Posted by on under privacy services, search experience, intelius, glory days, friendster, search company, techcrunch, myriad, user search, scams, lawsuits, third party, peoe, partnership, credit card | 
I knew the glory days of
Friendster were behind them, but I didn't know things were this bad. The company is proudly announcing a partnership with Washington based people search company
Intelius this evening. The goal, they say, is
"to provide a more robust and comprehensive user search experience on Friendster and to power people searches originating on Friendster with results from across the web." What Friendster isn't saying is how they'll monetize this search, and whether
Intelius' scammy privacy services will be offered to Friendster users. Earlier this year
we wrote again about Intelius and the myriad of lawsuits and consumer complaints that the company was fighting. To summarize those posts, Intelius has been accused of tricking users into long term credit card subscriptions via a third party for worthless privacy protection products.
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Posted by on under shepard fairey, ap notes, stencil patterns, fake documents, source image, copyright infringement, omsis, artt, use case, legal counsel, icic, lawyers, posters, photo |
The AP has just released a statement declaring that Shepard Fairey, the artist being
accused of copyright infringement for his iconic 'Hope' poster that became ubiquitous during the Obama campaign, has "admitted to the AP that he fabricated and attempted to destroy other evidence in an effort to bolster his fair use case and cover up his previous lies and omissions.". According to the statement, Fairey has also admitted to using a close-up of Presdient Obama that was taken by the AP as the model for his image, not a different photo that he claimed to use that also included George Clooney, which he later cropped. The statement also says that Fairey's legal counsel "now admitted that Fairey tried to destroy documents that would have revealed which image he actually used" and that "he created fake documents as part of his effort to conceal which photo was the source image, including hard copy printouts of an altered version of the Clooney Photo and fake stencil patterns of the Hope and Progress posters." Finally, the AP notes that Shepard Fairey's lawyers are withdrawing from the case.
Tagi: shepard fairey, ap notes, stencil patterns, fake documents, source image, copyright infringement, omsis, artt, use case, legal counsel, icic, lawyers, posters, photo
Posted by on under globe and mail, random town, cnn, dalai lama, hand shake, dease, going to war, shake hands, caa, accordi, ins, first choice, canadians, allies, neighbor, flu, cy, logic, deer, poll |
They say going to war without Canada is like going deer hunting without an accordion (ok, they actually
say that about the French, but whatever). And we've had repeated run-ins with our frozen neighbor to the north in the past (see
here,
here,
here). So you'd think the Canadians wouldn't be our first choice of allies in our war against the hand shake.). But they also say the enemy of your enemy is your friend. And so, by that crazy logic, I am now friends with Canada. Or at least, one in three Canadians. Because they've joined us,
CNN, the Dalai Lama, the Obamas, the
Boston Globe and some random
town in Germany in our fight against the
dreaded, disease spreading hand shake. From
The Globe And Mail, which writes that one in three Canadians won't shake hands due to flu concerns:
Tagi: globe and mail, random town, cnn, dalai lama, hand shake, dease, going to war, shake hands, caa, accordi, ins, first choice, canadians, allies, neighbor, flu, cy, logic, deer, poll
Posted by on under atlas venture, french state, dailymotion, investment fund, french government, destin, vc, investor, blog |
The French-born version of YouTube,
DailyMotion - which has now grown into a global site with 60 million users - has officially confirmed its latest fundraising of €17 million, which was early reported as
€15 million earlier this month. The new information is that there was an undisclosed €7.5 million investor in the round which turns out to be a French state-backed investment fund.
According to Atlas VC Fred Destin on his blog today, Atlas Venture has participated "above pro-rata in this round and grows ownership".
Tagi: atlas venture, french state, dailymotion, investment fund, french government, destin, vc, investor, blog
Posted by on under social networking site, mobile space, flixster, android, mobile users, good chance, techcrunch, blackberry, apps, landmark, alg, palm |
Flixster, a social networking site for movie fans, is doing pretty well for itself in the mobile space. Name any smartphone platform, and there's a good chance that the Flixster app has spent some time on the top of it's download charts. iPhone? Yep. BlackBerry? Yep. Android and Palm webOS? Double yeps. Earlier today, the company shared with us the news that they'd crossed over a fairly monumental landmark, along with the details surrounding updates for their apps on both Android and BlackBerry OS.
Tagi: social networking site, mobile space, flixster, android, mobile users, good chance, techcrunch, blackberry, apps, landmark, alg, palm
