Roundup: Planet Google crowded, Verizon backs off, and more

Roundup: Planet Google crowded, Verizon backs off, and more

Here’s the latest action:
1) Google facing employee overload
2) Verizon Wireless abandons legal challenge of FCC rules
3) Qualcomm comes up with competition for WiMAX
4) Could Yahoo finally be giving up social networking?
5) Google’s PageRank changes injure startups, again
And a handful of fundings:
6) Linkstorm raises $4.2 million from 60 angels
7) JibJab takes a further $3 million from Polaris
Zoji receives $1.5 million in seed funding
9) Socialthing raises $300,000 for profile aggregation

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