The Race to a Million Twitter Followers

Who knew the race to be the first Twitter user with a million followers was so important? It’s not, but it is kind of fun to watch. Ashton Kutcher, CNN, and Britney Spears seem the most likely contenders, but one shadow organization lurks to manipulate while Oprah’s late entry could be an upset.

Google Adds Sitelinks for More Search Results

Using Google for searching the web, you've probably seen some results pages from time to time that have the top result displaying a number of secondary links underneath it. These links go to different pages within the site. Simply referred to as "sitelinks," such pages might take you to an about page or a help page, or really anything deemed beneficial to the user by…

OpenX Launches Online Ad Platform

OpenX Technologies has launched an online ad marketplace aimed at smaller online publishers and designed to be an alternative to larger brands such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. OpenX Market is focused on helping publishers generate more revenue and to help advertisers more easily reach their target audiences across large numbers of publishers. Publishers have control over routing any or all of their ad impressions…

eBay Getting Rid of Skype

Update: paidContent.org is reporting that eBay CEO John Donahoe says that the company is "still open to other offers" and that he will “maximize the value of Skype. Period." Any "reasonable offers" made between now and 2010 (when the proposed IPO is scheduled) will be evaluated.

Internet Major Resource For Political News

More than half of Americans used the Internet as a political resource during the 2008 election, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Some 55 percent of adults and 74 percent of all Internet users went online for news and information about the election or to communicate with others about the race. Nearly half (45%) of Americans watched online videos related to politics…