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Last Week in BoomTown: Peter Thiel, Writers' Strike, OpenSocial, Hulu!

in News on November 5, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

In case you missed them, check out these stories from last week: Kara Visits VC Peter Thiel: A video interview with the first investor in Facebook, who also sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion. Thiel’s take: Web 2.0 is underhyped! Writers’ Strike!: The battle is on in Hollywood, as writers and studios fight over DVD fees split, but there is also wrangling over potential profits from new media efforts.

Rumors, Rumors Everywhere, but Not a Lot to Think (Except AOL-Quigo?)

in News on October 31, 2007 at 3:54 am PT

So there is a lot of swirl out there about a spate of companies and their supposed plans. In the interest of time-saving, we will group them all here in one easy list that you can clip and save. DEALS AFOOT?: Yes, there is always a lot of sniffing around out there, especially given that [...]

Maka-Maka Melee for Zuckerberg or Maka-Maka Beautiful Music Together?

in News on October 30, 2007 at 2:39 am PT

Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. Once it’s out (and sooner than later, we are guessing), we’ll all be able to consider whether Google’s new Maka-Maka project–a way to create an open social graph over the Web that is third-party apps friendly–is a real attempted assault on the Facebook platform or more [...]