Blockbuster is introducing its own set-top box, which will bring movies directly to a user’s TV and provide access to on demand content.The MediaPoint digital media player by broadband device maker 2Wire is available to Blockbuster customers for $99 and includes 25 movies. After the initial 25 rentals, movies are available for $1.99 each to $3.99.
Twitter’s New Values
Twitter has acquired "Values of n," a company founded by Rael Dornfest, former CTO of O’Reilly Media. Dornfest is known for being a pioneer in RSS and editing O’Reilly’s Hack books.
Microsoft Helps adCenter Customers Get Help
Getting support for any product is often a painstaking and time consuming ordeal. There are parts of Microsoft that I have personally had such trouble with.
Google Shrinking Holiday Parties, Payroll?
Late last year, Google did the politically correct thing and wished everyone "Happy Holidays." This winter, the situation within the company may be a little less joyous, as cutbacks of various types might be occurring.
Link Exchanges Black Hat?
Tamar Weinberg at Search Engine Roundtable points to a post (actually
Personalize Your Google Results
Google has announced SearchWiki, which is a new set of functionality that users with Google accounts can use to customize their results on any given search. SearchWiki allows users to move specific results up or down in rankings so that they appear in the preferred order when the same search is done in the future.
LinkedIn Makes Search More Convenient
LinkedIn has unveiled a new search platform that opens up more ways to find people across the social network. Most of the new features add to the convenience of searching.
Facebook Poll Gets Woman Kicked Of Jury
If you have to serve on a jury in a criminal trial, you’d more than likely think very carefully about discussing that trial outside the jury room and what’s going on in court.
Google Makes TV Advertising More Attractive
Google announced a new enhancement today to the program targeting feature in AdWords for Google TV Ads. The feature now allows you to enter a keyword into the TV programs search field on the Target Campaign screen, and it will bring up suggested shows that are relevant to your keywords.
Facebook Trying To Acquire Twitter Is Setup For Failure
Kara Swisher has written a tremendous post on Facebook’s quiet attempt at acquiring Twitter. It inspired me to share my thoughts on the subject.