Google introduced a newly redesigned version of Google Labs today and a couple of new labs to go along with it. They rebuilt Google Labs from scratch with Google App Engine and moved it to GoogleLabs.com.
Meaningful Marketing In A Down Economy
The nightly news paints a dreary picture. Whether it’s due to a freeze in the credit markets, rising unemployment rates, or just plain nerves, consumers are keeping their wallets closer than ever. At the same time, marketing and advertising budgets are being slashed and executives are demanding measurable, meaningful media from their campaigns. Each marketing dollar must go further. Sales are more valuable than ever. So, what are marketing managers to do to meet such demands?
AOL Gets Top-Five Unique Visitors for Many Sites
Since its launch in January, Murdok has regularly followed the growth of AOL’s MeidaGlow business unit, which has seen record growth with each month.
MySpace, Fox News Reach Out With uReport
MySpace users who have an interest in citizen journalism have just been given an opportunity to get involved. MySpace and Fox News teamed up this afternoon to launch an official uReport community page.
Big Video Announcements from Adobe
Adobe made some big announcements today at the 2009 NAB Show. News ranges from a new framework to potentially game-changing partnerships in online video and taking video to televisions.
Strobe
First off, Adobe has announced a new software framework for building media players, which extends the capabilities of Flash. It’s called Strobe. Adobe says it will help establish an open industry standard for media players.
A Look at YouTube’s Channel Redesign
YouTube is testing a "secret" beta of a new channel layout, which as I’m sure they’re aware by now it is not very secret anymore. Although, I can’t imagine that they expected it would be kept secret for long.
According to Read Write Web, some YouTube users were notified about the beta testing directly from YouTube via email. Others had to find out indirectly.
Echo Says Bye To Music Marketing
Music marketer Echo, which handles web sites, online communities, and digital marketing for such top tier artists as Kanye West, Keith Urban, Alicia Keys and Dierks Bentley will be winding down operations over the next 60 days. Ticketmaster bought Echo in March of 2007 for a reported $25 million, but found the Nashville based business unprofitable.
Twitter Your Way To A Pizza Hut Internship
While it may look like some kind of prank and serves to continue the “twitterification” of the English language, Pizza Hut is hiring a ‘Twintern’ for the summer.
Google Accused Of UK Tax Avoidance
It’s well known that big corporations employ brilliant accountants in an effort to save money at every turn. Google seems to have been caught doing some less than up-front things, however, as the search giant’s been accused of routing revenue through Ireland in order to avoid a big UK tax bill.
Boss-Bashing 2.0
It’s a lot easier to embarrass one’s boss than it used to be. You can thank the now dreaded internal leak for that. What was once reserved for water cooler gripe sessions, collective bargaining and, if things went really sour, lawsuits and national media coverage is now instantly public and brutally humiliating.