Flickr Featurs Foto Filtrs
If you’re afraid of seeing photos on the Flickr site that don’t quite match your personal tolerance for adult content, the image sharing site has a new filtering feature that you should enjoy. Photographers who see themselves as artists may not be as enthused.
Truthiness Comes To Viacom
The irony is so thick, it’s smothering. Viacom, who sued Google for a billion dollars over copyright infringement, is now being sued by MoveOn.org and the Electronic Frontier Foundation for not understanding the very Fair Use principles the network relies on for its own parodies on "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report."
Google Wins Belgian Suit
Google just put another lawsuit behind it – at least until ServersCheck appeals a Belgian court’s decision. The company had claimed that Google’s search engine helped users crack its software. But, for the time being, ServersCheck’s suit has been dismissed.
Online Video – New User Interface?
In Wednesday’s SearchInsider, Aaron Goldberg looked at video search and what’s going to be required for it to truly become an interesting advertising vehicle. Some of the speculation comes from Aaron’s musing about what might happen if Google purchased Blinkx.
Online Jewelry Sales Rose 20 Percent In 2006
Online jewelry sales in the U.S. market hit $2.45 billion in 2006, an increase of 20 percent from 2005, according to data from IDEX Online Research. Online sales comprised 3.9 percent of all jewelry sales of $63.0 billion in 2006.
The conventional wisdom at the start of e-commerce was that online sales of jewelry would never be a major factor. Online shoppers now buy a wide range of merchandise online besides books and CDs. They also spend more per purchase.
RIAA: eCommerce Public Enemy #1
With the future of industries such as online radio and peer-to-peer networking hanging in the balance, the pendulum of power is shifting from the hands of the suits at the RIAA into the hands of the public. Those who feel they have been wronged by the organization are collectively beginning to fight back.
Far-Off Googlers Spin Wheels, Americans Sit Idle
Google wants to protect the environment; it also wants its employees to stay happy and healthy. So, to address both issues at once, the search engine company is giving away around 2,000 free bicycles. Ironically, the bikes will not be offered to Google’s American employees, who (statistically speaking) are probably most in need of some exercise.
NYT Loves The Cocaine?
And we have yet another example of the distance contextual advertising has to go. When a New York Times advertisement pops up above a guide to the Big Apple’s cocaine scene, there is clearly more work to be done – unless the NYT would actually endorse such a thing.
The ad is covered in a thick layer of irony, informing its target market that the Times is the "ultimate guide to global travel," advising on:
Broadband Users Not Fans Of Mobile Internet
When it comes to a preference of devices for US broadband users the PC is by far the most popular choice with 94 percent favoring their desktop, while 40 percent use their laptop and only 5 percent use the mobile Internet according to Media-Screen.
Mobile users can be broken down into three categories: those who access the Internet from mobile devices (5%), those who have Internet mobile devices but don’t use them to go online (58%) and those who don’t have Internet enabled mobile devices (36%).
Analyst: Yahoo Gains From Video Alliance
The much discussed NBC and News Corp video alliance will include Yahoo in its net of content distributors, and that is going to benefit the portal company.