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Archive for June 12th, 2008

Flixwagon Does Live Vidcasting on iPhone (Chris Albrecht/NewTeeVee)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Flixwagon Does Live Vidcasting on iPhone  —  Sure, we were a little crestfallen this week when Apple didn’t announce a video camera in iPhone 2.0.  But who needs one when the industrious folks at Flixwagon just rigged up the current iPhone for live video broadcasting?  Here’s the maiden footage:

Yahoo-Microsoft Talks Off, CONFIRMED: Yahoo-Google Have Reached Search Deal (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo-Microsoft Talks Off, CONFIRMED: Yahoo-Google Have Reached Search Deal  —  UPDATE: An SAI source confirms that Yahoo and Google have reached a search deal.  The source believes that the deal will start small and ratchet up over time depending on its success.

Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded (Yahoo!)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Yahoo!:
Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded  —  Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that discussions with Microsoft regarding a potential transaction — whether for an acquisition of all of Yahoo! or a partial acquisition — have concluded.

Yahoo: Microsoft doesn’t want us anymore (Ina Fried/Beyond Binary)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Yahoo: Microsoft doesn’t want us anymore  —  Updated 12:05 p.m. with Yahoo confirming talks concluded; 12:45 p.m. with additional details, Microsoft comment.  —  Microsoft’s efforts to reach some sort of arrangement with Yahoo have broken down again, Yahoo confirmed on Thursday..

Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded (Business Wire)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Business Wire:
Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded  —  Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that discussions with Microsoft regarding a potential transaction — whether for an acquisition of all of Yahoo! or a partial acquisition — have concluded.

Canadian DMCA Introduced (Finally); Pretends US Lobbyists Had Nothing To Do With It (Michael Masnick/Techdirt)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Canadian DMCA Introduced (Finally); Pretends US Lobbyists Had Nothing To Do With It  —  Well, it had to happen sooner or later.  Originally slated for the end of last year, an uproar from tens of thousands of concerned citizens in Canada, made Industry Minister Jim Prentice delay the bill.

Google/Yahoo Search Partnership Announcement At 1:30 This Afternoon (Updated) (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google/Yahoo Search Partnership Announcement At 1:30 This Afternoon (Updated)  —  Yahoo and Google will make a joint announcement at 1:30 California time this afternoon, we’ve heard from a reliable source close to one of the companies.  What is the announcement?

Google/Yahoo Search Partnership Announcement At 1:30 This Afternoon (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google/Yahoo Search Partnership Announcement At 1:30 This Afternoon  —  Yahoo and Google will make a joint announcement at 1:30 California time this afternoon, we’ve heard from a reliable source close to one of the companies.  What is the announcement?  The very likely answer is …

Weiner Will Leave Yahoo, but Might Not Be Replaced (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Weiner Will Leave Yahoo, but Might Not Be Replaced  —  Jeff Weiner (pictured here), as BoomTown reported in a story broken by BoomTown Tuesday and also yesterday, will be leaving Yahoo (YHOO) to become an entrepreneur in residence at both Accel Partners and Greylock Partners.

Palm Centro heads to Verizon, in stores tomorrow for $99 (Chris Ziegler/Engadget)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Palm Centro heads to Verizon, in stores tomorrow for $99  —  Come on, T-Mobile, all we need is you to get on board now and that’ll make a perfect Yahtzee! for Palm with its surprise hit, the Centro.  Thanks to Verizon’s expected announcement today, the top three US carriers now carry […]