Comcast Acquires Plaxo, Deal Closed Today
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch writes that all those rumors swirling around of the possible Plaxo deal are true and that Comcast has acquired this 2002 startup for some price between $150 and $170 Million. more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 13 hours ago (techcrunch.com)
AOL to acquire Bebo for $850 Million
Founded in 2005, with 40 million subscribers worldwide and being the third largest social networking site after MySpace and Facebook, Bebo has been acquired by AOL in a juicy cash deal of $850 Million more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 63 days ago (centernetworks.com)
Zazzle Launches Social Networking Profile Cards
Quick printing services company Zazzle has come up with a cool idea - to print business cards for your social networking profiles which most of us do have and so one can get the same look and feel as that more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 71 days ago (centernetworks.com)
Rumors? Plaxo Sold to Google for $200M?
Plaxo, which was founded in 2001 by Stanford classmates Cameron Ring and Todd Masonis along with Napster cofounder and Facebook founding president Sean Parker is mulling a sale to Google. It is backed more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 97 days ago (blog.wired.com)
Psst ... Facebook Finances Leaked
Planning to go public in 2009, Marc Zuckerberg needs to do something fast on the revenues streams in order to justify their huge valuation as well as the zooming headcount increase (shooting up 450 to more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 104 days ago (techcrunch.com)
How Facebook Gave Birth to an Industry
May 24, 2007 is regarded as the day when the Social Networking Operating System or the Facebook Economy was kick started by Mark Zuckerberg when he announced that the 'startup' social networking site more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 111 days ago (knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)
Can Facebook Keep Your Info After You Deactivate your Account?
Is Facebook facing some more flack for its user policies in the UK? After users complained about Facebook’s policy regarding the deactivation of an account, the Information Commissioner’s Office has more... Discuss | | by Ipod 118 days ago (mashable.com)
Did Slide Get Big Funding?
Kara Swisher talks about Slide, the San Francisco startup whose widgets are among the most popular on Facebook and MySpace–is completing a round of funding that could value the startup at many times more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 118 days ago (kara.allthingsd.com)
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