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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Flock has Launched — I just heard from Geoffrey Arone at Flock that they will be launching it to the general public within 3 hours (by 5 pm PST). — Feedback to their recent beta expansion has been so positive, Geoffrey tells me, that there is no reason to delay any longer. — Congratulations Flock!
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
THE AAP/GOOGLE LAWSUIT: MUCH MORE AT STAKE — I spent some time yesterday and this morning speaking with Allan Alder, counsel for the AAP (see my initial post on this here). I came away convinced of what I initially suspected but so far had not stated: this is a far bigger issue …
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Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google Releases Q3 2005 Earnings — Google has just released their Q3 2005 earnings, as covered in this press release. … From The WSJ/Dow Jones … From the Google News Release — + GAAP net income for the third quarter was $381 million as compared to $343 million in the second quarter, an increase of 11%.
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Bloomberg:
Google 3rd-Qtr Net Jumps as Advertising Sales Surge (Update2) — Listen — Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., the No. 1 Internet search engine, said profit jumped sevenfold, surpassing analysts' estimates, as new mapping and instant messaging features attracted users and the company added advertising space.
Reuters:
Voice phone calls to be free within years: eBay CEO — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In a few short years, users can expect to make telephone calls for free, with no per-minute charges, as part of a package of services through which carriers make money on advertising or transaction fees, eBay's chief executive said on Wednesday.
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swissinfo.org:
Voters go to polls armed with mobile phones — Voting by text message could become the norm (Keystone) — The first ever SMS vote is taking place in Switzerland with the residents of Bülach using mobile phone text messages to decide on speed restrictions in the town.
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Clint Ecker / Ars Technica:
Video iPod — Introduction — iPod (30 GB) — System requirements: PC with USB port running Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP2; Mac with USB port running Mac OS X 10.3.9 — The new iPod was announced by Steve Jobs last week at a highly anticipated "special event" in San Jose, California.
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Sphere pass 1 — It's really hard to review a search engine if I can't point to results of queries. Hmmm. Maybe I can. — This morning I did a search on "Wilma" in the last day. It's a breaking story, twenty four hours ago it was a tropical storm, since then it has become the largest storm ever observed.
Lawrence Lessig / Creative Commons Blog:
CC in Review: Lawrence Lessig on Interoperability — [This is part of a weekly series written by Lawrence Lessig and others about the history and future of Creative Commons. Alternatively, if you know others who might find these interesting, please recommend they sign up at http://creativecommons.org/about/lessig letter]
Pamela Parker / ClickZ:
Changes at the Top at Yahoo! Search and Ad Sales Units — Ted Meisel, the head of Yahoo! Search Marketing (YSM) who came to the company with the Overture acquisition two years ago, will leave by the end of the year. CEO Terry Semel announced his departure during Yahoo!'s Q3 earnings call on Tuesday.
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Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
Phone buy puts Adobe head-to-head with Microsoft — Flash the stealth killer platform, all along? — Macromedia is to acquire Mobile Innovation, a privately-held design and integration house in the UK with around 50 staff, for an undisclosed sum. — What makes this deal noteworthy …
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Out-Law.Com / The Register:
Secret tracking codes in laser printers cracked — The pages that are printed by your colour laser printer may include tiny dots, almost invisible to the naked eye. The dots form a code that can be read by the US Secret Service, ostensibly to track down counterfeiters.
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Dawn Anfuso / imediaconnection.com:
Creating Customer Evangelists — "Church of the Customer" authors Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba provide tips for turning loyal customers into brand ambassadors. — Want more word-of-mouth marketing for your product or service? Create customer evangelists.
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Hewlett Urges Compromise in Battle Over New Formats for DVD — The Hewlett-Packard Company, a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association developing the next-generation DVD, urged the group yesterday to adopt software that has already been included in the rival format.
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