Ebay Takes New Direction In China
Ebay has plans to close its site in China and partner with Tom Online Inc. an Internet company based in Beijing. Ebay will have a 49 percent stake in the new venture while Tom Online will have a 51 percent share in the deal. The unnamed site is scheduled to open sometime in 2007.
No Images Next to Adsense Ads
I must admit, I’ve been tempted to experiment with adding images next to Google AdSense ads.
Just Say Yes to Second Life
Mention Second Life to some people and you open a door to skepticism and dismissive opinions. It reminds me of similar reactions about blogging just a couple of years ago.
Polar Rose Takes Big Step In Image Search
The term “work in progress” applies to almost everything in eBusiness, but it might be especially applicable to image search. Some big advances may come in the near future, however, courtesy of a Swedish company named Polar Rose. It has announced that it’s capable of “computing 3D portraits from 2D photos,” and that its software will be able to recognize the people in those photos.
Yahoo! Gives The Gift Of Education
Instead of dolling out thousands of dollars worth of gifts that high-end customers will never use, Yahoo! has taken a philanthropic approach to holiday gift giving.
The Feds Wish You A Happy Holiday
The US government, via its revamped FirstGov platform, has plenty of suggestions on how people can handle all that the holidays throw their way.
Adobe’s Apollo – the Next Killer App?
Today, Apollo caught my undivided attention when I saw the post from a Rich Inter Application Mountaineer, Ryan Stewart.
Cron Isn’t Working?
Let’s just get this out of the way first: when someone says cron is not working, it almost always is, and they have just misunderstood something basic.
Email Marketing – HTML Vs. Plain Text
After you have set up your opt in list and started collecting leads you need to decide whether to use HTML or plain text for your follow up and broadcast messages.
SQL Server Triggers
Triggers are stored procedures which are fired when data is modified in an underlying table.