Yelp has whispered that 2009 revenues will be around $30 million and are expecting $50 million or so in 2010. Google and Yelp are in advanced acquisition negotiations, we’ve confirmed from multiple sources. And while the deal isn’t done, we’ve heard that it’s very likely to close. The price is supposedly at least $500 million. Yelp was founded in 2004 as a way to let users leave reviews on local businesses. Yelp last raised venture capital in early 2008 from DAG at a $200 million pre-money valuation, we’ve heard. They’ve raised a total of $31 million over four venture rounds. MORE >>

Brandon Jennings [ @YUNGBUCK3 ] has made headlines for his unconventional road to the NBA — after skipping college he played professional basketball in Europe before getting drafted by the Bucks in 2009 — but now he’s making headlines for his tweets. Last weekend Jennings tweeted 15 minutes after the Bucks game against the Trailblazers ended. That’s a big no-no in the NBA, as the league’s social media policy spells out that players aren’t allowed to tweet post-game until the team has finished talking to the media. The cost for Jennings’ Twitter hiccup? hefty $7,500. Yess!!! MORE >>

Home My Story Portfolio iPad Bookshelf Social Media June 12, 2009 Google Wave as a Learning Tool tags: elearning2.0 , google , social learning , waves The web is a buzz over Google Wave. The writings of Lee Kraus Welcome! try to focus on creativity, innovation, collaboration, technology, and elearning. The platform is an incredible communication tool that if realized will change the way we work, collaborate, and learn. The tool was created by the engineers that brought us Google maps. Take the time to check out the demonstration. If you watched the video (I know it is long.) Cool stuff. MORE >>

I am using Posterous now and thought that I would like to try to post to my blog from Gmail and so here it is. Top 10 things I Don't Have Time to Blog About When people don't respond to your email. What do you do? Did they miss it? Do they hate you? CreateWV Conference has some great tracks on Education. Web 2.0 and elearning. Where are we at right now? Where Marketing and Training come together. Data mining and SEO and Paid Search. Twitter app in the form of Google Reader would be awesome. Squarespace pros and cons. Mostly Pros. Not once, BUT TWICE? They hate you. If not will they soon? MORE >>

I wrote this post in April 2007 wondering if my cell phone could be connected to my bathroom scales so that I could easily monitor my weight. happen to like to weigh in a lot. link] Well, [link] is now available. So what else is now available from this list? want it to be the key to my car and home. want it to track my family members and tell me where they are. want it to be my wallet. want to watch the news on it. want it to translate different languages. want it to be a universal remote control. want it to monitor my heart rate and blood pressure and transmit the data to my doctor. MORE >>