Competing With YouTube
The speculation over how YouTube will continue to operate and if any other web-based companies can compete with the web video giant is never ending. The comparisons to Napster are inevitable. They have had issues with copyright infringement and have been trying to work out licensing deals.
Element VS. Enterprise Configuration Management
The term “configuration management” continues to be a badly overloaded phrase, with almost as many meanings as “service.” One distinction I am making recently is between:
Google Getting Ready For Radio Ads
Back in July, we reported on rumors that Google was preparing to launch AdWords for radio. Now Reuters is reporting confirmation that we will indeed see Google Audio Ads by the end of the year.
An Objective Vendor Comparison? Not!
The first Website to provide a vendor-independent assessment of online meeting tools has now gone live at Webconferencing-test.com (www.webconferencing-test.com). The portal provides comparisons of all leading solutions – including Microsoft Live Meeting, Macromedia Breeze (now called Acrobat Connect Professional) Webex, and GoToMeeting from Citrix.
Google Opens Up About Public Domain Books
Google blocks access for users outside the U.S. to public domain books, much to the dismay of some. To make matters worse, the reasons behind this policy were something of a mystery – until now. A post on the Inside Google Book Search blog explained the company’s thinking.
NBC And MSN Working Together
MSN and NBC Universal Digital Studios, a studio dedicated to creating original and unique programming for a wide range of digital platforms, have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement announced today by George Kliavkoff, chief digital officer of NBC Universal, and Rob Bennett, general manager of Entertainment and Video Services for MSN.
Monday, Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday is rapidly approaching and the online retailers are preparing themselves for what they hope will be lucrative holiday season.
SuiteTwo vs. Blogtronix
For those of you keeping score at home, here’s a recap of this week’s exciting action in the battle of the enterprise wikis.
Yahoo E-Mail Offers “Instant Chatification”
Yahoo has plans to add an instant messaging service to their Yahoo Mail. It will be following the model of Google’s Gmail which added IM several months a go. Yahoo Mail has an estimated 250 million users and is currently more widely used then Gmail.
GMail Adds New Features
The Google-owned, web-based email service GMail announced today that they have added five new features to their site to make sending and receiving mail more convenient for users.