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Sep
16
2009

Facebook: Cash-Flow Positive With 300 Million Users

Facebook just announced it has crossed the 300 million user mark and that it became cash-flow positive last quarter.

"This is important to us because it sets Facebook up to be a strong independent service for the long term," said Mark Zuckerberg in a statement.

A reminder: that doesn't mean Facebook...

Sep
15
2009

Bing Tries More Pictures, Less Text

Some Bing search results pages will now show pictures instead of text.

The new feature is called "visual search" and uses Microsoft's Silverlight technology.

The AP:

Microsoft Corp. is testing a way to display some search results as galleries of moveable images instead of text links. That's...

Sep
15
2009

Upgrading To Windows 7 Could Take More Than 20 Hours

Many upgrades to Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 7 will take one to three hours -- a reasonable amount of time. But some upgrades could take more than 20 hours, Microsoft employee Chris Hernandez says on a company blog.

Exmple: For a Super User -- a system that has 650 GB of data, 40 applications...

Sep
14
2009

Yahoo Sells Alibaba.com Stake For $150 Million

Yahoo (YHOO) is selling its 1.1% stake in Alibaba.com for close to $150 million.

Alibaba.com shares nearly quadrupled in the last year, so big Purple looks smart here.

Alibaba.com is a publicly traded subsidiary to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Yahoo will retain its 40% stake in the parent company.

Sep
14
2009

Google's Search Patterns Say Economy Is Recovering

Google's economist Hal Varian says Google's search patterns show that the economy is recovering:

Cecilia Kang, WaPo: In March, the number of Google users searching for information about unemployment benefits or employment centers began to drop, Varian said. Overall unemployment has continued to climb,...

Sep
12
2009

Google aims to halve the cost of solar power

What a market leader and major dealer in capital does publicly with their money is revealing. One of the things I admire about Microsoft is that through their Labs and Research initiatives, they’ve done a lot of good work in fields only tangentially connected with Microsoft markets. Google has some initiatives...

Sep
12
2009

Facebook Lite: How Will Twitter Respond? Twitter Lite!

So, we now have Facebook Lite in the U.S., a slimmed down, sexier version of Facebook. It’s been said for a while that Facebook may have a long term problem with Twitter because it was too bloated, while Twitter was so light and simple — talk of that should die down now.

So how will Twitter respond?...

Sep
11
2009

Facebook To Get Twitter-like '@Replies'

Facebook just added a new feature that let's users make Twitter-like @replies with their status updates.

Still don't believe Facebook is working as hard as it can to copy-and-kill Twitter?

Facebook engineer Tom Occhino explains the new feature in a post:

Now, when you are writing a status update...

Sep
11
2009

Google bumps up size of search box

Google has enlarged its search box to make it "easier" for people to use, the company said late Wednesday.

In a blog post, Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president for search products and user experience, said the simple change to the company's home page "symbolizes" its "focus on search." She added...

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