Top 10 Google Searches 2006

10,000 Channels Of MyWaves

Mobile video company MyWaves launches 10,000 channels of entertainment directly to consumer's cellular phones.

eShopping Index Shows Growth All Around

Tis the season for metrics. The companies that keep tabs on the Internet have released a flurry of statistics over the past couple of weeks, all of them with the same conclusion: e-commerce is growing still. Nielsen//NetRatings' Holiday eShopping index put on a few pounds, expanding by 20 percent year-over-year.

How’s My Driving? Text Me About It

It's such an annoying idea that it just may catch on, just like the laser pointer and Nextel's Direct Connect. Abuse is eminent, anyway, as the next sexual harassment case includes language like: "He PL8Scanned her with a message that read, 'nice headlights'." Yes, it's text messaging and social networks taken to the (eventual) level of public nuisance.

Google Losing Race For Russian Crown

Google may be king, but it's definitely not czar. The dominant U.S. search engine is only the eighth biggest "Internet brand" in Russia, and it's losing the competition by a very large margin.