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Online technology news and entertainment provider CNet Networks Inc. has sold photo-sharing site Webshots to American Greetings Corp. via ABC 33/40

"These mobile users have very different usage patterns from the American users. Most Chinese users who touch mobile Internet will have no PC at all.

"That requires thinking from ground zero on how to design products that fit their needs"

By Sophie Taylor

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google says it's grappling with an unusual challenge in China's Internet market -- how to cater to masses of Web surfers who go online for the first time via mobile devices, rather than migrating from PCs.

That is prompting the company to design new products tailored to the local market, and it may make more acquisitions in the country to help that along, Lee Kai-fu, Google Inc's president for greater China, said on Thursday.

"China has a large mobile opportunity, with so many mobile users who will become mobile Internet users in the next few years as 3G and other technologies become pervasive," Lee said in an interview. Read more

For the second time in six weeks, the giant advertising company WPP Group has bought a leading interactive agency as part of a digital-agency shopping spree. via International Herald Tribune

Posted online: Thursday , October 25, 2007 at 12:00:00 Updated: Thursday , October 25, 2007 at 02:43:19 New York, October 25: Rather than looking for their perfect match, one in four Americans say the Internet ... via Expressindia

You got your Animal Crossing in my Second Life Rumors flying around the intertron are that Edge magazine has received a tip: A Japanese source has confirmed to Edge that the upcoming Wii iteration of Animal ... via WarCry

"Now social networking is constrained by keyboards"

Members of social networking services like Facebook will soon be able to update their profiles by simply making a phone call, instead of having to type on a computer keyboard. via XtraMSN Real Estate

"And it won't be a one-hit wonder, it'll be a multitude of products."

With a sleek design and an even sleeker advertising campaign, Motorola Inc. is banking on its new Razr2 cell phone to pump up anemic sales and provide a rosier future after a yearlong slump punctuated by ... via Log Cabin Democrat

About a month ago we heard that Microsoft and Google were fighting over who got to take Facebook to the prom. via Download Squad

The social networking Web site Facebook Inc. is being sued by an Indiana woman. Lindsey Abrams alleges Facebook improperly profited from thousands of unauthorized text messages sent to mobile phone users whose ... via NBC Channel 11

"We're always talking to potential partners about big ideas and this one with HarperCollins made a lot of sense"

MySpace is getting into the book business.

The online social network, an increasingly popular venue for authors, booksellers and publishers, is collaborating with a children's imprint of HarperCollins on an environmental handbook coming out April 22, Earth Day.

'How great it is to launch a partnership with a company with as large an influence as MySpace on such an important topic,' Jane Friedman, President and CEO of HarperCollins, said Wednesday in a statement.

'MySpace has entire online communities, such as the Impact Channel and OurPlanet, dedicated solely to environmental and social causes,' Tom Anderson, co-founder and president of MySpace, said in a statement. 'The first MySpace book is just one more way we are working to engage the MySpace community in environmental issues and encourage people to take action.' Read more

USERS of popular social networking website Facebook are at risk of identity fraud by posting just a handful of their details online, the BBC says. via AdelaideNow...

"Things are shifting from where they were five or 10 years ago"

A venture capitalist who rejected Mary Hodder's start-up for funding later told her he did so in part because Hodder had no male co-founder, and he thought she would quit because she's a woman. via Inside Bay Area

"Now you can have a lot of people who have said, 'This is a good page,' as opposed to just ranking the most popular pages"

StumbleUpon, a fast rising Web search site bought by eBay Inc in May, is moving beyond automated Web discovery to offer a novel way to see what friends find useful or interesting on the Web. via Canada.com

MySpace Games will be developed with the help of Oberon Media, a casual game company specializing in delivering those cookie-cutter formulas we know and love to every format imaginable. via Joystiq

This plan, called "Bebo Extra", will enable users to comment on their friends' profiles, send Bebo Mails and receive profile notifications via SMS, all at a single price. via Mashable