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I generally like Yahoo and its products–in particular Flickr and Delicious. And, when Yahoo first revamped its Yahoo Search Marketing product, I was blown away by how cool it was.
For many months speculation and rumor have circulated about the state of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health. That speculation hit a crescendo when it was announced he would not keynote the upcoming Macworld conference. The chart opposite demonstrates just how much that has effected Apple’s stock price.
So what could Apple and Steve Jobs do? There really was only one answer–and keeping quiet, was not it. In an rare open letter to Apple stakeholders, Steve Jobs is transparent about his state of health. Yes, he’s sick–and clearly he’s not comfortable talking about it. But, by being radically transparent, Jobs has revealed that the state of his health is not anything serious–leaving employees, customers, and investors with the confidence that Jobs will remain as the CEO of Apple for the foreseeable future.
The big question isn’t, is Microsoft 
At this time of year big news stories are hard to come by, so we’ll just have to go with a pretty juicy rumor.
Around this time each year, I like to huddle around the fire with loved-ones and look back on the most popular Marketing Pilgrim posts of the past year. So, grab some hot chocolate, and let’s get lost in this fairytale, shall we? 
When I was first approached to take a look at 
Thanks to the high number of people that use HubSpot’s 
Michael Arrington questioning Robert Scoble about his “addiction” to Twitter and Friendfeed wouldn’t normally be headline news here at Marketing Pilgrim, but I think it opens up a good debate.
When the company that supplies 88% of your revenue, launches a competing product, labeling the situation as "complicated" is a bit of an understatement, wouldn’t you say?
If you’re Google, how do you subtly tell your thousands of employees that they should abandon their iPhone and instead use the company’s–lesser–Android phone?
Whether you’re a merchant with an affiliate program, or an affiliate marketer, you won’t want to miss 
The Campaign Against Surveillance Society, a Japanese group of lawyers and professors, wants Google to stop providing its 
Over at WebProNews I answer 
You’re going to love this!
It’s not often that Yahoo makes a move bold enough to put pressure on Google. Today it does just that, 
If you’re waiting for that elusive “Year of the Mobile” you might want to mark you calendar for the year 2020. According to a new Pew study, that’s when “internet experts” suggest enough of us will have web-enabled cell phones in our pockets to make it a reality.
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by Jim Tobin distills all of Jim’s expertise into 178 pages of social-media goodness. How much does Jim know about social media marketing? Well, he’s the founder of one of the first ever social media marketing agencies, 
I have a confession to make. I’ve been holding out on you.