Don’t Expect a Facebook IPO for a Few Years

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke at the Reuters Global Technology Summit on Tuesday, and declined to confirm recent reports that the company had held discussions regarding $150 million in funding (as reported by VentureBeat) and turned down $200 million (as reported by TechCrunch).

Yahoo Promotes “Web Of Objects” Concept At Search Event

Yahoo sure likes names that can be shouted.  At a search event the company held yesterday, speakers focused on a "Web of objects" concept - also known as WOO - that Yahoo intends to embrace as a way of moving beyond the standard ten blue links. 

The Process of Ad Copy Creation

Webproworld discussed the creation of ad copy and the stages of the buy cycle with Mona Elesseily of Page zero Media recently. Do you have a process you use for ad copy creation? Tell us about it.

Google Wants To Help You Save Energy

Is there anything that Google doesn't do? Seriously. Today the company has announced the first partners for its PowerMeter Tool. Essentially, the PowerMeter (available as a Google gadget) shows consumers how much electricity they are using right from their computer. The idea is of course that when you can see how much electricity you are using on an appliance-by-appliance basis, you can make the necessary…

eBay Makes Changes to User Agreement

On Friday, eBay released a revised version of its user agreement. The changes deal with situations where a buyer has alleged receipt of a counterfeit item. eBay Senior Counsel Scot Shipman discusses the changes in a company blog post. He says that under the changes: