Xobni is about to sell to MSFT, supposedly. I think that is a natural home for Xobni; while in the short term Xobni is limited in terms of capability, email and the inbox remain central to all communications, so maybe selling too soon is not the best decision, who knows.
But I wonder where the entrepreneurs who build companies are. Facebook deserves some credit for trying to remain independent and build an actual company. Let’s face it, Facebook could have very easily been seen as a simple product part of Yahoo!, MSFT, Google, Viacom, IAC or News Corp. continue reading...