Monthly Archives: October 2010
Larry Page and Sergey Brin Attempted To Hire Steve Jobs Back In The Day
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to hire Steve Jobs before Google became a large company. During Bloomberg TV’s Game Changers documentary of Google, Larry and Sergey had interviewed 12-13 candidates. Other facts that are in the documentary include how Jeff Bezos invested $250,000 into Google’s angel round of funding. Page and Brin hired Eric Schmidt as CEO partially became he also attended a festival in the desert called Burning Man. [BusinessInsider]
Categories Eric Schmidt, Google, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin
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T-Mobile Flash Mob Welcomes Heathrow Terminal Travelers [VIDEO]
T-Mobile takes their flash mobs seriously. In 2009 they had a flash mob take over Liverpool Street Station and then they followed it up in Trafalgar Square. Now they have decided to do a flash mob at the Heathrow Airport in terminal 5. Check out the video below:
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YouTube Hits 1 Billion Subscriptions
In 2006, YouTube added a subscribe button for following certain channels. YouTube announced today that the subscribe button has been hit 1 billion times. MachinimaSports was the channel that hit one billion mark. There are 15 YouTube channels that have surpassed one million followers. The channels include fred, nigahiga, kassemg, shanedawsonTV, shanedawsonTV2, smosh, universalmusicgroup, machinima, sxephil, davedays, mysteryguitarman, kevjumba, realannoyingorange, raywilliamjohnson, failblog, and collegehumor. [YouTube Blog]
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Microsoft’s Silverlight Strategy “Has Shifted”
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) held their Professional Developers Conference this week and Silverlight 5 was not talked about much. However Microsoft did discuss their commitment to HTML5 consistently.
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Fortune Says iPhone Is Expected To Be On Verizon By Early 2011
Fortune has confirmed that the Apple iPhone will be released in early 2011. Analysts are estimating that next year Verizon could even sell 8-9 million iPhones. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg believes that the network will be able to handle large amounts of data demands, especially considering how much the Motorola Droid data is consumed. The Verizon iPhone will be on the 3G CDMA network, which means that it won’t work much outside of the U.S. [Fortune]
AOL Sells Buildings To CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust For $144.5 Million Cash
AOL, Inc. (NYSE:AOL) announced this morning that they have entered an agreement to sell four office buildings. CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust took over AOL’s corporate par for $144.5 million cash. This means that AOL will have $750 million in cash as of October 29th.
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Categories AOL, Artie Minson, CB Richard Ellis
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Arkansas School Board Member Clint McCance Resigns After Facebook Rant
Arkansas school board member Clint McCance has resigned after he ranted about homosexuals on Facebook. “I made some very ignorant comments and did not realize just how ignorant they were,” said McCance in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN. Below is the full comment he made:
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Categories Anderson Cooper, Clint McCance, CNN, Facebook
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Facebook Files Patent For Ad-Targeting Technology Based On Friends Interests
Facebook has filed a patent for ad-targeting technology that is based on a user’s friends interests. This way Facebook can serve more relevant ads to users who have not filled up their profiles with enough information for ad targeting.
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HomeAway Now Has $1.4 Billion Valuation After Google Ventures Investment
Google Ventures has invested in HomeAway, an online vacation home rental service. HomeAway now has a $1.4 billion valuation after the investment. Google Ventures is rumored to have invested $25 million in the company. Google Ventures purchased stock directly from HomeAway shareholders. HomeAway has grown rapidly since they launched in 2005. So far about half a billion dollars have been invested in HomeAway. [TechCrunch]
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Facebook and Japanese Social Network mixi Set Up Cross-Platform Integration
Japanese social network mixi, Inc. and Facebook are partnering up. Facebook failed to establish itself as a popular social network in Japan. Facebook and Mixi will be launching a cross-platform feature that will allow Mixi and Facebook users to connect their profiles together.
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Categories Facebook, Mixi
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