LinkedIn, the Perfect Acquisition for Yahoo!, AOL, Facebook, or Microsoft?

Why hasn’t Microsoft or Yahoo, not Google, acquired LinkedIn yet? The struggling AOL could benefit from buying LinkedIn too. LinkedIn is a good target right now. Facebook could be a perfect fit for LinkedIn too, just not Google. Google and LinkedIn would be like butter and water, just won’t make a good mix, but its [...]

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Does It Matter that Former Yahoo Exec Brad Garlinghouse Has Joined AOL?

TechCrunch reports that former Yahoo Executive Brad Garlinghouse has joined AOL. But does that cause to help AOL?
Nope, not even a little. It won’t help make a difference with AOL. Brad would have been better off if he had joined either LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter (or even my next project Welated.com or Laatie.com).
AOL as a brand has [...]

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Webware Finally Credits TechCrunch

I recently wrote on here about Webware kind of living in the shadow of TechCrunch on nearly every story they report. But, the good news thereafter is that Webware seems to have heeded my writing, that today in their Daily Tidbits, they finally credited TechCrunch on their report that, “Charles River Ventures, a venture capital fund that [...]

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President-Elect Obama Victory Speech Transcript

Transcript: ‘This is your victory,’ says Obama
Obama:
Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It’s the answer told [...]

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Columbus, Ohio is Forbes #1 Tech City

According to Forbes.com, Columbus, Ohio, my college (OSU) home town, is #1 on the list of Forbes’ Top Up-And-Coming Tech Cities.
Yes, Columbus is really a nice city, I just don’t like the weather. And it’s been hit hard by the current unemployment crisis. There are many jobs available, but only for low hourly rates, average [...]

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AOL Acquires Bebo

Apparently, there’s still value in the mostly ad-supported Internet business of social networking.
Yesterday AOL announces a plan to acquire Bebo, the third-biggest social networking site in the United States, for $850 million in cash. It’s reported that “AOL has spent close to $2 billion in the past year or so on acquisitions as it races [...]

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