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Google vs Murdoch, Twitter and Facebook
Is there life after Google? Australian media billionaire Rupert Murdoch is betting there is. He “reckons net access content is worth money,” said p2pnet yesterday, going on, “ Lots of money.
Continue reading »Skype — For Sale
The already dodgy relationship between Kazaa (and Skype) creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis and eBay has taken another seriously negative turn. eBay forked out a staggering 2.6 billion to to buy Skype but last year, Zennstrom’s role as CEO was cancelled and Friis who, according to BusinessWeek , had been working on “new initiatives” part-time, would, “no longer have a role in the company,” said the story. Now, citing “limited synergies,” eBay will drop Skype, beginning with an IPO intended to be completed in the first half of 2010, says eWeek , going on »»» The company released a statement saying the decision to separate Skype was based on a timeline outlined by EBay’s president and CEO, John Donahoe.
Continue reading »The Curse of Billy Bob Thornton
Actor Billy Bob Thornton decided discretion was the better part of valour after an embarrassingly interview with CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi. After likening Canadians to mashed potatoes without the gravy , and being booed in Toronto with a similar occurrence promised for Montreal, Billy Bob and the Boxmasters, who’d been opening for Willie Nelson, headed north instead of completing their part of the show.
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