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Bebo Is Forcibly Changing Usernames

I first saw it over in a post by Andy Beal at Marketing Pilgrim, but in the post he lays the tracks to a whole epidemic of unauthorized name changes by top social networking service Bebo.  It appears, at least from the mountain of bewildered queries on random web forums as well as Twitter that at l... (original story)

Microsoft Ads: First Phase To “Engage Consumers, Spark Conversation”

So the tech and geek crowd is a little underwhelmed by the new $300 million Microsoft advertising campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld that kicked off tonight. It's mostly content free, with just one mention of Microsoft near the end. It's a far cry from the brilliant Microsoft v. mac ads that Apple ha... (original story)

The Seinfeld Ad Microsoft Paid Millions For: Pro and Con Opinions

Microsoft ran its first commercial with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld on NBC this afternoon, to mixed reviews. Seinfeld will reportedly take home $10 million for his part of the $300 million "Windows Not Walls" ad campaign. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/microsoft/The_Seinfeld_Ad_Microsoft_Paid_Mil... (original story)

Office 2.0 Day 1 Recap

I'm at the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco, where day 1 has just concluded. As with all conferences, the most valuable parts have been the discussions outside of sessions. And I can tell you that the corridors have been humming here. The conference is a who's who of business-centric cloud com... (original story)

Secretive Storage Company Dropbox Took Sequoia Funding in 2007

Dropbox is one of those infuriating startups that just won't show us much of what they're up to beyond the basic user experience (see video). We first saw them at Y Combinator demo day in August 2007, and talked to them again in March when they went into private beta. It looks like Sequoia was on ... (original story)

Facebook Live Feed a Killer? More Like a Hindrance

Recently, Facebook released a live feed feature for the homepage of Facebook users. This new feature allows you to see the latest updates by your Facebook friends in real-time. You could compare it to functionality that FriendFeed and Twitter already have with instant updates from any friend. Since... (original story)

Wixi’s Media-Centric Social Webtop Launches To The Public

Wixi, the social filesharing network that debuted at TechCrunch40, has finally been released to the public. The site offers a media-centric virtual desktop that allows users to play their media files from any computer that supports Flash, and also serves as a service for file sharing between frie... (original story)

InterviewBest - Interview Presentations - DreamIT Funding Day

InterviewBest is one of the DreamIT startup incubator companies. InterviewBest helps you created a printed, bound presentation to take with you to an interview. The idea is that the presentation is stronger than any resume and helps sell you better to the hiring manager. Since it will be left behin... (original story)

Calacanis, Arrington Talk TechCrunch50 On TechTicker

TechTicker's Sarah Lacy interviewed Jason Calacanis and Michael Arrington about the upcoming TechCrunch50 conference. The first two segments are up. In the first segment, Lacy talks to the two about the origins of the conference and why they are so determined to end payola in tech events: "The conf... (original story)

HiVision to ship $98 MiniNote laptop in October [One Laptop Per Child]

In the race to develop the first mass-producible laptop that costs less than $100 has apparently been won by Chinese company HiVision, which currently offers an adorable, pink, 7" MiniNote for $120... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (original story)

TubeMogul Launches Web Video "Marketplace" For Advertisers

TubeMogul, a service that distributes Web video to multiple sites and collects viewing data from across the Web, is launching a new service to help producers make money. Today the company pulls the wraps off what it calls "TubeMogul Marketplace" designed to connect advertisers with video producers f... (original story)

JP Morgan Cuts 2008 Outlook For Online Display Ads

JP Morgan's Imran Khan cut his 2008 and 2009 forecasts for online display ads in a research note today, predicting increasingly conservative marketers will shift dollars to search and performance-based advertising. His new view: U.S. display ads will grow 14% in 2008 to $8.2 billion, down from his o... (original story)

Web Spy Firm NebuAd: We're Not Dead And The Doors Are Staying Open

Web spy firm NebuAd wants you to know that just because Congress essentially killed off its plan to track ISP subscribers for ad sales, and its CEO jumped ship, the doors aren't closing. NebuAd's president and a co-founder of the company, Kira Makagon, will replace Bob Dykes as CEO. Her strategy? Fo... (original story)

New York Times Agrees: Microsoft Windows Toast

The market trend that, slowly but surely, is eroding one of the greatest business monopolies of all time--Microsoft's Windows--is now visible enough that general business columnists in the mainstream media are writing about it. Consider the latest from Joe Nocera of the New York Times: Windows is al... (original story)

Startup Freshman Fund Rolls Out Online Gift Registry for College Savings

New York-based startup Freshman Fund has created an online registry that simplifies giving and receiving 529 contributions for college. Parents create an account that lets friends and family contribute directly to their child's college fund, with tax-free growth through a 529 plan of their choice. L... (original story)



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