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Web 2.0 news: Facebook/Jobster, GooSync, Web 2.0 musicians, Goodstorm, brand names

FaceBookMashable reports that "Jobster may become the “career partner” for Facebook, in an agreement that sounds similar to the deal SimplyHired scored to power the job section of MySpace."

Various sites are reporting that YouTube are planning to share ad revenue with video content producers. Helps that Google are behind YouTube now.

GooSyncW4 Network (Wayne Sutton) picks up on GooSync, an application allowing you to synchronise your Google Calendar with a mobile phone/PDA.

Blogging for Business has an interesting piece on 5 tips for Web 2.0 and musicians - nothing groundbreaking but it's the kind of thing a number of independent bands are doing. It would be quite easy to adapt this for any kind of business or interest. Basically: join MySpace, flog stuff online, get into podcasting or make your sounds available to other podcasters.

TechCrunch pick up on Goodstorm, a Flash T-shirt maker: "The new product allows visitors to quickly design their own Tshirt using uploaded or stock images, text and special characters. If you like you can buy just one - a men’s standard Tshirt, designed to your specifications, costs $15." So, Cafépress gets Web 2.0-ified.

LinkedIn continues to push forward with $12.8m more of funding.

DevLounge revisits the subject of naming brands, a post that seems particularly relevant in the Web 2.0 world of dropped letters and seemingly nonsensical brand names.

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