I remember hearing an interview with Craig Newmark last year and he was asked how he felt about eBay acquiring a 25% stake in his company, and he gave a sort of stock answer about how the two companies think alike and they have similar goals and objectives. He also said that eBay wasn’t in…
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I’m Giving Away Pownce.com Invites
Pownce.com is a new site brought to you by Kevin Rose of digg.com and a few other programmers. Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more. You can do it all on the web site, or…
SaveNetRadio.org: June 26th, National Day of Silence
The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). To protest these rates and encourage the millions of net radio listeners to take action and contact their Congressional…
Dell’s Days of Deals Starts Today
Dell’s 10 Days of Deals begins today. If you are a regular reader, you know I think Dell has some great discounts, especially when it comes to buying Canon cameras. Dell will update their site is updated every day with new discounted products, usually there a few gems amidst the so-called “deals”.
Bono’s Elevation Partners Takes 25% Stake In Palm Inc.
The deal with Elevation Partners — which agreed to invest $325 million for a 25 percent stake in Palm — will infuse new talent in the handheld computer pioneer as it battles stiffening competition that will only get tougher with Apple Inc.’s June 29 launch of the iPhone. [NYTimes.com] In other news, Palm also just…
Apple & YouTube Strike Deal | iTunes 7.2 Released: Now With Less DRM!
In what proved to be a win-win move for both their stocks, Apple and YouTube announced a new content partnership yesterday (I guess having Eric Schmidt around has its benefits after all). Apple (AAPL) said that a free software download coming next month will allow Apple TV users to stream videos directly from YouTube to…