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Entries from September 2007

Zimbra picked up in a wise move by Yahoo!

September 17th, 2007 No Comments

Yahoo! announced today that they have acquired open source email platform developer Zimbra. I was recently introduced to Zimbra by my wife as the school district that she works for uses it. I was taken by it’s full functionality and ease of use. It’s also very similar to Yahoo!’s new Ajaxy email platform. There were [...]

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When Marketing Doesn’t Talk with Product Development

September 16th, 2007 No Comments

or what happens when marketing markets how a product should be, not what it really is.
 
I was recently on Y! Mash when I noticed this flash ad about Y! Toolbar (to the right here). It piqued my interest because it showed the Y! Music Unlimited purple logo on the Y! Toolbar. It implied that you [...]

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Yahoo!’s new Mash property

September 15th, 2007 2 Comments

Yahoo! has opened a new property, Yahoo! Mash. It’s a combination social networking site and wiki.
It shares some similarities with other social networking sites in that you “add” friends and monitor changes they make on their profiles. But maybe more importantly, they and others can make changes to your profile. Rest assured if you don’t [...]

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Web 2.0 - The whole world’s watching

September 12th, 2007 1 Comment

I’ve received multiple calls from 800-650-8806 (according to my call logs) and there’s no one on the line when we answer or they don’t leave voice mail when we don’t. I became intrigued due to their persistance and searched for the number online. This led me to a page at whocalled.us (a wonderfully witty use [...]

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The Real News Network scares me

September 9th, 2007 No Comments

An independent news service broadcasting on the web and (soon) on a TV near you.

If you fear people and businesses with money, don’t trust the govt, think it’s a crime we’re in Iraq and see global warming as your fault then this is for you.
Very scary. But there is a humorous irony on the site. [...]

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