Yahoo To Announce Large Video Acquisition—Maven Networks For $150 Million.  —  We’ve gotten word that Yahoo will make an acquisition announcement of a video startup today or tomorrow.  At first we thought the target might be Metacafe, which was almost acquired by Yahoo just following the Google/YouTube deal in 2006.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
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Google: Social Networking Inventory Not Monetizing As Well As Expected; Trouble At MySpace?  —  Speaking on the company’s post-earnings conference call, Google (GOOG) CFO George Reyes said the company has found that “social networking inventory is not monetizing as well as expected,” …

Source:   BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online
Author:   Eric Savitz
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AT&T data network fails for BlackBerry, iPhone users  —  San Francisco - AT&T’s wireless data networks in the Southeast and Midwest U.S. are down, causing BlackBerry and iPhone users to be without data services.  —  The EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) and UMTS …

Source:   InfoWorld
Author:   Nancy Gohring
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080131…

Google Misses Revs/EPS…and Pulls Out the “Display” Card  —  Google missed consensus revenue and EPS estimates.  Stock down 7% in after-market.  Revenue shortfall on Google Sites (vs. affiliates), due to a shortfall in paid-click growth (startling deceleration).  Adjusted operating income slightly light.

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Henry Blodget
Link:   http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/live-analysis…

Motorola to Explore Structural and Strategic Realignment of its Businesses to Enhance Shareholder Value  —  Company will evaluate alternatives to accelerate the ability of its Mobile Device Business to recapture growth and profitability in an expanding global market

Source:   PR Newswire
Link:   http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080131/aqth164.html

Google’s quarter falls short of expectations; Social networking not monetizing well  —  Google on Thursday reported fourth quarter net income of $1.21 billion, or $3.79 a share, on revenue of $4.83 billion, up 51 percent from a year ago.  Excluding charges Google reported earnings of $4.43 a share.

Source:   Between the Lines
Author:   Larry Dignan
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Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 Results  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.  —  “We’re very pleased with our performance this quarter,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.

Source:   Yahoo! Finance: GOOG News
Link:   http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080131/20080131006166.html

Twitter and Joyent: Update  —  By David Young 31 January 08  —  Twitter has been officially off Joyent since 10PM last night.  This may come as a surprise to some after yesterday’s posts here and here regarding the two companies working together.  Those of us at Joyent appreciate …

Source:   Joyeur
Author:   David Young
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Twitter and Joyent: Update  —  By David Young 31 January 08  —  Twitter has been officially off Joyent since 10PM last night.  This may come as a surprise to some after yesterday’s posts here and here regarding the two companies working together.  Those of us at Joyent appreciate …

Source:   Joyeur
Author:   Tim Coulter
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We had a rough night.  But now we’re back.  —  I just left the office, at 6am, with most of our engineering and technical operations team.  That’s only a handful of people, but we were all there all night.  —  You may have noticed we had an outage last night/stretching into this morning.

Source:   Twitter […]