Roundup: Layoffs hit Flickr, Apple’s 3D desktop, and more

Roundup: Layoffs hit Flickr, Apple’s 3D desktop, and more

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Yahoo troubles hit Flickr — George Oates, one of the Yahoo-owned photo site’s early employees, is among the latest layoffs.

Apple to build 3D desktop? — It’s exploring the possibility, according to patent filings published by MacRumors.

Palm may unveil new operating system at Consumer Electronics… Continue Reading

Roundup: Opera Mobile picks Google for search, ‘Quarterlife’ flops, Zoho updates and more

Roundup: Opera Mobile picks Google for search, ‘Quarterlife’ flops, Zoho updates and more

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1) Opera’s mobile web browser picks Google for search
2) Web-born show ‘Quarterlife’ bombs on NBC
3) Zoho updates its online writer
4) Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope is revealed
5) Panther Express, a NY start-up, gets funding
6) AngryJournalist.com lets writers vent
7) Drama amid the DivX shutdown of… Continue Reading

Roundup: Digg’s deal, Facebook, Stage6, AideRSS, Toyota’s plug-in, Google & more

Roundup: Digg’s deal, Facebook, Stage6, AideRSS, Toyota’s plug-in, Google & more

Here’s the latest action:

Digg, the news-ranking site, signs big advertising deal with Microsoft — It is similar to the one signed by Facebook with Microsoft, says co-founder Kevin Rose.

Divx to spin off its Stage6 video-sharing site: Stage6, a site featuring user-created videos that uses technology from… Continue Reading