Amazon Ends Affiliate Program In Hawaii

Amazon.com is continuing with its policy to abandon its affiliates program in any state that even considers legislation that would force the online retailer to collect and pay sales tax.

Google Launches New, Cheaper AdWords API

Google has launched a new version of the AdWords API. The company says this version offers more speed, scale, and flexibility to developers at a lower cost. The AdWords API lets developers build apps that interact with the AdWords platform. With the API, users can:

The Web Feels The Impact of Michael Jackson’s Death

Who is the most famous person in the world? A simple question with thousands of possible answers. Some might say the Pope while others might say President Obama. It's total speculation; an argument can be made for just about any well-known person.

Twitter Uncomfortable With ‘Tweet’ Being Used In Third Party Apps

Looks like Twitter is not looking the other way as much these days. TechCrunch reports that there is some concern at the social networking company that developers are using the term ‘Tweet’ too much. Twitter, in fact, is claiming that the use of that trademark in the naming of any third party app is something they are ‘uncomfortable’ with.

Twitter Gets Back to Oprah-Like Numbers in June

Last month, there was a lot of hubbub about Twitter's growth flat lining. Matthew Daines, the lead developer of our own Twitter app, Twellow, showed me a graph that he put together from the user IDs he found in the Twitter API, based on when they registered with Twitter.