To Stanch Layoffs, Yahoo Has Been Shopping Its Ad Technology Platforms to Google, Microsoft and Others

There’s always yet another wacky money-making scheme on the horizon at Yahoo!
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From Kik to Clik: A Video-Sharing App That Works Without Wi-Fi

The creators of Kik Messenger have shifted focus to a new video-streaming app called Clik.
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Entropy, Dispersion and Fragmentation

I am totally convinced that the world of social media is not consolidating around one “winner takes all” social platform.

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Reminder: It’s Really Easy to Pirate TV. Even Live Sports.

Today’s reminder, courtesy of the NBA, the cable guys and Union Square’s Fred Wilson.
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The State of Social Sharing With Fred Wilson, Roger McNamee and More (Video)

Here’s a panel I did last week at the Privacy Identity Innovation conference that took place on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, called “Social Sharing and the Data-Driven Economy.”
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Twitter Shakes Things Up Again: Fred Wilson, Bijan Sabet Leaving Board

Twitter’s is reshaping itself yet again, this time at a corporate level, as two prominent and early investors leave the company’s board at the end of the month. Sources say Twitter won’t fill their seats.
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Union Square Ventures Gives Turntable a Spin

Turntable.fm, the most-buzzed about Web music service not named Spotify, has a new high-profile backer. Next up, perhaps: Label deals.
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Etsy Moves CTO Dickerson to CEO, Replacing Founder Rob Kalin

Etsy, the handmade goods online marketplace, has appointed its CTO Chad Dickerson as CEO. He replaces founder Rob Kalin, who stepped back into the top leadership role in late 2009.
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QOTD: That Said, Damning Google+ With Oldster Demo Praise

Google+ fills a void between public and private, it serves what is likely to be an older demo less interested in hooking up or hipstering out and more interested in the social utility it provides.

A VC Fred Wilson, in a later part of the same post on social networking companies.

QOTD: Keep Calm and Carry on, Twitter!

In any case, I hope Google+ succeeds. Given the blog posts saying this will kill Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare, etc, you might wonder why I feel that way. Well first, I don’t think competitors kill companies and services. I think the vast majority of “deaths” are self inflicted.

A VC Fred Wilson, on the newest entrant into social networking game.

Tumblr Falls Into a Really Big Pile of Money

BoomTown as Judge Judy, Um, Judge BigApps