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The web IM and chat company, Meebo, just rolled out some very interesting new features. First off, they have introduced a developer API for their Meebo Rooms product. This will allow people to integrate a Meebo Room into their own website. Meebo has said that this API will, “…further accelerate the widespread […]

Despite delaying two games, company keeps revenue estimates in line with Wall Street targets due to strong sales of Rock Band. Top video game publisher Electronic Arts lowered its profit forecast Thursday as it delayed Mercenaries 2 and a new Battlefield title, sending its shares down 6 percent….
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One of my favorite things to get in my inbox each week is the data report from News Corp-owned Photobucket. Think of it like the Google Zeitgeist but for people’s searches on the hugely popular photo hosting site. While the report doesn’t offer up every statistic, the creators pick a few interesting or pertinent things […]

Company says it might consider busting into pieces to revive its ailing cell phone business. But is it the right move? Maybe Carl Icahn was right about Motorola. The company, which practically invented the cell phone market in the ’80s, is considering spinning off its beleaguered…
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Company says it might consider busting into pieces to revive its ailing cell phone business. But is it the right move? Maybe Carl Icahn was right about Motorola. The company, which practically invented the cell phone market in the ’80s, is considering spinning off its beleaguered…
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Yahoo will announce that it has acquired Maven Networks, a video-hosting startup, according to a report in the blog TechCrunch.

Citing three unnamed sources, TechCrunch reported that Yahoo has paid about $150 million for the startup and will announce the deal Thursday or Friday.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Maven Neworks helps
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You may be friending and poking your acquaintances on social networks, but that doesn’t mean you are paying attention to the ads. Or, maybe Google just made a bad deal with MySpace in which it guaranteed to pay a lot of money even if you don’t click on …
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If you see a lot of live music in small clubs, you’ve probably had the experience of being blown away by a band that hardly anybody else knows about. Once in a great while, your instincts are validated by the masses–the band becomes popular and you get to brag …
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The Terry Semel era at Yahoo is officially over.

The former Yahoo CEO, who left that position last summer but remained as non-executive chairman of the board, is now out of the company altogether.

Yahoo announced Thursday afternoon that Semel will immediately relinquish his spot on the board.

According to …
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Ever wished you could recreate the effect of those neat multi-lens 3D cameras without having to buy the hardware? Lucky for you there’s some cool 3D tech coming out of Stanford called Make3D. The service uses machine learning to go over your shot and recreate depth and perspective in three dimensions.
Once shots have gone […]

Chief Executive Kevin DeNuccio will become vice chairman, company says, and Georges Antoun, a Redback vice president, will replace him. The head of telecom equipment maker Ericsson’s Redback Networks is leaving his executive position to become vice chairman of the unit, Redback’s chairman said on Thursday. …
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Google’s voracious appetite for new hires has eased off for the first time since the company went public in August 2004. In the last three months, the search giant added only 6 percent, or 889 people, to its employee roster–bringing Google’s worldwide headcount to 16,805, according to …
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Google’s voracious appetite for new hires has eased off for the first time since the company went public in August 2004. In the last three months, the search giant added only 6 percent, or 889 people, to its employee roster–bringing Google’s worldwide headcount to 16,805, according to …
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It’s not just screaming little tweens who are buzzing about Disney’s Hannah Montana 3D concert film, which open in theaters Friday for a one-week run.
Having already sold out during popular show times in certain markets, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert, is …
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One of our hits from 2007 was Google Gears, and our predictions for it was that many Web applications would begin to integrate it over the course of 2008. Already that prediction looks to be coming true, with what appears to be the first signs that Gears is coming to Google Docs and Spreadsheets. […]

Will Motorola's Razr 2 be one of the company's last cell phones?
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Motorola, the third largest cell phone maker in the world, may spin off its handset business as it tries to turn around its business, the company said Thursday.
In a statement issued …
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Motorola, the third largest cell phone maker in the world, may spin off its handset business as it tries to turn around its business, the company said on Thursday.
In a statement issued after the market closed on Thursday, Motorola said that it was exploring “strategic alternatives” that might include …
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The reserve price on a valuable sliver of spectrum was reached in the Federal Communications Commission’s 700MHz auction on Thursday, triggering rules that would make the spectrum accessible to any device or software application.
After the 17th round in the auction, a bidder for eight licenses in the “C” …
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The reserve price on a valuable sliver of spectrum was reached in the Federal Communications’ 700 MHz auction on Thursday triggering rules that would make the spectrum accessible to any device or software application.
After the 17th round in the auction, a bidder for eight licenses in the “C” block …
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Three-wheeled cars may make a comeback with the craze over electric cars coming to a boil. Zap, the electric car company based in Santa Rosa, Calif., is adding another electric car to its lineup. Credit: Zap An artist’s rendering of the…
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