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Social Networks losing Luster?
Techdirt poses an interesting counter argument to the typical rocket growth conversations among social networks lately, pointing out coincidences like Bill Gates killing his...
Is Google buying Plaxo for $200M
Google is rumored to be buying Plaxo for $200 million. According to ValleyWag the move may be out of complete friendship between Brad Fitzpatrick...
Social Graph API released by Google
Yesterday Google released a new API for the “social graph”. You can check out our previous discussions on the social graph here. Google’s announcement...
Microsoft to buy Yahoo $44.6 Billion
The rumors flying around over this past year may very well come true. Microsoft makes a $44.6 billion dollar bid for Yahoo. According to...
Facebook interview on 60 minutes
Check out the the Facebook interview on 60 minutes last night with founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Mark is still writing code and living in a 1-bedroom...
Social Aggregation continues with IM
Imo.im is an instant message social aggregator that turns your social network friends (Facebook, Myspace) into IM friends. This will allow instant messaging to...
Open is in, and portability is hot.
One thing is already certain in 2008, social media and user data is migrating from disparate sources and networks to more centralized schemas. Imagine...
End of Days for Web 2.0
You know an industry is over or at least nearing an end when everything is for sale (real estate sound familiar?). We've gone from...
Why Drupal is the obvious choice for SA 2.0
For the thousands of dedicated beta users of Startup Addict 1.0, I give a humbling thank you for using and testing the social platform....
Monster.com pays $61 million to join social networking craze
Monster has plunged into social networking like fellow bellwether Cisco (Tribe.net and Five Across social acquisitions). Affinity labs was purchased for $61 million cash...
