API Released for Second Life Plug-Ins
You don’t hear as much about Second Life these days as you did several years ago. For a while, articles were being written left and right about how to leverage this virtual world from Linden Lab as a business tool. Lately, not so much.
Google Tweaks AdSense Fonts for Better Performance
Google is updating the default font faces associated with specific AdSense ad formats. The decision to do so is based on findings that different fonts perform better with different formats.
EU Investing $25 Million In High-Speed Mobile Internet
The European Union said Tuesday it will invest $25 million into research that will underpin the next generation of 4G mobile networks.
The EU says the funding will go towards research on Long Term Evolution (LTE) Advanced technology, that will offer mobile Internet speeds up to a hundred times faster than current 3G networks. The funding will be released on January 1, 2010.
Google Continues to Satisfy, News Publishers Don’t
The latest American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows that Google reigns supreme in the search engines and portal industry when it comes to customer satisfaction. This isn’t hard to believe considering Google’s share of the search market.
There’s a reason why Google dominates the arena. Users are generally satisfied with the results they get, and see no reason to switch engines. That is why Microsoft has its work cut out for it with making Bing a true competitor.
Facebook Most Popular Social Site In Australia
More than 70 percent of Internet users in Australia visited a social networking site in June, up 29 percent from the previous year, according to a new study from comScore.
"Social networking continues to grow in popularity both across Australia and throughout the world," said Will Hodgman, comScore executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific region.
New AdWords Interface Comes to Google TV Ads
Google announced that its TV advertisers now have access to the new AdWords interface. Users will be able to access the old one for a while, but by the end of the month, they will have no choice but to use the new one.
TV advertisers that aren’t already familiar with the new interface will want to get acquainted. They can start with the following video:
INTERPOL Launches Site Featuring Stolen Artwork
International police organization INTERPOL announced today it has launched a website featuring a database of global stolen artwork.
The move is part of the agency’s effort to combat the illicit trade of stolen artwork.
Wolfram Alpha Provides Financial Answers Based on Xignite Info
Xignite, which provides global financial market data, is working with Wolfram Alpha, so that Wolfram Alpha users can get such data when performing a query.
YouTube Adds Captions Option to API
About a year ago, YouTube added its feature, which lets users include captions in their videos. The company is now including this feature in the YouTube API, so developers can utilize the functionality.
WordPress.com Launches WP.me – URL Shortener
If you’re a blogger with WordPress.com, you’ll be happy to learn that you now have the capability to shorten your URL’s within Wordpress.com with the new WP.me service. You can see an example of a WP.me link below.
Original
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/shorten/
Shortend Version
http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten