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  • Microsoft!

    The ‘net is ablaze after the announcement that MSFT is to consume YHOO at a 61% premium on a cash & share unfinanced basis. This will generate considerable interest for the continued war on the GOOG. In principle, this seems like a sensible aggregation strategy for Microsoft. Yahoo are bleeding right now, they shed jobs [...]

  • Nanoblogging now.

    The hook that got me into really using Twitter was reading celebrity twitters, specifically Robert Scoble. It’s a new level of knowledge to be able to get constant updates from thought-leaders with an understanding that there is an informality associated with tweets that does not arise in more fully-thought-out blog posts. I have since moved [...]

  • What happens if I look like a squirrel?

    Robert Scoble talks with Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger about the implications of avatars and appearance in virtual worlds and the implications for cross-site identity.

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