Briefs: Amazon.com Invests in Wiki Company; Technorati Named Technology Pioneer; Yell.com Directory Gets Facelift

+ Google Partners with BSkyB in UK (via Reuters)
See Also: Official News Release

+ Amazon takes major stake in Wikia (via VentureBeat)

See Also: Direct to Wikia.
See Also: Amazon.com Announcement

+ UK’s Yell.com Local Directory Gets Facelift
Thanks to John Battelle’s SearchMob for the news tip.

+ Technorati named 2007 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (Via Sifry Alerts)
See Also: Review Complete List of Technology Pioneers
See Also: Video Interview with Technorati CEO, David Sifry
Note: Other organizations that received the award include Mozilla, MobiTv, comScore Network, and Sling Media
See Also: Profile of Technorati in Time

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