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eBay close to acquiring StumbleUpon

Auction site eBay is reportedly close to concluding a deal to buy StumbleUpon, a browsing application which helps users discover new sites.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the deal will be worth around $75m (£37.6m), though completion may take a few weeks yet. A similar rumour was reported back in April.

by Graham Charlton 09 May 2007 11:12am 0 comments

49% of US population has little interest in Web 2.0

A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has looked at internet and technology adoption and usage in the US, finding that nearly half of those surveyed do not use interactive features.

Pew's Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users study surveyed 4001 adults, including 2,822 internet users, and looked at levels of adoption and attitude to Web 2.0 features such as blogging and video sharing.

by Graham Charlton 09 May 2007 10:41am 1 comment

Yahoo! shuts auctions, loses eBay battle

Yahoo! is to close its auctions website this summer in the face of eBay's overwhelming market dominance.

Yahoo! Auctions will be shut down in the US and Canada from June, but sites in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore will remain.

by Robert Andrews 09 May 2007 08:54am 0 comments

Affiliates can be your social media allies

Brands who burn their bridges and leave behind angry affiliates risk losing valuable social media allies, writes Andrew Girdwood.

by Andrew Girdwood 09 May 2007 08:00am 1 comment

Email marketing provider Silverpop acquires Vtrenz

Email service provider Silverpop has acquired Vtrenz, a company which provides automated lead generation services.

Vtrenz analyses customer behaviour and uses this information to determine the most appropriate response, whether it be a phone call or email.

by Graham Charlton 08 May 2007 18:40pm 0 comments

Microsoft upgrades Hotmail

Windows Live Hotmail, the successor to MSN Hotmail, has launched worldwide today, offering the most comprehensive upgrade to the email service since its inception in 1996.

The new version of Hotmail has been in beta for the past two years, with 20m users testing it. From yesterday, the 280m active Hotmail accounts will be migrated over to Windows Live Hotmail.

by Graham Charlton 08 May 2007 15:49pm 3 comments

MySpace 'to buy Photobucket for $250m'

MySpace is reportedly set to acquire image-sharing site Photobucket for around $250m (£125m).

Photobucket is currently the largest image-sharing site on the web, with a reported 41m registered users.

by Graham Charlton 08 May 2007 12:15pm 0 comments

Contacts start-up in European running

A British online contacts and calendar suite is among the finalists to be picked to contest the title of best European web start-up.

Anywr.com unifies address book entries from multiple webmail and offline email clients, and synchronises information with desktop applications and mobile phone handsets.

by Robert Andrews 08 May 2007 10:32am 0 comments