Green is the new black; math is the new cool; and Google CEO Eric Schmidt has some formulas for increasing energy efficiency, job creation, money saving, and how the Internet will fend off global warming. Sound far-fetched? Schmidt says, “It’s just a math problem.”
Report: YouTube Preparing HotSpots Tool
Suppose that, whenever a certain television character entered a bar, viewers changed the channel instead of happily shouting "Norm!" NBC would have wanted to know, and now YouTube’s content creators may gain a similar sort of insight into what users do while watching their clips.
Bebo Partners With ESPN On Sports Video
ESPN has partnered with social networking site Bebo to bring short-form sports video highlights to the site for U.S. users.
Majority Of Companies Avoiding Social Media
The majority of businesses have no formal plans to adopt social media or use its benefits that can lead to better customer relations and increased sales.Fear and apathy are the primary barriers to using social media, according to a global survey by Avanade, an IT consultancy company.Over half of respondents to the survey said senior executives and IT staff resist adoption out of fear it will reduce employee productivity. Sixty percent believe management does not understand the potential social media offers employees and customers.
Googling Sarah Palin
OK folks. Everyone knows that John McCain has choose theAlaska governor Sarah Palin. I am not posting today to discuss if this was a good choice or not. If she is or is not ready for the job. If she has to much baggage or not.
More Baby Boomers Embracing Web 2.0
Online activities primarily popular with younger people are now receiving the attention of baby boomers. Recent surveys of U.S. consumers found that 61 percent of baby boomer Internet users (age 44 to 61) had visited sites that offer streaming and downloadable video while 41 percent had visited social networks.
Yahoo! Gets a ‘Softie
Joanne Bradford has made a lot of career moves in recent memory. She was once Corporate VP of Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions, then climbed up the ladder to Chief Media Officer and Corporate Vice President of MSN.
Google Getting Behind Satellite Broadband
The "other three billion" look set to receive a helping hand from Google. The search giant, along with Liberty Global and HSBC Principal Investments, is supporting O3b Networks in its quest to provide emerging markets with Internet connections.
DeWolfe Spills a Few MySpace Beans
MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe spoke with TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington on stage at the TechCrunch 50 Conference, and two really interesting nuggets cam
United Airlines Stock Crashes On Old News
An article from 2002 detailing the bankruptcy filing of United Airlines resurfaced online Monday, sending the company’s stock plummeting as some traders thought the report was current news.UAL, parent of United Airlines, saw its shares fall 76 percent to $3 because of an article by the Florida Sun-Sentinel reporting the bankruptcy filing which was picked up by Bloomberg financial news service.