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quick props to Yahoo! Local for their release of Neighbors feature. the site has come a long way after the Our City concept came out of Bangalore. it upgraded the maps feature, reviews, the rotating headlines similar to Yahoo! TV, and now the neighbors feature.
it allows neighbors to post suggestions that are relevant to local […]

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the #2 mobile carrier verizon is going to open up it’s network for any device and any application - check out this Yahoo! News Strory. on what it means to the business of carriers, gigaom has an article. he argues that this is an opportunistic move in relation to 700MHz auction, and might have serious […]

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facebook came out with a advertising product for the masses - the usual things aside the following screenshot gives a glimpse of the targeting capabilities it offers. one thing you can’t see is that the system offers a selection of keywords that it understands.

david berkowitz from search insider has a story on how it correlates […]

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businessweek ran a story on carnegie mellon computer science professor randy pausch, diagnosed with terminal cancer, who has some words to live by that ring particularly true on thanksgiving. check it out.

it’s always interesting to hear from someone that doesn’t have anything to lose, and quoting below.
From the frenetic man in the black knit shirt […]

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checked out plusmo after an alum (Ro?) sent out a help-wanted ad in our alumni mailing list. sounded cool, and it did cool things. but later discovered that cricinfo had a cool plusmo gadget called MobiCast for mobile phones. installed it on my blackberry 8800, works like a charm. the best ball-by-ball user experience so […]

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