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A couple of days ago the now slightly infamous Yahoo CEO, Jerry Yang, announced he would be stepping down from his position once a suitable replacement has been found. Yang has only been in the job for just over 18 months and undoubtedly his tenure of the post will be remembered for only one thing - his rejection of a takeover bid valued at around $44bn from Microsoft back in early 2008. The obvious question now is - will this change fuel renewed takeover speculation and offers?

Well the simple fact is that despite a recent bounce Yahoo shares currently sit at $11, well below the $31 that Microsoft was offering back in February. Many then accused Yang of acting contrary…

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One of etonDIGITAL’s newest clients and StudentBox founder, Carl Pihl, is currently appearing in the hit BBC Three series ‘The Last Millionaire‘. Carl is one of twelve entrepreneurs taking part in the show, which sees them test their wits and business acumen in a range of cities worldwide each week. The series has only recently started so you can still easily catch up with the action, just as the competition is really hotting up!

Carl is so far doing very well on the show, he was runner up in the first episode (each episode sees two millionaire contestants leave). Fluent in three languages and with a successful background in a range of business sectors by the time he left university, Carl…

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There is a now pretty well known Facebook group entitled ‘If 10 million join Marc Zomberg will bring back the old Facebook‘ that I revisited the other day to check how user levels were doing. To my surprise the group has continued to grow and now has over 2.25 million members. There is more that’s strange about this than just the wierd mis-spelling of Zuckerberg’s name in the title (some users claim it is a joke, though I’m left slightly puzzled by it. I guess it does sound kinda silly…)

The odd thing is that there are over 400 such groups on Facebook at the moment, all taking the form of a petition to bring back the previous profile design (the…

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Last week saw the release of the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack - Wrath of the Lich King, and as with previous releases the hype and anticipation across the gaming community was huge. But in the news and press once again questions are being asked about computer game addiction and the negative consequences of virtual ‘living’ - with WOW unsurprisingly at the center of the debate.

Not for the first time I found myself wondering - how serious is gaming addiction, and also who or what (if anything) is to blame? It can’t be a simple case of pointing the finger at Blizzard and ignoring the wider contexts in play…

Firstly though one quick observation about the release evening. As thousands…

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Etondigital is proud to announce the the launch of Skipso (currently operating in Private Beta) - a unique online professional environment and marketplace dedicated to clean and sustainable technological innovation. Whether you wish to test the viability of your business ideas with industry experts, recruit hot new talent for your venture or invest funds in a project, Skipso is here to help connect with the people who can help make it happen.

Skipso allows all users to create a free individual profile from which to manage all Skipso activity. From here you can participate at a community level in activities such as joining thinktanks, rating other content or asking and answering questions. You can publish your own blogs and presentations to…

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