Skirmish in the Digital Media War

A major kerfuffle has broken out in the UK between Virgin Media and satellite broadcaster BSkyB, with customers of both services losing out as the ham in the metaphorical sandwich. At midnight last night, a deadline expired for both companies to come to an agreement on licensing rights and fees for Virgin to include some of Sky’s content in the range of TV channels included…

Developer Workflow – Microsoft Ahead

In reading my 1,331 RSS items (as reported by Google Reader) today I found one by Scott Barnes where he noted that Ryan Stewart, who covers the rich Internet application space better than most anyone, noted that Microsoft was ahead in terms of developer workflow. Absolutely.

Yahoo Paid Inclusion Gets a Facelift

Yahoo has revamped its paid inclusion program and it appears to be the forefront of a push to revitalize this archaic submission format. More on the history of paid inclusion and my opinion later, for now let us review the changes. What Does it Cost to Submit to Yahoo?

Google Scares Up Free Photoshop

You may be tired of hearing about Google by now. This article is actually about how Adobe plans to create a free Web-based version of Photoshop. But Google's the reason they're doing it. Google's the reason anybody's doing anything online. That company just can't seem to find a pair of britches that fit.

Citysearch Reviews Deal For Insider Pages

A reviews-based local search company that had not fared well in the battle for eyeballs will become part of IAC's Citysearch. Insider Pages will be on the move, as they give up their Redwood City offices in favor of IAC's four walls. Citysearch will plug in Insider Pages' user reviews of local businesses, and have over a million of them to offer visitors.