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MySpace, Skype to partner for voice function on IM client
News News Corp. social-networking site is set to announce that voice chat on its instant-messaging client will be powered by eBay's Skype.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony
A method to the iPhone madness?
News Love it or hate it, the frenzy around Apple's iPhone is forcing consumers to think about what they want from a mobile device.
Tags: Cellular phones
A revamped Yahoo turning to users
News Yahoo reorganization means more user-generated content and less Hollywood, analysts say.
Tags: Web sites
Valleywag: Steve Jobs undergoing surgery Monday
News Apple's CEO has reportedly checked into Stanford Hospital, near his home in Palo Alto, Calif., for an unspecified surgical procedure.
Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Handhelds, Personal Computers, Apple Inc., Surgery, Bloomberg L.P., Valleywag, CEO, News.com
Wikimedia Foundation: Jimmy Wales 'absolutely' not out
News Valleywag reported Saturday that the Wikipedia founder was out at the foundation that runs the Web-based encyclopedia. But the foundation strongly disputes it.
Tags: Web sites, Best strategies, Business plans, Wikipedia, Jimmy, RFC, e-mail, job, News.com, founder
Apple denies second round of layoff rumors
News Valleywag has reported twice last week that Apple has laid off small groups of workers, but the company has now denied both reports.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Apple Macintosh, Sales, consumer confidence, Cupertino, layoff, stock price, Worker
Sources confirm Apple laid off salespeople last week
News An Apple spokesman twice denied reports that the company laid off enterprise sales staff, but sources say that they lost their jobs last week.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Layoffs, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Sales, Cupertino, sales strategy, layoff, CEO, CNET Networks Inc.
Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll
News The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.
Tags: Layoffs, PalmOS compatibles, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., operating system, layoff, Palm OS, mobile operating system
Ballmer and Bostock break bread
News The New York Times confirms a Valleywag report that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock met earlier this week in New York.
Tags: Search, Best strategies, Employee communications, Mergers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., New York, chairman, CEO
Is that Facebook guy crazy?
Blogs I had high hopes of winning the local lottery last night. The prize money had snowballed to almost S$3 million, and yes,...
Flickr founder knocks Yahoo's culture
News During a recent visit to Australia, former Yahoo staffer Stewart Butterfield criticized the search giant for its lack of an innovative culture compared to rival Google.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Australia, Melbourne, Flickr, founder, Jerry Yang, leadership
MySpace to acquire Photobucket image-sharing site
News Social-networking giant snatches up the photo-sharing service, but details are still being hammered out, source says.
Tags: Web sites, Video, Acquisitions, Web 2.0
