Threadsy supports email accounts, including IMAP, Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo, Windows Live/MSN, AOL and MobileMe, as well as Facebook and multiple Twitter accounts. Threadsy also provides access to Facebook Chat, AIM, MySpace IM, Google Talk and Twitter through the included Meebo Bar. You can also view Gmail’s labels/folders. MORE >>

The Nimbuzz Mobile client supports the IM services one would expect (Windows Live/MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ); social networking chat (Facebook, MySpace); plus some services not often seen in North America, but which are popular elsewhere (the VZ Networks, Gadu-Gadu, Hyves, Giovani). IM accounts. Nimbuzz Mobile. Nimbuzz for Mac. MORE >>

Widely respected as a technological leader while heading up search at Yahoo, Qi burst onto the industry scene when he defected to Microsoft last year and took the role of President of the Online Service division. Clearly we have a lot to discuss - the shifting sands of alliances (Facebook, Yahoo, Myspace, etc.), But I digress. MORE >>

RPX’s basic plan is free and lets you support up to six service providers, such as Windows Live ID, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and more. Right out of the gate, RPX sets up four providers for you: AOL, Yahoo, OpenID and Google. You can implement this solution in a matter of minutes on just about any type of web site. MORE >>

After the narrative, I focused on the biggies - Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, AOL, and Newscorp/FIM. But as for ad plays, results have been very uneven for Yahoo (Right Media, Blue Lithium, etc), and Microsoft (aQuantive, etc). Yahoo: 1. guess I was just too optimistic that Yahoo would get its shit together by mid year. MORE >>