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Facebook Acquires FriendFeed for $50 Million

Facebook has acquired online activity aggregator FriendFeed for nearly $50 million.

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Team Apart: Best Virtual Meeting Tool

Mashable: Team Apart (formerly Meetcast), a Y Combinator-funded startup that is now launching its free, web-based workspace application. And it is something to behold: not only does it carry basic virtual meeting features such as demo support and video chat, but … Continue reading

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Microsoft Gets Office.com

Mashable: According to the blog istartedsomething.com, the domain name for Office.com was transferred to Microsoft on August 4th – just two days ago – from a European company called ContactOffice group. Sure enough, WHOIS records now indicate the domain name belongs … Continue reading

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PicTreat Photo Editor: One Click for Facial Retouching

Mashable: PicTreat, a brand new online photo editor, is catering to our vainer side by promising fully automated online facial retouching in just one click. The web-based application is primarily for enhancing beauty shots of human faces by removing blemishes, … Continue reading

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GeoChirp is a Cool Local Twitter Tool

Mashable: GeoChirp, is a Twitter and Google Maps mashups, doesn’t even require to register. It helps you search tweets for keywords in a certain geographic area which means you can easily see who is tweeting around you.

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Ads in Video

According to Mashable, Ustream is testing text overlays ads in the streams. Their ads are semi-transparent and can be closed by users. I am wondering if I leave the ads alone, will they disappear in several seconds, or just stand … Continue reading

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