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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Plaxo today announced the availability of a Dutch version of its next-generation social network, Pulse.

After Google and Facebook could not come to terms over Google's Friend Connect service, the Mountain View-based search company has further snubbed Facebook, publicly noting Friend Connect users' incapability to ...

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BANGALORE, INDIA: US-based cable-TV company Comcast Corp will acquire social networking start-up Plaxo Inc.

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Icahn moves on Yahoo Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn announced plans yesterday to launch a bid to replace the board of Yahoo, saying the Internet firm had completely botched merger talks with Microsoft.

There must be something in the water this week. While the biggest new media acquisition story of the day has to be CBS buying CNET for $1.8 billion , big companies are swallowing up smaller ones left and right.

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“Right now on Plaxo you have a lot of people who are sharing photos”

Comcast Corp. is buying contact management company Plaxo Inc. and plans to incorporate into all its offerings features intended to help people synchronize their address books and connect socially online. via The Modesto Bee

Mountain View: The effort to make it easier for web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. via Sify

I just prefer Plaxo. Hey I am a member of both! Last week I commented on the comparison between Plaxo and Facebook . via Computer Weekly

“Say for instance your friend 'favorites' a video on YouTube. You'll get notified by YouTube, FriendFeed and Plaxo Pulse all in your AllMyFrickingFriends.com feed”

Mountain View, CA First there were the social sites like Digg, Facebook and Twitter to compile your friends all in one spot, but that didn't work because your friends used different services. via BBspot

What every AJAX development manager needs to be aware of By: Yakov Fain I always respected cliffhangers. via XML Journal

Categories: Acquisition Tags: Plaxo Inc. , Google Inc. , Social Networking , Asset Management , Telecommunications , Online Communications , Marketing , Advertising & Promotion , Operational Planning , Business ... via Googling Google

DataPortability.org announced today that representatives from three Silicon Valley companies are joining the DataPortability Workgroup, a group whose nominal mission is to make it easy for users to share ... via Wired News

“We're open to partnering with everybody...they've chosen to take a particular path”

Plaxo has come a long way since the days when it was known most widely for the irritating emails it automatically sent to all the people on the contact list of Plaxo users who updated their information. via AlwaysOn

Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 03 Jan 2008 07:51 AM PST Updated below : Social networking service Plaxo is putting itself up for auction and hoping to fetch up to $100 million, reports NYT . via PaidContent.org

Plaxo , the Sequoia-backed start that transformed itself from a hated spam monster into a mild mannered and interestin g business social network, has started a sale process according to a source. via TechCrunch

“Dynamic profiles redefine what users should expect in terms of how they can represent themselves in a social or business network”

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- In a major expansion of functionality, Plaxo today introduced "dynamic profiles" to Pulse, its next-generation open social network. via Digital Producer