What Americans Did Online In July

In July Americans went online searching for information about green initiatives related to automotive transportation driven by the launch of the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program, with visitations to green sites growing 15 percent in July to 17.5 million visitors, according to comScore.

Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon Look to Throw the Book at Google

Microsoft, Yahoo, and Amazon have reportedly banded together under the organization of the Internet Archive and antitrust lawyer Gary Reback, to try and put a stop to Google's settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over Google Book Search.

Facebook Now Just Integrating Directly with Twitter

Facebook is in the process of releasing a feature for Facebook Pages that allows the page's admin to automatically post updates to Twitter simultaneously. The feature is only for Pages and not for individual profiles.

Twitter to Become Location Aware

Twitter just announced that it has plans to launch a feature that makes the service location-aware. They're rolling out a new API that will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any specific tweet.

The Dawn of Real Facebook eCommerce

Facebook is set to begin testing an expansion of its Gift Shop, for third-party developers to begin selling items to users for Facebook's virtual currency. The really interesting part about this is that these developers can sell physical merchandise, not just Facebook gifts.