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Pete Cashmore Talks Windows 7 and Hulu on CNN Live
Microsoft has dominated the social buzz this week. They made waves when they inked a search deal with Twitter , but the story that has dominated the news this week has to be the highly anticipated launch of Windows 7
Real-time Activity Streams Come to Loopt Mix for iPhone
Correction: The real-time update only affects the Loopt Mix iPhone app for now — One of the very first players in the geolocation space was Loopt. It lets users find out what is going on around them and what their friends are doing nearby. Earlier this week Loopt launched Loopt Mix for the iPhone , an app that lets you meet new people in your area by seeing who on Loopt is in the area and browsing their profiles
DISMISSED: Facebook Wins Legal Victory Over Power.com
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Power.com lawsuit against Facebook has been dismissed by a US District Judge. If you haven’t been following the data ownership scuffle, it’s been a back-and-fourth mélee with Facebook first filing suit against Power.com for allegedly using Facebook user data (primarily a member’s user name and password) without authorization
Carl Icahn Resigns from Yahoo’s Board of Directors
Carl Icahn, the famed hard-nosed billionaire and corporate raider who attempted to seize control of Yahoo after the company rejected Microsoft’s $50+ billion acquisition offer , has resigned his position as a member of the Yahoo Board of Directors, according to several reports. In May 2008, he shook the company started by Jerry Yang (who was CEO at the time) by nominating a “dissident slate” of directors, which would have essentially given him control of the company.