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Facebook Reminds Users How to Handle Death
If you've had a friend or loved-one die during the Facebook age, you may or may not have known that Facebook will…
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Twitter Picks Up Former Facebook Platform Manager
The personnel push-and-pull between tech companies is always interesting to watch; who goes where can be a sign of how insiders are placing their bets. And more than bragging rights appear to be at stake as Josh Elman, who used to work for Facebook, has joined Twitter.
AOL Names Post-Time Warner Board of Directors
AOL has named eight members to serve on its Board of Directors, once the company's separation from Time Warner is Complete. The members have experience in Internet media, entertainment, marketing, and finance. 1. Former Amazon Senior Vice President and CIO Richard Dalzell holds a B.S. in engineering from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. He has also worked as Vice President of the Information Systems…
Newspaper Websites Attract 74 Million Visitors In Q3
An average of 74 million people visited newspaper websites in the third quarter of 2009, representing 38 percent of all Internet users, according to a custom analysis by Nielsen for the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Newspaper website visitors generated more than 3.5 billion page views during the quarter, spending 2.7 billion minutes browsing the sites over more than 596 million sessions.
Carl Icahn Quits Yahoo’s Board Of Directors
Another noteworthy event in the long, strange tale of the Microsoft-Yahoo deal has occurred: about 15 months after securing his seat on Yahoo's board of directors, Carl Icahn has resigned the position. It's important to note that the move isn't supposed to be interpreted as the first step in starting another fight. Or even as a sign of disapproval. In fact, in a letter announcing…
Ask.com Gets New U.S. Leadership
On Friday Ask.com announced that it has promoted Doug Leeds to President of Ask.com U.S. In addition, Tony Gentile has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Product Management. Leeds has been with Ask Networks since early 2006, where he has held several different positions. Most recently, he has been President of the company's Dictionary.com and Chief Operating officer of Ask Networks. Now as President,…
