Yahoo’s MyBlogLog drifts up the activity stream. Can it float against FriendFeed?

Yahoo’s MyBlogLog drifts up the activity stream. Can it float against FriendFeed?

Yahoo’s blog community site, MyBlogLog, has launched a new acitivity stream (a list of activity from you and your contacts on a social site) portion of its site, which it’s dubbing “New with…”. While a nice addition for users of the site, this new feature… Continue Reading

SezWho lets you have say on blog commenters

SezWho lets you have say on blog commenters


 Updated

Ever notice how some blogs are filled with mean-spirited, crude or self-serving comments, while others have few comments at all?

Palo Alto’s SezWho, a service that lets you build a reputation based on the quality of your online comments, thinks it can change that. It launched… Continue Reading

Roundup: Cisco sues, Avvenu, Weatherbill, Techdirt, Blue Origin & more

Roundup: Cisco sues, Avvenu, Weatherbill, Techdirt, Blue Origin & more

Here’s the latest wrap-up of Silicon Valley tech news:

Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name — Who cares? If Apple loses, it will come up with a different name. Like, ApplePhone, or iPodPhone. Details of suit.

Yahoo signs deal with Akimbo to deliver video to televisions — Just the… Continue Reading

Peanut Butter redux, expensive Sonsini, Hoffman burned, Infinera & much more

Peanut Butter redux, expensive Sonsini, Hoffman burned, Infinera & much more

(Updated) roundup of the high-stakes game going on in Silicon Valley:

Brad Garlinghouse’s Peanut Butter memo — The Yahoo executive complained about the company’s “proclivity to repeatedly hire leaders from outside.” This is noteworthy, because he himself was hired from the outside. Before Yahoo, he’d served as… Continue Reading

Roundup: Digg, MyBlogLog, Sling, Trumba, Kongregate & more

Roundup: Digg, MyBlogLog, Sling, Trumba, Kongregate & more

Silicon Valley never sleeps. Here’s the latest tech stuff:

Digg subverted — The news site that ranks stories based on how many users submit them, is being subverted by a group called Spike the Vote. It lets its members conspire to submit certain URLs of stories —… Continue Reading