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Startup Claims Storage of 2 Million ‘Tweets’ Per Day

July 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Newcomer BackupMy.net, a year-old Austin, Texas, startup, began offering free backup of Twitter messages on its affiliate, BackupMyTweets.com, back in February 2009 and now claims to be storing an average of nearly 2 million tweets daily, CEO/founder tells eWEEK.
– It is now possible to back up information you have saved in cloud services such
as e-mail and Twitter dispatches in the cloud itself.

BackupMy.net, a year-old Austin, Texas, startup,
began offering free backup of Twitter messages on BackupMyTweets.com back in February 2009
and now claims to b…

Facebook claims 250 million users

July 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said the number of people using the online social networking service had climbed to 250 million. “The rapid pace of our growth is humbling and exciting for us,” Zuckerberg said in a message posted at Facebook’s official blog. “For us,

Electronic Arts Overcharged Madden Gamers Up To $926 Million: Economist

July 15th, 2009 | No Comments

A University of Michigan economics professor estimates that Electronic Arts collectively overcharged Madden buyers between $701 million and $926 million during the years 2006 through 2009.

Dr. Jeffrey MacKie-Mason made his claim in a document…

Rick Wagoner Gets Over $10 Million In Exit Package From GM

July 14th, 2009 | No Comments

DETROIT (AP) — Former General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will retire Aug. 1 with a benefit package the automaker valued at more than $10 million.

A Securities and Exchange Commission filing says the package includes a pension…

New York Times Sells WQXR Radio Station For $45 Million

July 14th, 2009 | No Comments

The New York Times (NYT) is getting out of the radio business. Did you know the New York Times was in the radio business? Exactly.

Anyway, now it’s not. The cash-strapped publisher has sold WQXR-FM for $45 million, carving up the asset into t…

Netbook Shipments Will Reach 33 Million in 2009, Report Says

July 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Worldwide shipments of netbook PCs are expected to reach nearly 33 million units in 2009, according to a new report. While netbooks year-to-year growth is likely to be just shy of 100 percent, predicted year-to-year growth for full-sized notebooks is likely to fall flat.
– Worldwide netbook shipments are expected to reach nearly 33 million units in 2009, according to analysis firm DisplaySearch. Shipments of full-sized notebook computers while expected to reach 129.5 million units are expected to be flat, year over year, for the first time.

In its July 13 Â“Qu…