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Update: eBay Acquiring StubHub for $310 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 10, 2007

It has been confirmed that eBay is going to be acquiring StubHub for $310 million.

Google Has Made A New Friend(ster)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 10, 2007

Google has reportedly signed a deal where the search giant will be powering the search and ad inventory for Friendster.

eBay To Buy StubHub For Over $300 Million?

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 10, 2007

Rumor has it that eBay could be looking into acquiring StubHub for over $300 million.

Apple Starts The New Year With A Bang

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2007

At the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, Apple has announced it will soon be releasing the iPhone mobile device.

Several WordPress Developers Now Creating New Blogging Platform Called Habari

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2007

Several WordPress developers are working on a new blogging platform project called Habari.

Procter & Gamble Launches A Social Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2007

Wiki-Builder Website Wetpaint Welcomes $9.5 Million Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2007

Wetpaint, a wiki-style website builder, has raised $9.5 million in funding.

Firefox User Count Jumps Almost 50% Within One Year

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2007

Firefox's user count has jumped almost 50% within one year.

Mininova Surpasses A Billion Downloads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2007

Mininova has surpassed one billion downloads.

Yahoo! Has Acquired MyBlogLog For $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

Yahoo! has announced that it has acquired MyBlogLog.

Anti-Click Fraud Company Fraudwall Raises Undisclosed Millions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

Fraudwall has raised a few million dollars in venture funding, but the total was undisclosed.

Hearst Magazine Has Acquired eCRUSH

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

Hearst Magazine Digital Media has announced that it has acquired eCRUSH.

Second Life Is Now Open Source

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

Founded in 2003, Second Life is now open source.

MySpace Co-Founder Brad Greenspan Now Supporting GreatMusicWall.com

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

Brad Greenspan, the co-founder of MySpace, is now supporting GreatMusicWall.com.

Heavy.com $20 Million Funding From Polaris Ventures Confirmed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

Heavy.com has raised $20 million in a round of funding from Polaris Ventures.

Accel, Sequoia, And Globespan Invest In Amobee

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

Amobee has raised another round of funding from Accel, Sequoia, and Globespan

Yahoo! Beefing Up Mobile Web Search With Go 2.0

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

Yahoo! is really beefing up its mobile web search with the launch of Go 2.0.

ChaCha Raises $6 Million From Jeff Bezos and Other Individuals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2007

ChaCha has raised $6 million in venture capital funding.

Google Has Joined The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2007

Google is now a part of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project.

Pando Hits 2 Million Downloads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2007

P2P company Pando has hits 2 million downloads.

Google Confirms An Investment In Xunlei

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2007

Google has confirms its investment in Xunlei.

A Look Into Shuzak: Social Network For Geeks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2007

Here is the Pulse 2.0 review of Shuzak

TIME.com To Unleash New UI And Blog

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2007

TIME.com is evolving online with a new user interface and a blog.

Gmail Undergoing Changes on April 1st?

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2007

Google's Gmail team seems like it is going to make a major announcement.

Facebook\’s New Year Resolutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2007

Facebook has announced the company's new year's resolutions for 2007.

Badongo Promotes Holiday Video And Photo Uploads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 2, 2007

Here is the Pulse 2.0 review of Badongo.

Blake Ross, Firefox Developer, Losing Faith In Google Search Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 29, 2006

Why Firefox developer Blake Ross is losing faith in Google's search practices.

Kakle Tops Gmail By Offering Free 5GB Email

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 29, 2006

Kakle has topped Gmail by offering users more than 5GB of free email services.

Bebo Starting To Add User-Selected Advertisements

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 28, 2006

Bebo is going to start placing user-selected ads in profiles.

Microsoft Aiming To Charge for RSS If Patent Goes Through? Not a Chance.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 28, 2006

The rumor mill had it that Microsoft was going to patent and charge for RSS. I believe that this is not true.