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Yahoo's mobile social network copies Plaxo

Owen Thomas · 09/10/08 06:20PM

Marco Boerries, Yahoo's inexplicably long-serving wireless thought leader, demonstrated a product, OneConnect, at the CTIA wireless conference in San Francisco today. OneConnect pulls together your friends' online activities. Sound a bit like Plaxo's Pulse? Indeed, it's so unoriginal that part of the service is called "Pulse." [News.com]

Who's in, who's out at Yahoo after a Microsoft takeover

Owen Thomas · 02/01/08 12:16PM

This morning, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the usual polite noises about "integrating" Yahoo's management into Microsoft. The reality? Come on. They're all fired, except for the geeks. If Microsoft had any respect for current management, they would have negotiated a friendly deal instead of launching a takeover. Most of the executive suite will be gone, I bet, within six months if the takeover succeeds. Here are the details on who's in and who's out, starting at the top.