Commentful, the online service that tracks conversations through comments on blogs, has been quietly acquired by Bloggy Network. Kailash Nadh writes on his blog “I am positive that the new owners will take Commentful to the next level and make all the ‘blink’ lovers happy“. I hope his wish holds true, Commentful is by [...]
As reported by Vecosys, Emap, one of the UK’s largest publishing houses has acquired YoSpace. YoSpace maintains the platform used by both 3’s SeeMeTV and 02’s Look AT Me TV services - both sites reward users for submitting user generated content (ugc). The deal was said to be worth just under £9m, with a further [...]
The end of video sharing as we know it is officially over.
Following Google’s acquisition of YouTube, several stories have come to light that suggest that the video sharing free for all has come to a close. Two of YouTube’s biggest competitors are being sued by Universal Music. YouTube has escaped this lawsuit. Just before YouTube [...]
As reported over on Guardian Unlimited, Google are reported to be in talks with the board of YouTube, the web’s most popular and controversial talked about social video sharing work. In a deal that could be worth over £800 million, YouTube would become part of the Google family and effectively merge into the existing Google [...]
OpenBC, the German equivalent of LinkedIn, is to rebrand as Xing. Although I welcome this move, I somehow feel that OpenBC is selling itselve short. By rebranding itself with a funky new ‘web 2.0′ name and logo i think they will alienate a lot of their existing users. OpenBC is primarily a serious business network, [...]