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Google has introduced new navigations improvements for Google Maps Street View. These improvements are collectively being referred to as Smart Navigation.
Intel has announced today that it is acquiring software-maker Wind River Systems for $884 million. Wind River makes embedded devices. Embedded systems and mobile devices include smart phones, mobile Internet devices, other consumer electronics (CE) devices, in-car "info-tainment" systems and other automotive areas, networking equipment, aerospace and defense, energy and thousands of other devices.
The Monster Employment index, which is a monthly gauge of U.S. online job demand, went down 29% in the past year. It actually went down a couple points after rising slightly in April. It might not be all bad news though.
Digg has announced plans to roll out a new advertising platform called Digg Ads. This platform will give users more control over which ads are displayed on the popular site. It's not ready to go just yet. The pilot will be launching in several months, but it will be "an ongoing work in progress."
Update: The terms are now live. Original Article: Facebook announced today that it has posted a draft of its Payments Terms to better explain how financial transactions will take place. The terms were created as a means to govern purchases made through the site.
PageRank sculpting is a pretty advanced SEO tactic, and it has been widely used by SEO pros since Google’s Matt Cutts described its use on YouTube, giving the strategy the official green light. At SMX Advanced in Seattle, the same harbinger of Google insider information offered a stunning revelation: Google changed the way it handled link structures intended for sculpting.
