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29 May 2009 Comments:
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Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD:GOOG) on Wednesday
introduced a forthcoming service, Google Wave, that aims to combine email,
chat, and content-sharing in a single interface. The service takes elements from increasingly popular tools for communication like Facebook, Twitter and
FriendFeed, melding "rolling threaded conversations, real-time chat,
nested comments, media sharing, link sharing and wiki-style collaboration into
a familiar interface that looks and behaves like an e-mail inbox, complete with
folders for keeping things organized and a search box for digging up older
threads," Webmonkey reported. Read the rest of this entry »
Date:
28 May 2009 Comments:
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We’re here in the press room at Google I/O for the follow-up press event to the Google Wave unveiling today during the keynote. The initial audience response to Google Wave was huge; there was a standing ovation the likes of which I haven’t seen at a tech event, including the Apple events in recent years.
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Date:
27 May 2009 Comments:
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Last month Time Warner announced that it would likely spin off its AOL assets into a new company, followed by an IPO (10Q SEC filing is here). Little detail was given about the transaction, other than the fact that Google’s 5% stake in AOL would be repurchased. But exactly when the transaction would occur, and what assets it would include, were left unstated. New CEO Tim Armstrong will lead the independent company.
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Date:
27 May 2009 Comments:
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Palo Alto,
Calif. - Confirming reports from
last week, online social network Facebook on Tuesday announced that it has
received a $200 million investment from Eastern European financing group
Digital Sky Technologies (DST), which received a 1.96% equity stake in the
company, valued at $10 billion for the transaction. "A number of firms
approached us, but DST stood out because of the global perspective they bring –
backed up by the impressive growth and financial achievements of their internet
investments," said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Read the rest of this entry »
Date:
26 May 2009 Comments:
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In 1992, Disney decided to build upon the huge success of its Disneyland and Disney World theme parks by opening Euro Disney in a suburb of Paris. The company had previously licensed its name for a resort abroad just outside Tokyo, but the European version was a more ambitious project being handled by the company. It started out as a nightmare. Simply put, people didn’t go to it. And now you can avoid going to it from the comfort of your own home thanks to the magic of Google Earth.
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