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Implications of New Gowalla Feature, Facebook Gift Cards

Gowalla has launched a new feature called "highlights" which it describes as "little rewards you can give to places that are important to your life". MG Siegler talks about the potential significance of such a feature.

"Where this gets really interesting is when you bring the social graph into it," he writes. "So, for example, if I . . . → Read More: Implications of New Gowalla Feature, Facebook Gift Cards

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YouTube Seals Its Biggest “Premium Sports” Deal Yet

Baseball fans in Japan and four other countries have reason to celebrate today.  A record-breaking deal involving YouTube and Major League Baseball has been struck, and as a result, said fans will gain access to lots and lots of footage.

In an email to WebProNews, a YouTube representative provided some more details in the form of bullet . . . → Read More: YouTube Seals Its Biggest “Premium Sports” Deal Yet

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Microsoft Co-Founder Sues Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Yahoo, Apple, Etc.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has a company called Interval Licensing, and it is suing the following  eleven companies: AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube.

The claim, filed in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Washington, alleges that these companies have infringed upon patents held by Interval. . . . → Read More: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Yahoo, Apple, Etc.

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The Top Ten U.S. Web Properties

comScore released its monthly Media Metrix top 50 revealing the top 50 U.S. web properties. Here are the top ten:

1. Google sites
2. Yahoo Sites
3. Microsoft sites
4. Facebook.com
5. AOL
6. Glam Media
7. Ask Network (IAC perhaps?)
8. Turner Network
9. Fox Interactive Media
10. Amazon Sites

Google has acquired Angstro, a social startup that is said to be key to the company’s . . . → Read More: The Top Ten U.S. Web Properties

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Cheezburger Network Offers to Buy Reddit

Ben Huh, who runs the Cheezburger Network, has offered to buy Reddit. This comes after Condé Nast, which owns Reddit, rejected Prop 19 ads on the site (Facebook also rejected them).

Yesterday, Reddit posted the following message:

The reddit admins were just blindsided with the news that, apparently, we’re not allowed to take advertising money from sites . . . → Read More: Cheezburger Network Offers to Buy Reddit

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Teachbook Says it Doesn’t Know Why Facebook Wants to Impede Teaching

Update: See comments section for comment from Facebook.

Original Article: WebProNews reached out to both Teachbook and Facebook for comment on the suit the latter has filed against the former. So far, we’ve only heard back from Teachbook.

In case you’re not familiar with the story, Facebook is suing a company called Teachbook, which operates a social networking site . . . → Read More: Teachbook Says it Doesn’t Know Why Facebook Wants to Impede Teaching

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