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How To Structure a Yahoo-Google Search Deal: Its All About The Tail and the Torso

Even as Carl Icahn rallies angry shareholders to try to force Yahoo back to the bargaining table with Microsoft, one of the “strategic alternatives” Yahoo may still be trying to work out in the background is a search advertising deal with

Posted: May. 17, 2008 03:24 PM

Dont Screw Your Partners Over A Marketing Promotion

Celebrities are starting to take notice of Seesmic, a “Twitter for video” service that lets people have asynchronous video conversations on the fly (see my disclosure, I am an investor). First was Deepak Chopra, who made a whole series of

Posted: May. 17, 2008 03:21 PM

Facebooks Glass Jaw

Facebook finally has a real problem to deal with - an exceptionally rational and well-thought-out strategy by Google that puts the leading social media cloud in the path of a wave of angry users. The only thing Facebook has going for it is that said

Posted: May. 17, 2008 11:00 AM

Blabnote: The Voice-Only Social Network. Say What?

It seems a given that mobile social networking is going to be “the next big thing”, but squinting at tiny text is still a pain on today’s phones. To deal with this issue, Blabnote, a British startup that is currently in private bet

Posted: May. 16, 2008 11:03 PM

Friday Survey: Do You Own An iPhone?

It’s coming up on a year since the iPhone was released, and the second version appears to be just around the corner. So it’s a good time to check in with our readers and see just how many of you actually use the device. Please take a sec

Posted: May. 16, 2008 09:39 PM

Battle Over Data Ownership on Gillmor Gang

Epic Gillmor Gang today. Everyone went in with guns blazing over the data portability/ownership debate that has spilled out over the Facebook/Google scuffle. DataPortability founder Chris Saad was also on the call, but failed to take a leadership pos

Posted: May. 16, 2008 08:37 PM

Storyblender Brings a Goofy Side to Casual Animation

Storyblender, which recently launched in private beta, is a new casual animation platform that will appeal to users who want customized movies in a hurry. The site was a presenter at TechCrunch 40. If you’d like to try it out, you can grab on

Posted: May. 16, 2008 08:29 PM

Breaking: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica

Condé Nast has acquired popular technology blog Ars Technica (ranked #5 all time on the BloggerBoard), we’ve confirmed. The site will become part of Wired Digital (which in turn is under CondéNet, run by Sarah Chubb). Wired Digital assets inclu

Posted: May. 16, 2008 04:40 PM

Become a Virtual NewsCopter Passenger on AirFox Live

Chicago’s Fox affiliate WFLD has launched AirFox Live, a mashup whose spec list reads like a technophile’s pipe dream. The site combines a helicopter, GPS, live video, and Google Maps to produce a realtime data stream of the network̵

Posted: May. 16, 2008 02:30 PM

Live Universe Picking Up Jangls Pieces

Just over a week ago the founders of and five engineers from VoIP services provider Jangl left for Jajah after the company failed to find a proper suitor. Following their departure, it was unclear what would happen to Jangl’s assets and remaini

Posted: May. 16, 2008 02:11 PM