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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
First Screen Shot of Sphere — Launched: Private Beta Launch this Weekend — Status: Funded by Doug MacKenzie, Kevin Compton, Phil Black, Will Hearst, David Mahoney, Vince Vannelli and Mike Winton — I met with Tony Conrad, one of the founders of Sphere, today at our office (ok …
oodle.typepad.com:
Where's Craigslist? — We are no longer adding new Craigslist listings to our index. We received a request from them to do so and we honored that request. We'll miss Craigslist. They are clearly a good service and we're big fans. We are working to understand and address their concerns.
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:CRAIGSLIST BLOCKS OODLE
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Life — I suspect that many Mac users — as well as some aspiring developers — have only a half-conceived notion of the economics involved with becoming a successful indie Mac developer. — The basic idea is that a developer comes up with an idea for an app, implements it, ships it …
Tom Evslin / Fractals of Change:
Bubble 2.0 - The Long Tail of Supply — Bubble 2.0 aka Web 2.0 is upon is. Like every bubble, there will be opportunities to create great fortunes, opportunities to lose such fortunes before spending them, plain old opportunities to lose money, chances to get funding to do cool things …
Enid Burns / ClickZ:
Unused Potential in Online Classified Ads — Dramatic gaps exist between the classified offerings of large newspaper publishers, smaller publishers and online-only players, suggesting that newspapers are missing the opportunity to use audio, video and other technologies.
Mary Jo Foley / microsoft-watch.com:
New IE, Media Player Features Expected to Debut in Windows Vista Refresh — Testers will soon have a new Community Technology Preview build, the second one that Microsoft has issued for its next-gen Windows client. Beta 2 is looking like December, sources say.
convergedigest.com:
How Much Bandwidth is Enough? — The debate over how much bandwidth is necessary and which network architecture is best optimized for its delivery is far from over. In fact, as internet-based applications proliferate, the challenges facing network operators are multiplying like Moore's Law.
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MSNBC:
Yahoo reportedly mulls stake in AOL — Internet media giant joins crowded field of possible suitors — NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc.has held early stage discussions to buy a stake in Time Warner Inc.'s America Online Internet unit, a source briefed on the matter said Friday.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Podtech and SolutionWatch Join Web 2.0 WorkGroup — If you haven't seen the Web2.0WorkGroup yet, check it out. My original post on it is here. — We've added two new resources - Podtech.net and SolutionWatch. — Podtech.net is a very popular podcast site hosted by John Furrier that is redefining corporate press practices.
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Tammy Schachter / info.ea.com:
EA AND STEVEN SPIELBERG TEAM UP TO DEVELOP — THREE ORIGINAL VIDEOGAMES — LOS ANGELES, CALIF., - October 14, 2005 - In a ground-breaking long term agreement, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg will be collaborating …
John Borland / CNET News.com:
Mystery donor gives Stanford free Yahoo music — Students at Stanford University will get a year of free digital music, thanks to a gift from an anonymous donor to the college. — Beginning next week, Stanford will join a growing number of other colleges around the country in promoting …
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CtrlAltDelete / Old Grandma Hardcore:
Grandma's Two Days With MTV: The Partial Story — The folks from MTV Overdrive were out to film Grandma for their show "Obsessed" yesterday and Tuesday. There is much to say about the experience, and that's leaving out all the stuff that we can't mention until the show airs.
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Jim / Jim Boykin's SEO Thoughts:
SEO - Then, Now, and Tomorrow. — SEO history based on my experience - a very late at night post. — 1999 SEO - Creating 18 doorway pages for 18 major search engines. Looking at the sites in the top results and analyzing keyword density of each area of the pages, and repeating it with just a little more keyword density.
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Apple Polishers — Explaining the press corps' crush on Steve Jobs and company. — Download the iPod-ready audio version of this story here, or sign up to get all of Slate's free daily podcasts. — I don't hate Apple. I don't even hate Apple-lovers.
Jim Dalrymple / Macworld:
Apple to hold special press conference in New York Oct. 19 — Apple Computer is once again gathering the press together as it rolls out new innovations. The latest invitation-only event will be held in New York City on October 19, 2005 on the eve of PhotoPlus Expo.
Stefan Lovgren / National Geographic:
One-Fifth of Human Genes Have Been Patented, Study Reveals — A new study shows that 20 percent of human genes have been patented in the United States, primarily by private firms and universities. — The study, which is reported this week in the journal Science, is the first time that a detailed map …
