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Sramana Mitra: Google will eat eBay’s lunch. Maybe Yahoo should buy eBay.

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Must Read for the Day: Anil Dash on Flickr, and The Interesting Economy. He extends my argument about the economic unreality of social apps.
But interestingness in Flickr doesn’t pay. At least not yet. Non-pro users are seeing ads around my photos, but Yahoo’s not sharing the wealth with me, even though I’ve created a draw.
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Update: Over Hyped ToDay: Google Base might have generated more talk than actual use. The damn thing is not accessible most of the time, and they want this to be the next Craigslist/eBay? Golden rule of announcing a beta product - make sure it works and is available online! Well, big foot in my mouth. [...]

When the very people whose business you are supposed to put you out of business don’t take you seriously, you know you are in trouble. VoIP start-ups should not take the comments of SBC CFO Rick Lindner lightly. In an interview with Reuters he said, “The fears of what may happen there are overblown.” [...]

Anaheim admits to what I have been reporting for the longest time - they are working on a city wide network in tandem with Earthlink. Esme asks “Isn’t this the old cable franchise model all over again?” I feel, cities should decide on what they want to do. I think this is a no-cost model [...]