links for 2007-02-08
John Federico
"I canceled my verizon wireless service without a termination fee today. It took about 30 minutes and I had to talk to three people."
"The Wii sold 405,000 units in Japan in January, while the PlayStation 3 sold 148,000 units; overall, Nintendo has sold 1.4 million Wii consoles in Japan, compared with 614,000 PlayStation 3 units sold to date by Sony."
"An all-business class carrier that started flying between London Luton and Newark's Liberty International Airport last week, Silverjet is the first airline to become carbon neutral."
"Facebook has tapped Comcast's user-generated video platform, Ziddio, to be its official video-sharing service in a deal that also includes contests and a chance to have online videos air as part of a TV show called "The Facebook Diaries."
"Barry Diller is expected to soon branch off in a new direction: online video. ... his company would someday be involved with "producing, financing, distributing filmed digital product."
"News Corp.'s MySpace is in talks with online auction company eBay about a partnership. MySpace users would be able to post items for sale on their profiles."