So the deal is really that Microsoft would put up $5 billion to help a new management team buy preferred shares and warrants that would give it a 30% stake in Yahoo. In return, Microsoft would get a 10-year operating agreement to run Yahoo’s search business.
The numbers do not really make sense (as tc points out). According to this Microsoft is now ready to spend more for Yahoo’s search but will not have any control.
One thing I feel pretty sure about is that a MS/Y! deal is going to happen. I just don’t think the original source of this story had the right numbers.
For this week’s edition of Dot Com Pho, we brought out the Flip Mino HD to film our first HD Look version. We’re calling it HD Look because the Flip Mino HD is about as HD as Julia Roberts is blonde. Sure, it films at 1280×720, but the compression is so high, the video quality is no better than the standard Mino.
We had a full house of 12 people showing up at Pho Trang Ad restaurant on kingsway, including two who have never attended a Dot Com Pho before. It’s always nice to meet new people. For the HD Look edition of Dot Com Pho, we bring you hot pepper eating dare, the iPhone app of the week, Pho menu #26, Dot Com Pho pens, IZEA T-shirts, the web site maximizer, UGM shout outs and a whole lot more.
Anyone is welcome to join us at Dot Com Pho. To find the location of next week’s Dot Com meet up, follow me on Twitter.
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Tomorrow’s Dot Com Pho will be held at Pho Trang An - 1284 Kingsway, Vancouver. Anyone wishing to attend the weekly Pho meet up should email me or send me a tweet on Twitter so I can save you a seat and get a head count. We have prizes this week! Free pens from Bic Promo Pens, I’m Blogging This T-shirts from Market Leverage and one new Dot Com Pho attendee will walk away a The Web Site Revenue Maximizer kit from SitePoint.
The Art & Science of CSS
Speaking of SitePoint, if you follow them on Twitter, they will send you The Art & Science of CSS eBook for free. This 208 page book will teach you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about CSS, and more. It normally sells for $29.95 but it’s yours free for the Twitter follow.
The voting stage of The Next Blogging Idol has started and Suzanne Franco needs your help. Head over to Daily Blog Tip and cast your vote for her.
Power of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Michael Kwan, who blogs for Pho, has a cute post titled Power of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Basically, if you truly believe that something is going to happen, there’s a good chance that it is going to manifest itself. In other words, whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. I wonder if Kwan has been reading Think and Grow Rich?
Six Sure-Fire Steps to Sell Anything to Anyone
Do you suck at sales? Then let Derek Halpern help you out. Derek is the blogger at Prevential.com and he’s got six sure-fire steps to sell anything to anyone. I heard that Derek once sold ice cubes to Eskimos and ran a successful clothing shop at a nudist camp.
Star Trek vs Star Wars: The Final Battle
Who would win in battle, a 642.5 meter long Galaxy-class Federation starship or a 1,600 meter long Imperial Star Destroyer? This video gives a definitive answer once and for all. Or does it? Watch the video and let another never ending battle between Star Trek and Star Wars fans begin.
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