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2008: Let The Bubble Whispers Begin

A forecast of doom and economic gloom encompassing the tech world may be more reality than nightmare this year.

Publicis CEO Predicts End Of Advertising Bubble

Our economy isn’t in such rough shape that food has become unobtainable.  Internet ad revenues may be in short supply, however, and a lot of people and companies could encounter problems as a result.

Is This a Bubble? Some Responses...

Last Wednesday, Microsoft acquired a 1.6% stake in social network site Facebook for $240 million, outbidding Google (which is stock-priced at $674 today). You probably heard of this, and it got more chatter started asking... is this a bubble? Here are some related quotes.

Tech Pay Soars Near New Heights

In some companies, the tech professionals work in dimly lit rooms for 50 hours a week.  But then, with any luck, they stride out into the parking lot and drive home their Porsches; new data indicates that tech wages are almost higher than they’ve ever been before.

Is Arrington About To Sell Out?

It wasn't long ago a couple of analysts pulled a few blogs to the air hose and blew up their valuations. Michael Arrington's TechCrunch was among them with an MSRP of $100 million and CNet the prime candidate to buy. Then, this morning Arrington said something very curious.

Insiders Say Market Is Bullish, Not Bubbly

Maybe it's not best to ask online players if online properties are overvalued. But the general consensus, save for an occasional cautious voice, seems to be that the market is bullish, not bubbled. Rational, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter.

Facebook Bubble Cult Pushes Value To $100 Billion

Put your coffee down, you'll spit it. Facebook cheerleaders, from within what must be a social networking tunnel (or cave?), have transformed themselves into prostrate worshipers, transubstantiating reason to whatever the digital equivalent is of 72 virgins.

Values And Egos Inflate: The Bubble Returns

A $750 billion Google? A $15 billion Facebook? $100 million for TechCrunch? Valuations like these are inspiring one of three reactions: laughter; elation; and déjà vu all over again. Even as that word is at the back of everyone's (well, at least the skeptic's) mind, some analysts say fat times are ahead in e-commerce.

Yahoo!Xtra Bubble Doesn't Blow

“Yahoo!Xtra Bubble” - sounds like a kind of gum, doesn’t it?  But it’s actually a new service that should soon become available to customers of Telecom New Zealand, and it’ll “offer a suite of premium services accessed through a personalised homepage - all at no extra cost.”

Bubble Popping Time For Online Ads

Ad revenue dropped for every major Internet player but Google in the second quarter of this year. Whispers of the last dot-com crash have begun to surface again.