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Around the web this week

This week as led by to major news.

1. The release of the iPhone 3G second generation. People (including me) have been waiting for it, predicting its arrival day, its features and the ones lacking. Most were right on it. The new iPhone was announced monday, will be released in 22 countries on July 11th (July 17th for France) and will be on sale for 199$ (all across the world). Let’s say that I have some doubts on Apple’s interpretation of currency rates. Can you really imagine the iPhone at 129.50€? All your questions answered in the iPhone 3G FAQ by Gizmodo.



2. The second big news was that Yahoo stopped all talks with Microsoft and makes a deal with Google. Will outsource all paid search to Google. The market did not really appreciate the news and YHOO dropped from around $26 to under 22$. Microsoft deal around $33 is long gone. TechCrunch has an in depth analysis of some of the clauses of the deal. Very interesting read as it highlights loopholes in case of anti-trust inquiries or buy-out (by Microsoft).



3. Actually there was something else going on this week that was unfortunately a bit burried under the buzz. It’s Enterprise 2.0 Conference that was happening June 9-12 in Boston. As Josh Bernoff put it earlier this week in a post titled “The real business model for Web 2.0: corporate clients“, if you are starting a business, early-adopters are great to spread your ideas, but don’t listen – too much – as companies may be your real customers. Check David Spark’s extensive content produced during the show.