Facebook Username Grab Generated Record Traffic Levels

A lot of Facebook executives and employees are probably wearing big, satisfied smiles this morning.  As statistics continue to trickle in, it looks like the vanity URL offering that the company held over the weekend was a huge success.

Google Maps Gets Some Improvements on Android

Today, Google announced the addition of search-by-voice and transit directions to Google Maps on Android devices. In addition, some improvements have been made to Google Latitude in Google Maps for Android. Searching By Voice

Salesforce Gives Force.com Users Free Sites

Salesforce has announced the general availability of Force.com Sites, which was demoed last year at the Dreamforce event. With it, companies can build and run any website on Salesforce's cloud platform Force.com, the same platform that runs the company's sales and service apps.

Google Readying Bing, Twitter Countermeasures

It's no secret that real-time search is one of Google's weak points.  Since Bing launched, fewer people have been willing to acknowledge Google as the best search engine overall, too.  But the search giant seems to be fighting back, as new reports have it addressing issues on both fronts.