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Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:
MySpace versus Facebook: Analysis of both traffic and ad revenue, using Google Trends — (above, Facebook beating MySpace in Australia with the crossover at Oct 07) — MySpace versus Facebook — As some of you know, I've previously written about the MySpace versus Facebook topic, both a year ago in the post Wanna bet?
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Does Facebook's Overseas Growth Matter? — Earlier this month, I shared with you my post that called for a big wake-up call for Social Networking sector, thanks to the presence of too many me-too players at a time when recent traffic trends are showing signs of hitting a plateau.
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
MPAA Says It Doesn't Need Evidence to Convict Pirates — Threat Level reports that the MPAA now argues that it has the right to demand up to $150,000 in damages per illegally downloaded file, without having to proof that someone actually downloaded that file. — Yes we know, this doesn't make sense at all.
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David Kravets / Threat Level:
MPAA Says No Proof Needed in P2P Copyright Infringement Lawsuits — The Motion Picture Association of America said Friday intellectual-property holders should have the right to collect damages, perhaps as much as $150,000 per copyright violation, without having to prove infringement.
Robby Stein / Official Gmail Blog:
Evolution of Gmail chat — Often, the features we launch seem so simple that you might think they're the result of blatantly obvious design decisions. In fact, every feature is subjected to a healthy dose of scrutiny within the Gmail team, and usually that includes rapidly iterating …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Where In The World Is Jerry Yang? — People have been wondering about Jerry Yang all week. He's been quiet since the NYTimes article calling for his head was published last weekend. — This isn't an issue of him simply being out of town. He was in Washington D.C. on Wednesday meeting …
Michael Hirschorn / New York Times:
Success Story 2 — Great paradigm-shifting narratives — entrepreneurs seeing clarity where others saw only fog — often have a feeling of manifest destiny about them. What's striking about David A. Price's history of Pixar, the computer animation studio behind “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles” …
Jeremy Crane / Compete Blog:
May Search Market Share Update: Crowd Sourcing Works! — See I told you we wouldn't stop! As it turns out people are paying attention to this search share stuff. On Monday we released our May Search Share numbers. As a result of some conversations we were having with Danny Sullivan …
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Waxy.org:
Interview with Alan Taylor, Creator of Boston Globe's The Big Picture — With its vibrant oversized photographs and minimalist design, the Boston Globe's The Big Picture weblog launched on June 1 to instant global acclaim. It's designed, programmed, and written by Alan Taylor …
Jerry / The Secret Diary of [Steve Jobs] Jerry Yang:
Confession: Sue Decker hits me, and I'm too ashamed to seek help — It's true. It's been going on for a while now, but lately it's getting worse. I keep having to go into meetings and tell people I walked into a door. Some of them, I think, are starting to suspect the truth.
Mmpc / Microsoft® Malware Protection Center:
Taterf - all your drives are belong to me!!!1!one! — As you all probably know by now, this month in MSRT was a very significant release for Gamers everywhere with the addition of a variety of password stealers directly targeting Online games. The main targets are mostly based in Eastern Asia …
Jonathan Soble / Financial Times:
Malone gives poor reception to free online TV — John Malone, the billionaire US media mogul, warned on Friday that moves by television networks to make programmes available for free on the internet were doomed to fail. — Such moves could undermine more promising ways of making money …
