Vacuum - Edward Vielmetti in Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104: web two point naught: watching the shutdown of free web 2.0 services
http://vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum/2008/12/web-two-point-naught-watching-the-shutdown-of-free-web-20-services.html
"Web 2.0 is over. Back up your important data now, or decide which parts of it you are willing to discard."
Jaiku users flee to Twitter as a result of Google's neglect
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080108-jaiku-users-flee-to-twitter-as-a-result-of-googles-neglect.html
"Unfortunately, Google has allowed Jaiku to languish and is now suffering a backlash from frustrated users who are beginning to mass-migrate to Twitter, a competing microblogging service. "
Last.fm – the Blog
http://blog.last.fm/2007/05/30/lastfm-acquired-by-cbs
"Today, Last.fm was acquired by CBS, a company who had the first commercial radio station in the US, ran a record label (CBS Records), and amongst other things are responsible for several respected TV series (CBS on Wikipedia)."
Techcrunch - Blog Archive - Google Acquires Wiki Collaboration Company Jotspot
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/google-acquires-wiki-company-jotspot
Congrats, guys! "Google’s office strategy just got a whole lot richer with the announced acquisition of the wiki based company Jotspot."