We’re a little more than halfway through the month of October and once again, it’s been a very busy month. The social networks and blogosphere have been providing a plethora of topics and content to blog about. Here’s just a few of the most popular stories from around the web.
Google Acquires Jaiku
Mashable social Networking News has asked the question, Breaking: Google Acquires Jaiku, Why Not Twitter? and from Jaiku’s site We’re Joining Google. Now the multi-million dollar question, Why the heck would Google even be interested in these seemingly “junk technology” sites? It looks like the Web 2.0 revolution is going to make the dot com implosion of the late 90’s look like a triple decker red herring sandwich.
Speaking of Twitter - Blogger Pays his Rent using Twitter
Blogger Marshall Kirkpatrick has recently posting the interesting article Twitter is Paying My Rent. I have to admit, I just don’t see anything useful in Twitter, but if this guy is paying his rent using it, more power to him. I just wish I could figure out how to use Twitter for anything useful? It just seems like a big waste of time to me, but maybe the attitude of “Time is Money” doesn’t apply to the internet and text-messaging generation.
MSNBC Acquires Newsvive
One of the most innovative social news sites, and a personal favorite of mine, Newsvine, was acquired by MSNBC. According to Charlie Tillinghast, president of MSNBC Interactive News, Newsvine will remain a stand-alone site with MSNBC providing technology resources. The complete story is avaliable here : MSNBC Interactive News Acquires Newsvine
Yahoo Assumes Control of MyBlogLog
The rumours have been flying since early 2007 that Yahoo had acquired the blogger community MyBlogLog. The rumours have finally been solidified with Yahoo recently co-branding the MyBlogLog site and now requiring a Yahoo Id to access the service. This acquisition and subsequent co-branding has seen bloggers across the blogosphere removing the MyBlogLog widget from their sites. We’ve removed the widgets from all of our blogs in solidarity. After all, who wants to be passing the “link juice” to a Yahoo owned company ?
John Chow Reaches a New Milestone
One of my favorite bloggers, the quintessential John Chow, has announced New Blog Milestone - 10,000 RSS Readers. Congratulations to John Chow and here’s looking forward to the next big milestone, the 100K mark.
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