Google CEO Eric Schmidt Fires Back at Newspapers

The Associated Press (AP) announced this week that it's working on a system  to "protect" its content from being "misappropriated" online. Webproworld CEO Rich Ord posted a thought-provoking piece on the subject giving some background into the situation.

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Facebook Unveils New TOS On April 16th

This year April 16th is no longer just the day after your taxes must be done (or extensions filed depending on what’s going on). This day is now a new Opening Day of sorts. It is the day the Facebook’s new terms of service (TOS) will be unveiled after the 30 day public comment period.

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Older Generations Are Flocking To Twitter

The folks at comScore put some numbers to what everyone already suspects. Twitter traffic is growing at a very rapid rate. What may surprise some are the people that are leading the charge. They also say that the March numbers to be released in the next week will raise some eyebrows as well.

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Despite Recession, US Online Ad Spending Continues to Rise

Research shows that marketers are spending more on online advertising and less on ads in newspapers, magazines, and radio. According to eMarketer, each year, ad spending on online media is growing by at least a percentage point. eMarketer also projects that online ad dollars will jump about 5% by 2013. Here's how they see it playing out:

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XP Remains an Option for Windows

If you’re Microsoft, it probably isn’t the most comforting thought to know the biggest headline about your new OS, Windows 7, isn’t about features or updates… it’s about supported downgrade options. Of course if you are a Vista person who has already downgraded back to XP, today is a good day for you.  Microsoft has announced that the new Windows 7 OS will have downgrade…

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