Alec Saunders SquawkBox

We recorded another in the ongoing Squawk Box podcast this morning.  On the call were Randall Howard, Howard Thaw, Martyn Davies, Jim Courtney and myself.  We discussed:

• The rumored acquisition of Plaxo by Facebook, and who other potential acquirers might be.  
• The FCC 700 Mhz auction and what Google might actually be thinking there.
• The recent Comscore report that MySpace pageviews are on the wane.
• Apple's rumored ultra-light notebook.

See you tomorrow at 8 AM.  

P.S. As I write this, I keep seeing status updates and tweets about the new Macbook Air… hmmm! 

 

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The rumour mill was working overtime yesterday, spinning new yarns and hyping up speculators everywhere.

Venture Beat reported that Facebook was planning to acquire Plaxo.  Shortly after, TechCrunch shot that rumour down, saying that "Facebook grows a new Plaxo every six days".  From a customer experience perspective, the combined feature set makes sense.  But there are so many other hurdles to overcome that this deal is probably a long way from being consummated.  We'll be discussing this on this morning's Squawk Box in a little over an hour.

RBC Capital Markets is fanning the "iPhone in Canada" flames this morning, with analyst Mike Abramsky speculating that there may be an announcement at MacWorld today.  Given recent speculation that Telus may cut it's losses on CDMA and become a GSM carrier, perhaps Rogers felt that it was finally time to pull the trigger and announce a deal.