Daily Wrap Up - Oct. 9 Tech.<strong>One billion users turn to YouTube A popular Web video sharing site that lets anyone store short videos for private or public viewing. Founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, it was acquired by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion. everyday</strong> YouTube now gets over a billion hits a day, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new video blog See vlog. post by the founder of the website. <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091009/one-billion-users-visit-youtube-everyday-google.htm" target="_blank">Read Full Article here. </a> <strong>High hopes and big risks in tech earnings</strong> The biggest risk for investors in technology, with stock prices up a whopping 55 percent this year, is they might be just a little too happy. <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091009/high-hopes-and-big-risks-in-tech-earnings.htm" target="_blank">Read Full Article here. </a> <strong>Barnes & Noble to sell own electronic reader</strong> Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc will soon sell its own electronic reader to rival Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Seattle, WA, www.amazon.com) The largest online shopping site and one of the most widely known e-commerce sites on the Web. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1995, it had 11 employees by year's end. Within four years, it had more than 1,600 employees and four million customers. Inc's Kindle A portable e-book device from Amazon.com that provides wireless connectivity to Amazon for e-book downloads as well as Wikipedia and search engines. Using Sprint's EV-DO cellphone network, dubbed WhisperNet, wireless access is free. It also includes a built-in dictionary. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091008/barnes-noble-to-sell-own-electronic-reader-wsj.htm" target="_blank">Read Full Article here. </a> |
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