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After A Small Respite, Yahoo! Is Trying Social Media Again
Technorati Tags: Yahoo! 360,Yahoo,MyM,social media Only a few weeks after it was announced they were giving up on Yahoo! 360, it’s reported Yahoo! is launching “MyM”, a new, self-described “social messaging” service. Currently in private beta, MyM is a web based portal for accessing multiple instant messaging and social media sites in one place. Valleywag.com is [...]

Google Makes Advances In Online Applications
Yesterday, Google made ‘Google Gears’ available for open beta testing. An open source browser extension, Google Gears lets users access online applications even when they’re not connected to the net. Currently, Google Gears works with Google Reader, Google’s RSS feed aggregator, and will presumably soon work with Google Docs & Spreadsheets and Gmail. Google Gears tackles [...]

P2P Downloaders Purchase More CDs?
According to a new study by Industry Canada, Internet users who download music over peer-to-peer networks buy more CDs than they would otherwise. For years, opponents to the tactics record companies have employed in combating illegal music downloading have argued there is little correlation between the rise of P2P networks and the general sales decline the [...]