This is strictly rumor, but Valleywag is reporting the gossip that one of Google’s more "famous" employees may be on the way out. That would be Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, Marissa Mayer. Owen Thomas at VW writes:Top Googlers, overheard at a holiday party, chattered about Mayer’s departure as a matter of if, not when. And in some ways, it’s surprising she’s stayed as long as she has.
Liberty Media Unloading IAC Shares At Rapid Pace
Liberty Media – and/or its chairman, John Malone – may not have a lot of faith left in Ask.com and other IAC properties. It seems that Liberty Media has selling the company’s stock left and right, unloading 193,100 shares in the last week alone.
Microsoft’s Latest Global Problem
All of the Microsoft haters out there will love this one. When I got up this morning and went to my car to go to the office, I plugged my Zune in to get some tunes on for the drive, and to my dismay, I could not get a single thing to come up on the screen (much less out of the speakers) except the Zune logo. In fact, the device is currently sitting on my desk with the same problem.
Israeli Military Putting Gaza Clips On YouTube
Israel is well known for both developing and buying some of the most advanced military tech in existence. Now, arms of the nation’s government have begun using two of the tech community’s favorite social media sites in order to explain and defend its recent actions.
Social Media Sites Hitting Milestones Left And Right
This Christmas was a merry one indeed for many social media sites. Fresh stats from Hitwise show that Facebook and YouTube accomplished some impressive things, while social networks as a group attracted an unprecedented amount of traffic in the UK.
Martin Changes Tune On Broadband Smut-Filter
In his final days as chairman of the FCC, Kevin Martin appears to have done an about face on a proposed content filter for free wireless broadband. After opposition killed the original plan, Martin has placed a new proposal, sans smut-filter, on the table for review at the next and final FCC meeting on January 15. Perhaps it’s an attempt to end his tenure on a high note by doing something very positive for the nation—auctioning off spectrum to a wireless provider that can serve up wireless broadband to 95 percent of the country.
The Future Of Search Marketing In 2009
The countdown is on. Only a handful of sleeps until 2009 and of course the predictions are flowing thick and fast. The experts are gazing into their crystal balls and sharing their visions for 2009 in terms of search, social, online, mobile and marketing in general.I’ve pulled together a list of the best predictions I’ve uncovered so far and detailed them below. (if I’ve missed any – share them via our comments, and I’ll add them in).
Does Microsoft Want to Take Your Whole PC to the Cloud?
Microsoft has filed a patent for a "Metered Pay-As-You-Go Computing Experience." The exact words of the filing’s abstract are as follows:
Phishers Using Google Calendar Invites
Phishing attempts have been spotted that appear as Google Calendar event invitations. Be wary of any invitations that ask for your password. This should be obvious by now, but these phishers still manage to trick people.
Apple Relaxes, iFart Blasts Through
No matter what your mother says, farts will forever be funny. And for Joel Comm, they may forever be profitable now that Apple decided his app wasn’t too crass for the iPhone public. iFart Mobile is currently the number one iPhone/iPod Touch application, pulling in a dollar a pop.