There’s More To The FaceBook Traffic Story  —  Om Malik says Facebook traffic is tanking, based on the September Comscore data which shows a 9.3% decline in uniques v. steady uniques at MySpace.  —  There’s a problem though - he’s showing unique visitor data but talking about traffic.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/11/theres-more-to…

Outlook + Twitter = OutTwit  —  If you are an Outlook user, you probably have it open all the time.  Now you can update your Twitter status and follow your friends without having to open any other applications.  OutTwit seamlessly integrates Twitter into Outlook.

Source:   TechHit News
Link:   http://www.techhit.com/OutTwit/

Prediction: Starbucks Wi-Fi will soon be free  —  The for-pay Wi-Fi model at Starbucks feels old and stale, says Mike Elgan  —  Editor’s note: This article headlines our TechGear section and newsletter. … Starbucks, the giant coffee chain with 13,168 locations worldwide …

Source:   Computerworld
Author:   Mike Elgan
Link:   http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command…

Facebook Reality Check: It’s not worth $100B, and it won’t crush MySpace or Google (but it does rock)  —  At the Social Graphing conference on Tuesday our industry went in full-blown madness.  A panel filled with Facebook fans (and some investors) got so worked up they claimed—among other things—that:

Source:   The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Author:   […]

Court Clears Way for Mobile-Phone-Unlocking Lawsuit Against T-Mobile  —  Wireless-carrier T-Mobile USA lost a California Supreme Court bid Wednesday to kill a lawsuit challenging the company’s early-termination fees and its practice of locking down phones to work only on T-Mobile’s network.

Source:   Wired News
Author:   David Kravets
Link:   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/10/tmobile

Radiohead still needs major label to let world see its “Rainbows”  —  Radiohead is apparently not quite ready to follow Nine Inch Nails into a life without record labels.  Although the group has made its new album In Rainbows available for download on its website for whatever price fans are willing to pay …

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Electronic Arts pays $860 million for BioWare, Pandemic Studios  —  Video game mega-publisher Electronic Arts has agreed to pay $860 million to purchase VG Holdings, the parent company of video game companies BioWare and Pandemic Studios.  —  This deal, expected to close in January, is the largest in EA’s 25-year history.

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   […]

Report: Apple Gains 29% Share of $$$ Notebooks  —  Drilling down into Apple’s (AAPL) recent string of boffo quarterly reports, analyst Toni Sacconaghi Jr. of Bernstein Research finds both strength and vulnerability in Steve Jobs’ relentless pursuit of high-margin computer sales.

Source:   FORTUNE: Apple 2.0
Author:   Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Link:   http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/10/11…

Facebook Traffic Declines - Abandon Ship or Deja Vu?  —  We have good news for Om Malik.  The new media guru is a little concerned about Facebook’s recent decline in traffic. … Here’s Malik’s chart…  Scary, huh?  —  But fear not Om!  The same thing happened last year and Facebook went on to recover quite […]

Madonna Heads for Virgin Territory  —  In the latest seismic shift to rock the music industry, pop superstar Madonna is close to leaving Warner Music Group Corp.’s Warner Bros.  Records for a $120 million deal with concert-promotion giant Live Nation Inc., according to people familiar with the deal.

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Author:   Ethan Smith
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