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Ebay Sues Craigslist - Conflict of Interest Anyone? 2008-04-23 06:47:15 Auction site eBay has filed a lawsuit against popular classifieds site Craigslist, claiming that eBay’s 28% stake in its competitor was intentionally diluted by the actions of Craigslist founders, Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster.
Details on what these actions were are still sketchy, by there is speculation that Craigslist either brought in another investor, or increased [...] Read more:Conflict
, Interest
, Anyone
Google, Yahoo! In Hot Water Over Adsense AntiTrust Breach 2008-04-25 08:59:50 An investigation has been opened by the US Department of Justice into a possible breach of antitrust laws after Yahoo
! announced GoogleAdsense
would be implemented in limited trials on Yahoo! search results, in an effort to scupper Microsofts hostile ultimatum to accept a $44.6bn takeover bid.
Concerns were raised by regulators after a telephone call [...] Read more:Breach
20 Reasons You Fail At Social Media 2008-04-27 11:28:19 What exactly is this Social
Media malarkey, and why do some people reach the lofty status of influential rockstar while others fall flat on their faces?
There seems to be a growing consensus among the down-trodden majority that social media simply isn’t fair, and that a handful of power-users must have got where they are by [...] Read more:Reasons
, Social Media
Second Life Founder Quits ‘Crappy Job’ 2008-04-27 07:11:06 Founder and Managing Director of online virtual world Second
Life, Philip Rosedale is stepping down from his top position within the company to make way for successor, Mark Kingdon, after claiming he is sick and tired of people management, and wants to pursue a role more focused on invention, innovation and strategy.
Rosedale, who is set [...] Read more:Crappy
, Second Life
GTA4 Ads Pulled - Take Two Sues Manhattan 2008-05-07 13:40:04 Grand Theft Auto IV publisher Take Two Interactive Media, is suing the Manhattan
Transit Authority after ads promoting the game were pulled from bus stops and public transport following an outcry by Fox News on the inappropriate nature of content in the game.
A Fox affiliate showed its usual staple of dire ignorance and fear mongering [...]
Videorix Simplifies Video Sponsoring 2008-05-07 07:27:01 Videorix (www.videorix.com) is a fresh incarnation of Brandfame, a start-up I reviewed back in September 2007 which offered product placement in online videos - a concept I didn’t exactly welcome with open arms, but Founder Nadim Elgarhy hopes that this time around Videorix will be much more accessible and concentrate on sponsored ad-slots, rather than [...]
FBI Investigates Media Defender Over Rev3 Attack 2008-05-30 09:47:18 Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3, a media company that plays host to wildly popular technology shows like Diggnation, and The Totally Rad Show has exposed Media Defender
(a subsidiary of Artist Direct Inc) as the culprit behind a massive Denial of Service (DDOS) attack which shut down much of Revision3’s infrastructure after they closed a [...] Read more:FBI
Phorm Outrage Escalates: Protestors To Demand Police Action 2008-06-01 21:47:57 A privacy group led by an outspoken Phorm opponent, Alex Hanff, is planning to picket an annual shareholder meeting held by BT, the UKs largest ISP and telecoms company, who have faced fierce opposition to secret trials of Phorms Open Internet Exchange (OIX) program, an invasive scheme that profiles user browsing habits to deliver contextual [...] Read more:Outrage
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10 Brilliant Social Networks You Don’t Know About 2008-06-29 07:14:38 It’s not all about the facebooks, myspaces and twitters out there. By focusing only on the mainstream social networks crammed down our throats by the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Google and other multi-million dollar giants, are we missing out on the last corners of the web that actually speak our language?
I at least assume that [...] Read more:Brilliant
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