YouTube confirmed today that it has acquired online video production and distribution company Next New Networks.Does that mean YouTube is actually goi... read more »
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It&'s been a really bad day at Yahoo. Today, the company handed out over 500 pink slips to employees, laying off 4% of its workforce less than two wee... read more »
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Here are some of the stories we&'re reading on the GreenBeat today:GE debuts a dual-battery electric bus &8212' Some trucks come with dual tanks, and,... read more »
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It&'s official: Groupon makes a ridiculous amount of money. In fact, it makes more than enough to reject Google&'s offer, worth somewhere between $5 b... read more »
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Is this the end of Amazon&'s ebook reign Google is launching its new open ebook store today, simply called Google eBooks, with over 3 million titles, ... read more »
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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who (along with their business partner Divya Narendra) accuse Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing the... read more »
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The East Coast vs. West Coast VCfight got a platform today in one of the most hilarious talks at Web 2.0 Summit, an intense debate between Fred Wilson... read more »
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Today&'s funding announcements include technology to run farms efficiently, monetize videos and monitor theft in stores:Novariant gets $4.5M for GPS t... read more »
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There is definitely some bad blood between Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Wikileaks, the controversial organization which posted thousands of page... read more »
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DEMO Spring 2011, the industry&'s ultimate showcase for new products, is just days away &8212' and as the event&'s executive producer, I can&'t wait t... read more »
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Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, FCC head Julius Genachowski sat down with New York Magazin&'s John Heilemann. One question Heilemann ask... read more »
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Bill Bishop, an investor and consultant based in Beijing, joined me via Skype to talk about this white-hot Chinese Interent IPO market, that&'s even w... read more »
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Verizon Wireless isna4‚¬a4„t slowing down with its plan to cover America in glorious LTE 4G technology: the carrier announced today that it will bring... read more »
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Motion-control technologies are a hot commodity. Microsoft&'s Kinect motion-control system has proven to be a big hit, and Microsoft&'s been scooping ... read more »
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Red Dead Redemption, the blockbuster Western video game from Take-Two Interactive, sold more than 8 million units through Dec. 31, thanks in no small ... read more »
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Gamification, or using game mechanics in non-game applications, is the new black.It has become fashionable as game designers turn their talents from c... read more »
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In a bid to simplify music discovery for Twitter users, Twitter today announced a partnership with Apple&'s beleaguered Ping social network.The union ... read more »
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If you need more proof that Nokia is looking to rid itself of the Symbian mobile operating system, here it is: The company announced today that it wil... read more »
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Salesforce&'s newest product, a cloud-based database called database.com, isn&'t going to unseat Oracle&'s database products any time soon, according ... read more »
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Qwiki, a new service that delivers information through rich multimedia presentations, is raising an $8 million round of funding, according a filing wi... read more »
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