Google continues to acquire the most popular companies on the web. In the past they’ve got Blogger and YouTube and most recently the RSS management company Feedburner.

Feedburner is in the closing stages of being acquired by Google for around $100 million. The deal is all cash and mostly upfront, according to our source, although the founders will be locked in for a couple of years.

So who’s next? If they had the possibility they would probably go after Facebook. Then again according to recent development it doesn’t sound like Mark over at Facebook is looking to sell out just yet. I’ll write a follow-up on this shortly. My bet would be a rising company in the top 500 sites ranked by Alexa, as I’m sure Google wont stop yet.

All these acquisitions kind of reminds me of another big company striving to keep their world domination (monopoly) - or is that just me…

When Mark Zuckerberg showed up in Palo Alto three years ago, he had no car, no house, and no job. Today, he’s at the helm of a smokin’-hot social-networking site, Facebook, and turning down billion-dollar offers. Can this kid be for real?

I’m just lucky to be alive.” Mark Zuckerberg, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of social-networking site Facebook, is talking about the time he came face-to-face with the barrel of a gun. It was the spring of 2005, and he was driving from Palo Alto to Berkeley.

Who’s Mark Zuckerberg, and why is he interesting? Well if you’re into Facebook then you should probably catch up on the story about and behind the founder and CEO mentioned above. Fastcompany.com has written an interesting story/bio about Mark, which sheds some lights on one of the brilliant young guys making the Internet a more interesting and challenging place to visit.

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Ever wondered why the support helpdesk (or any helpdesk for that matter) is taking bloody ages (every time)?! Well, after seeing this Stand-up show you’ll probably ask yourself if he’s really onto something, if he’s just funny or both.

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The Top Ten Design Mistakes

Summary:
Blogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author.

To reach new readers and respect your existing readers’ time constraints, test your weblog (blog) against the following usability problems.