which has been struggling to define its focus for years, is suddenly betting on the mobile space with a new browser called Axis. The product combines an iOS Web browser with a plugin for most major desktop browsers that syncs a user's Web history and bookmarks across their devices. How…

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Oracle Bets Big on Social Message Management, Acquires Vitrue

Oracle Bets Big on Social Message Management, Acquires Vitrue

There's a belief (which, for some, has metastasized into a desperate hope) that how you say something online, not so much what you say, directly translates to whether you'll read it. Today, a corporation that's notorious for never changing the way it says anything, announced it's acquiring a company whose business is message adjustment for brands…

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