The Sad, Short Life of Della

Earlier this month, Dell launched a subsite specifically tailored to attract a female clientele. But apparently, Dell was wearing the wrong outfit, because the relationship between Dell and Della was a short-lived affair. In fact, if you go to the link for the Della site, you are automatically redirected to Dell’s Lifestyle home page, making it appear that Della never even existed in the first…

Hulu Labs Opens Its Doors

It looks like Hulu users will now get to have a hand in the site's development.  Hulu Labs opened today, and this new portion of the site will both let people try out experimental projects and solicit their feedback.

Senate Looks Into Deceptive Online Marketing

Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.VA.) has launched an investigation into certain ecommerce marketing practices that generate thousands of mysterious monthly charges to consumer credit cards. The source of these monthly fees comes from a group of marketing companies that obtain consumers' billing information through agreements with popular online retail sites.

There’s Gold in Your Social Media Profiles

Webproworld attended a recent Social Media Club gathering in Louisville, KY. Among the speakers at this event was the famous Chris Brogan, who talked about (among other things) Friendfeed, and why your social media profiles have value. Do you agree with the things Brogan says in the following clip? Share you thoughts.

Google Talks HTML 5 and Innovation

On Wednesday, Google held its Annual Developer Conference, which this year dealt a lot with the acceleration of the open web platform. There was a specific focus on HTML 5, which Google says is enabling developers to build uniquely powerful web apps. Google announced the following new products at the conference: