
For the third time this year speculation has aroused around an impending sale of Digg.com to Google. Is the third time a charm? We may not know for a couple of weeks, but at least this latest round of slow-news-day maybes has a rumored letter of intent and a believe-it-or-not deadline.
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The SEO-friendly social media site Sphinn may have been a little too friendly with submitters, something they addressed with a recent site change. read more  Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:02:33 -0400
We've noted time and time again the way in which Wikipedia receives loads of traffic from Google, and to be honest, there's no clear sign that this will change. But Google has gone so far as to launch Knol, a sort of would-be competitor. read more  Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:41:48 -0400
The Electronic Frontier Foundation criticized Yahoo's planned shutdown of DRM servers for its music store and asked the company to take care of its customers. read more  Publ.Date : Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:36 -0400
Online video news sharing site Redlasso said today that it is suspending blogger access to its video search and clipping service while it fights a copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week by NBC and Fox News Channel. The company said it will continue to provide services to its business and radio clients. read more  Publ.Date : Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:18:10 -0400
Yesterday's Twitter glitch (Twitch?) causing users' follower/followee lists to be trimmed for them appears to be resolved.
Twitter founder Biz Stone attributed the event to an error during a database upgrade. A post yesterday is time-stamped 12:01 Pacific, suggesting the error was fixed within about 12 hours. It would take longer, until today probably, to return actual numbers to normal on user accounts. read more  Publ.Date : Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:21:18 -0400
Russian contextual ad network Begun, purchased by Google from Rambler Media, saw a quick uptick in its business through the start of 2008. read more  Publ.Date : Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:54:31 -0400
Only four days after escaping from a federal minimum-security prison in Florence, Colorado "Spam King" Eddie Davidson was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. read more  Publ.Date : Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:34:32 -0400
Google North America finds itself down a head of sales and finance this morning. Michael Adair has moved away from the search giant and is joining Glam Media as vice president of corporate development and finance. read more  Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:19:59 -0400
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