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Rumor: Comcast to Snap of Daily Candy for $75M

Written on
July 24th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Daily Candy, an e-newsletter aimed at the high-end shopaholic market, may be sold to Comcast for $75 million, according to reports on Gawker and Silicon Alley Insider. The wildly popular Daily Candy is owned by Pilot Group Ventures, and has been the target of several acquisition rumors. But this [...] more...

How Much Would You Pay For Plaxo?

Written on
January 3rd 2008
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Editor

It is being reported that social network Plaxo is up for sale. The company, which has not made a profit, is seeking a sales price of $100 million, according sources for The New York Times. The site has tried to stay afloat by becoming an aggregator of information from other [...] more...

Team “OpenSocial” To Take Facebook Down

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October 31st 2007
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Editor

It is being reported that Facebook may not be allowed the clout they have been receiving recently after all. Tomorrow, Google will begin heading up an alliance of social networks that will begin opening up their sites to outside software developers. This group will introduce a common set of standards [...] more...

Plaxo Bares All…Well Almost

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August 29th 2007
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Editor

Plaxo, a well-known content management site announced that it has made a part of its source code available to developers as well as the general public. The code for the company’s “Online Identity Consolidator,” is the code being released. This code can detect all of the social-networking accounts for a [...] more...