Rumor Mill
News Corp. is in talks to buy out LinkedIn.
http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/rumour-news-corp-to-buy-linkedin
ABC News & Facebook: Together At Last
ABC has set up profile pages for its political reporters on Facebook for users to interact with correspondents. ABC and Facebook are jointly sponsoring both the Democratic and Republican debates prior to the New Hampshire primaries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/technology/26abc.html
MoveOn.org Protests Facebook’s Beacon
Move On has started it’s own Facebook group protesting Facebook’s social ad program Beacon, decrying the invasion of privacy and convoluted opt-out procedure.
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/11/facebooks-beaco.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119560466428899897.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news
France's War On Piracy
The French government, film and music companies, and French ISPs have reached an agreement to ban peer-to-peer downloads. ISPs will first deliver warnings to users downloading illegal files, and if the warnings go unheeded, their accounts will be suspended or closed. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/reuters-piracy.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
EU Scrutinizes Targeted Ads
The European Union’s advisory body on data-collection is looking to crack down on targeted ads.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL229260820071123?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=10004
Moola
Moola.com officially launched at the Tech Crunch MeetUp in Boston. The hook: users play games to keep doubling their free penny and eventually cash out with $10,737,418.24. Inviting friends into your ring… er, network… gives you 10% of cash earned by the group.
http://www.Moola.com