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Pras Sarkar blogs about web technology, music, social networks, digital identities and other random things.

FriendFeed launches; where’s lifestreaming headed?

If you hadn't already heard, FriendFeed opened up to everyone a couple of days ago after securing $5 million in funding. FriendFeed competes in the highly crowded lifestream space with others like LinkRiver, ImInta, SocialThing, lifestrea.ms (and catchup attempts by Facebook too). But most would agree that FriendFeed is leading the pack in features, usability and stability. And now it would seem that their business model is ...

Interesting (but mostly improbable) scenarios for Yahoo!

There's plenty of news and opinion about what will ultimately happen with the Yahoo buyout deal. What with news of talent exodus, golden parachutes, lack of formal rejection letters, and proxy battles. But stepping aside from the mainstream opinion clouds, let's look at some of the other pervasive and completely tangential what-if scenarios: Apple buys Yahoo! - As some have discussed here, Yahoo! provides Apple with a huge entry ...

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