BT and Fon have finally confirmed their long-expected partnership, thus creating the largest Wi-Fi community in the world.
Rumors that BT and Fon were in talks about the deal have been circulating for months, but Thursday's announcement is the first official confirmation. Fon has signed similar deals with France’s Neuf Cegetel and the U.S.’ Time Warner.
Martin Varsavsky, Fon's founder and chief executive, said: "From the beginning, Fon users believed in the concept of sharing and in the people's ability to participate in building...
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates did a joint interview at the D5 Conference. The two jointly discussed the history and future of the digital revolution in an unrehearsed, unscripted, onstage conversation; And both chose to ignore the giant elephant in the room, as CNBC referred to Google.
Microsoft today announced the launch of a new product line known as "Surface", created under the code name "Milan" and based on the "PlayAnywhere" prototype.
Surface is a horizontal display on a table-like form factor that morphs from an ordinary table-top into a new, vibrant way to bring connected entertainment and digital content to users. The cool factor is the way you interact with digital content by using your hands to get what you need. Surface provides interaction with digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical...
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Martin Varsavsky, Founder and CEO of Fon, just send out the memo to all Fon employees:
As of today Fon will disengage from Microsoft and adopt Linux in the Ubuntu form as our operating system of choice.
I would like to ask all Foneros to pls migrate to Ubuntu at your earliest convenience. As of next week Fon will not buy any more Microsoft licenses, nor install, service any new Microsoft programs on any existing computers. All the software we use will be Open Source unless a certain package we need is not easily available in Open Source...
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The Wall Street Journal today has a article that says Yahoo and Microsoft are in merger negotiations.
A year after Microsoft originally approached Yahoo in takeover talks, Microsoft and Yahoo executives are weighing the possibility of merging the two companies.
"In what appear to be early-stage discussions, executives at Microsoft and Yahoo are taking a fresh look at a merger of the two companies or some kind of match-up that would pair their companies' respective strengths, say people familiar with the situation.
The renewed talks...
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The NY Times reports that Google has purchased ad serving company DoubleClick for $3.1 billion.
"Google reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion in cash, the companies announced, an amount that was almost double the $1.65 billion in stock that Google paid for YouTube late last year.
The sale offers Google access to DoubleClick’s advertisement software and, more importantly, its relationships with Web publishers, advertisers and advertising...
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The New York Times reports that this exchange, for buyers and sellers of internet advertising, is the centerpiece of Doubleclick's growth plan.
DoubleClick views the exchange as the centerpiece of a growth plan and may derive the majority of revenue from the new service within five years, said David Rosenblatt, the company’s chief executive, said in an interview yesterday. “We already have the largest sellers and the largest buyers,” he said. “This will link them for the first time.”
He described the exchange as a mix of eBay...
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Yahoo plans to create "Brand Universes" in the hopes of partnering with "passion brands" to generate more ad revenue. These are dedicated areas on Yahoo for fans of a movie or product to congregate, share and connect with each other.
The company told reporters earlier this week that they previously did not "connect the dots for our users around those brands," but they recognized that as a weakness. Yahoo's head of games, entertainment and youth, Vince Broady, continued, "Brand Universe is designed to fix that problem." The Brand Universes...
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