Google Rains On StumbleUpon Parade: Launches Direct Competitor

April 19, 2007

Google Rains On StumbleUpon Parade: Launches Direct Competitor
Michael Arrington, techcrunch.com - Apr 19, 2007

On the same day that the news breaks that eBay is acquiring StumbleUpon for $40ish million, Google announces that they are building strikingly similar functionality into their Toolbar. Google (along with AOL) were reportedly in the running to acquire StumbleUpon until very recently.


Yahoo exec: We must improve social net standing
InfoWorld, CA – Apr 18, 2007

Yahoo Inc. must leverage its multiple Web sites and services to gain a stronger position in social networking, a company executive said Wednesday.

Yahoo's social-networking service Yahoo 360 hasn't attained the position the company expected, but Yahoo has a strong collection of social Web properties, said Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of Yahoo's network division.


Don’t Blame Panama: The Real Threat Facing Yahoo
Written by Kevin Kelleher, gigaom.com - April 18, 2007

Taking a look at Yahoo’s first quarter number, one word comes to mind: heedless
Not “heedless”, as in Yahoo executives who led the Street on until it believed that, thanks to its vaunted Panama search technology, revenue and profits would surge in the first quarter of 2007. Or even “heedless”, as in investors who had gotten a little ahead of themselves by betting that Panama would deliver sooner than promised.

E-mail Security Appliance Uses Profiling to Thwart Spam
PC World – Apr 18. 2007
Barracuda Networks has announced new features for its Spam Firewall e-mail security appliance that help detect spam even when senders attempt to hide their identity.
One new feature is predictive sender profiling, a technique that relies on Barracuda's network of 40,000 customer in-boxes to analyze sender behavior and detect when a spammer is trying to evade reputation systems by hiding behind another sender's identity, according to company officials


Barracuda Spam Firewall Moves Beyond Traditional Reputation ...
TMC Net, CT - Apr 18, 2007

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Barracuda Networks, Inc., the leading provider of application security appliances, today announced the Predictive Sender Profiling capabilities of the Barracuda Spam Firewall. These capabilities provide industry-leading protection against spammers' latest attempts to evade traditional reputation analysis. Utilizing a network of more than 40,000 customer systems worldwide, Barracuda Networks has the most diverse compilation of email available for profiling the behavior of spammers. Using this data enables the Barracuda Spam Firewall to more easily determine a sender's identity when identity obfuscation techniques are used.

Blackberry Outage Caught Users Off Guard
InformationWeek, NY – Apr 18, 2007
NEW YORK - Users of the hand-held BlackBerry e-mail device, a communications lifeline for movers and shakers from the White House to Wall Street, endured hours of disrupted service before the system was restored Wednesday

BlackBerry outage annoys some users; others vow to stay with service
Computerworld, MA – Apr 18, 2007

BlackBerry wireless e-mail service was restored this morning after a half-day outage in North America, irking some customers but leaving others resigned to stick with Research in Motion Ltd.

"I'm actually really mad about it," said David Maynor, a BlackBerry customer for three years who is chief technology officer at Errata Security LLC in Atlanta. "I'm mad enough to switch to another service."


Mail2World Rolls Out a New Suite of Dynamic Webmail Features ...
Emediawire (press release), WA – Apr 18, 2007

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 16, 2007 -- Adding to a wealth of sophisticated tools and user interactions within its Web-based messaging and collaboration service, Mail2World today rolled out 37 new feature enhancements to its award-winning Pangia Communications & Collaboration Platform™. All features are available immediately to new and existing Mail2World customers. Taken as a suite, the feature set creates a new level of convenience and productivity characterized by personalization and dynamic interactivity.