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• Accused Of Being A Copy Cat, Microsoft Suspends Its Twitter-Like Service In China

  PaidContent - 2009-12-15

  Less than a month after Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) launched a microblogging service in China, the company has pulled the product off the market, among rampant accusations that it had blatantly copied a competitor’s own microblogging service. In a statement issued late last night, Microsoft said, “Because questions have been...

  Tags: China, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intellectual Property, Blogging, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Research & Development, Business Operations, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Companies, Microsoft, Twitter, Countries, Asia, Joseph Tartakoff

• Russell Simmons' Global Grind Buys CelebrityTweets.com

  PaidContent - 2009-12-08

  Hip hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons’ Global Grind has purchased CelebrityTweet.com, which aggregates Tweets from celebrities, including Simmons himself. Global Grind features a wide array of coverage geared towards hip hop fans, including videos, a number of celebrity blogs and political news. In a release, it says it will continue...

  Tags: Russell Simmons, Global Grind, Entrepreneurship, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Communications, Corporate Law, Blogging, Management, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, Internet, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Companies, Twitter, Joseph Tartakoff

• ESPN.com's Bill Simmons Gets A Twitter Time Out, Sort Of

  PaidContent - 2009-11-21

  Part of the joy of following Bill Simmons on Twitter is the feeling that he doesn’t hold back—that, plus not only he can be snarky as all get out when the occasion demands, his tweets, snarky or not, are usually spot on. (He has one of the highest “repeat...

  Tags: ESPN, Twitter Inc., Bill Simmons, Quality, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Online News, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Companies, Disney, Twitter, Staci D. Kramer

• Tech Law: Facebook to Open Code, Twitter Sued Over Patents, More

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  Facebook must turn over source code in a patent suit; TechRadium sues Twitter; the first criminal prosecution of domain name theft is about to happen; Microsoft and Yahoo start the regulatory paperwork for their deal; SCO gets a bankruptcy trustee appointed by a judge; and the Activision/Double Fine dispute over...

  Tags: Facebook, Patent, Domain Name, Twitter, Bankruptcy, Domain Names, Litigation, Personal Finance, Games, Internet, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman

• Great Resources for Finding Work Online

  BNET - 2009-06-08

  Looking to work remotely? In search of online employment? There appear to be some excellent opportunities to be had, even in this economy. Recently, Web Worker Daily described four resources for finding work online. Here is what they recommend: oDesk is an online...

  Tags: Job, eLance, Twitter, RentACoder, Recruitment & Selection, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dave Johnson

• Why The World Is A-Twitter With Acquisition Rumors

  BNET - 2009-05-10

  Google, Microsoft and Apple have all been rumored to be poking around at Twitter, the hot new social media sensation, with good reason. Meanwhile, Google, Facebook and Twitter have been playing follow-the-leader with each other. Google recently introduced Profiles in an attempt to create its own social...

  Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Acquisition, Twitter, Social Networking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Michael Hickins

• Media Roundup: "Don't Click" Message Hijacks Twitter, Sony Reaches Agreement with YouTube and More

  BNET - 2009-02-13

  In Today's Media Roundup: Facebook devalued to $3.7 billion, "Don't Click" message hijacks Twitter, Baltimore Sun closes bureau, Sony reaches agreement with YouTube, Midway declared bankruptcy, Google stops radio ad program and YouTube offers downloads. by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Media, YouTube Inc., Agreement, Video, Twitter, Corporate Communications, Litigation, Marketing, Business Operations, Sean Blanda

• Yahoo! to buy Twitter rival Tumblr – Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-02-10

  Tumblr has denied rumours that Yahoo! is in talks to buy its micro-blogging platform for as much as USD50m. According to a report on technology site ValleyWag, Yahoo! is discussing a "low-to-mid eight figures" buyout of Tumblr, with Yahoo!'s SVP...

  Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Twitter, Rumour, Tumblr, Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing Research, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, Andrew McDonald

• Twitter's Brand-Building Power: Can You Afford to Ignore It?

  BNET - 2009-02-05

  I'm being followed by a meerkat -- and not just any meerkat, but an English-speaking, Russian meerkat called Aleksandr, founder of Compare the Meerkat.com. If that wasn't enough to make me and others question my sanity, I'm following him too. Being followed is...

  Tags: Brand, Twitter, Insurance, Branding, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Finance, Jonathan Cummings

• Twitter acquires start-up Values of n

  Strategy Eye - 2008-11-25

  Twitter is acquiring, for an undisclosed sum, Values of n, the startup behind Stikkit - a post-it note app - and I Want Sandy, a personal productivity portal for email, SMS and the web. The acquisition appears to be linked to the Values of n founder Rael Dornfest to...

  Tags: Twitter, Rael Dornfest, Outsourcing, Team Management, Blogging, Portals, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Facebook, Charlotte Eyre