
If China wants to correct the “false impression” that it fears the Internet, ending its repressive and paranoid blocking of Web services would be a good place to start. This morning Beijing extended the Great Firewall of China, restricting Internet access to Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail and Bing, among others.
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Well, Microsoft has certainly sucked the wind, and I mean all the wind, out of the news cycle today, hasn’t it? The company’s $44.6 billion offer to buy Yahoo is the talk of the tech world this afternoon. Here are a few tidbits pulled from the chatter:
Microsoft approached Yahoo after the company posted earnings and [...]
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Note: John Paczkowski is on vacation and won’t be writing or posting videos until he returns Monday. To keep you abreast of tech news while he’s away, we’re compiling a daily digest of 10 must-read tech stories. We’re calling it the Tech 10 and it appears below.
- Getting to know you: Facebook is developing targeted ads based on the information users of the social-networking site reveal about themselves. Quoting anonymous sources at the company, The Wall Street Journal says the advertising system is at an early, changeable stage, but Facebook hopes to launch a basic version late this fall.
- It looks like Apple will turbocharge its iPods with the Mac OS. According to AppleInsider, the upgraded digital music players will debut at a media event next month and are part of the computer maker’s master plan to create devices around its legendary operating-system software.
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