Here’s the latest action:
Tweeting after a plane crash — Over the weekend, a Continental flight in Denver slid off the runway and caught on fire. Luckily no one was killed, but several people were hurt and one passenger, Mike Wilson, used Twitter to talk through the ordeal as it was happening. Needless to say, the press is all over him now.
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Is Facebook being gamed? — Yes, according to a blog post on SquaredPeg. The whole web debate is here.
Digg losing millions of dollars a year — The social voting site is on its way to over $5 million in losses this year, according to BusinessWeek. And remember, that loss is after the advertising deal with Microsoft. Digg’s current valuation is $167 million according to a BusinessWeek source, which is right in line with what we said last month.
Google Maps is highlighting top contributors — Users have had a profile for a while on Google Maps, but most don’t realize it. Maybe they will now that they’re pictures are being plastered on Maps that they’ve helped add stuff to. Google Operating System has more.
SynthaSite acquires Clickpass — The San Francisco-based web publishing platform has bought the company that offers OpenID authentication gateway solutions, according to peHUB.
The Korean Twitter gets bought — me2DAY, dubbed “Korea’s Twitter” has been bought by Naver, the most popular search portal in South Korea. The deal was sealed for about $2 million, according to Web 2.0 Asia.
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