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Leelefever / Common Craft:
Video: RSS in Plain English — We made this video for our friends (and yours) that haven't yet felt the power of our friend the RSS reader. We want to convert people... if you know someone who would love RSS and hasn't yet tried it, point them here for 3.5 minutes of RSS in Plain English.
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Publishing 2.0, Social Media Club, Jim Kukral Online …, Geek News Central, Beth's Blog, Todd Watson and Feld Thoughts
Photobucket / Blog.Photobucket.com:
Videos working on MySpace again! — Following discussions with MySpace, we're pleased to announce that all Photobucket videos and remixes are enabled once more on MySpace with immediate effect. Both our companies are committed to putting our users first. — Moving forward …
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Online Media Cultist, The Social Web, Social Media Club, Startup Meme, Deep Jive Interests, BloggingStocks and Compiler
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
PhotoBucket Back on MySpace (I Want To Know The Backstory) — A simple blog post on Photobucket tells us that the war is over - PhotoBucket videos are now allowed on MySpace again after a two week ban. — But the interesting part of this story is what I don't know yet - who blinked first and why.
WebKnowHow News:
MySpace and Isobar Debut First Comprehensive Research Study on Social Networks and Marketing — Fox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of News Corporation, today released a series of research findings from the first comprehensive study examining both the growth and marketing power of online social networks.
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Rachel Rosmarin / Forbes:
Big Bang For The MySpace Ad Buck — When a MySpace user talks, her friends listen. And when a MySpace user talks about your brand, your advertising dollars go far. — Those nuggets of wisdom are from a 65-page study commissioned by MySpace parent News Corp. (nyse: NWS - news - people ) …
Howard Mintz / Mercury News:
SEC closes in on ex-Apple lawyer — REGULATORS POISED TO ACT IN OPTIONS SCANDAL — The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected this week to bring its first legal action in the Apple backdating probe, targeting the company's former top lawyer for her alleged role in rigging options …
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Silicon Valley Watcher, Infinite Loop, Cult of Mac, Apple 2.0, BARRONS.com and Between the Lines
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Andrew Lipsman / comScore:
comScore Responds to IAB Open Letter — RESTON, VA, April 23, 2007 - comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the following response to the recent IAB Open Letter: — comScore welcomes the objective outlined in the IAB Open Letter of achieving transparency …
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Ars Technica, Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, WebProNews, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, SEL and A VC
Nancy Gohring / InfoWorld:
AT&T to aim the iPhone at enterprises — The decision baffles analysts, who cite design issues and the inability to write new applications for the OS as reasons they think it's a poor choice — AT&T plans to market the iPhone to business users in addition to consumers …
BBC:
Wi-fi? Why worry? — Scare stories about the dangers of wireless networks lack credibility, argues Bill Thompson — Students at Canada's Lakehead University have to be careful how they connect to the internet because wi-fi is banned on large parts of the campus.
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Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror:
Where Are All the Open Source Billionaires? — Hugh MacLeod asks, if open source is so great, where are all the open source billionaires? … I can immediately think of one reason there aren't any open-source billionaires: — Most competition for open source software comes from other open source software.
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WebProNews
FilePlanet:
An Open Letter to Apple from a Lifelong Gamer — Hello, Apple! I know that everyone over there is very busy designing sexy new products that make women want to take their clothes off, but I'm hoping that you can spare a few minutes to listen to a hardcore gamer and long-time friend.
Jeremy Reimer / Ars Technica:
Apple sued over vague user interface patent — The patent holding company IP Innovation, LLC, has filed a lawsuit against Apple, Inc., that alleges the Cupertino-based company has engaged in "willful and deliberate" violations of US Patent #5,072,412. The patent describes …
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The Technology Liberation …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Alfred is right: I'm irrelevant to Web 2.0 — Alfred Thompson, who works for Microsoft, basically says I'm not welcome at Mix: Why Scoble is irrelevant in the world of Web 2.0. — Ahh, yes, ye olde "you must be a developer to understand anything on stage at Mix" argument. — Oh, but wait a second.
Michael Genaro / TMCnet:
Skype's Paul Amery to Keynote 4th Annual Communications Developer Conference — Director of Skype (News - Alert) Developers Program to Deliver Keynote Address at the World's Only IP Communications Development Conference … Norwalk, CT, [April 23, 2007] — TMC (News - Alert) …
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VoIP Watch
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yapta Will Be Awesome For Heavy Travelers — I don't know what it is about Seattle and travel startups, but newcomer Yapta now joins Farecast and TripHub, two other startups we've been tracking from that cold, rainy place. — I saw a pre-launch demo of the company yesterday from co-founder and CEO Tom Romary.
