Creative Commons 3.0 Launched
Creative Commons, the non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share, has launched version 3.0 of their copyright licenses.
Publishers Scoff At Online Book Search
In one of its most ambitious projects ever, Google has set a goal to digitize all book content that is public domain, and also snippets from other copyrighted words in order to provide users with the most comprehensive book search function ever conceived.
Several prominent libraries have already signed up to be a part of the Google Book Project, but the online search giant’s ambitions have some publishers turning up their nose in disapproval.
The Perfect Ad Quest
Paul Slogan from Business 2.0 recently wrote a great article on the quest for the perfect online ad.
He discusses how although Google is the king of search, users only spend 5% of their time searching. With users spending 95% of their time on the Internet engaged in non-search related activities, how can you target them? I don’t think there is an answer, but here is how I would go about creating the perfect ad.
AdSense Lets You Play Your Own Video Ads
A bit of a good thing for AdSense publishers: If you see a video AdSense ad appearing on your website, you can feel free to play it.
Use Feedburner Without Giving Them Your Subscribers
Do you worry about the danger of giving a 3rd party service control over the most important part of your blogging business – your subscribers?
Flickr Readies 333 Birthday Party
The photo community site has a party planned for Saturday, March 3rd, in San Francisco to celebrate Flickr’s third birthday.
Comedy Central Brings Web Programming To TV
Comedy Central is trying something different. The cable channel is going against the grain by taking original broadband programming from comedycentral.com and offering it to late night television viewers in its new series “Web Shows”. The weekly half hour series will air at 2 a.m. ET/PT and debut on Monday.
Britney Spears Back On Top of the Charts (Sort Of)
Oops, she’s done it again. In the wake of the now infamous head-shaving incident, Britney Spears has, for better or worse, once more become the main topic of conversation throughout the entertainment industry.
The emergence of Bald Britney was one of those moments in history that you knew was going to have a much deeper impact than merely becoming the top story on the evening news.
Prerequisites For Business-Driven Web 2.0 Efforts
Since the beginning of the year, have been asked the following question (in various forms) time and time again: If we want to use this social media "stuff" to connect with customers, how do we get started?
CIOs, Is Your Career Over?
The long-standing joke about the acronym for chief information officers actually standing for “career is over” may have a real punchline now, one that hits those C-level executives right in their employment status.