The Internet Said What About Me?

Is Gmail Google’s Real Social Network?

The Past Google's email service Gmail was launched to the public five years ago this week. Back then, the service turned the web email industry on its ear by offering an entire gigabyte of storage to users who were lucky enough to receive an invite. Small potatoes now, but that was a nice chunk of storage from an email service back then.

Tap Tap Revenge Most Popular iPhone App

Tapulous' Tap Tap Revenge was the most popular iPhone application in the Apple App Store in February, with 32 percent of users installing the game, according to the comScore Apple App Store Report. "It's impressive that a game like Tapulous's Tap Tap Revenge can attract a higher penetration among Apple app users than apps for larger and more established brands," said Brian Jurutka, vice president,…

Online Ads Need to Be More Engaging

A study from McPheters & Company in co-operation with Condé Nast and CBS Vision found that magazines and TV ads are more effective than online ads. The study looked at 30-second TV ads, full-page 4-color magazine ads, and Internet banner ads in standard sizes. They used eye-tracking software to determine the circumstances for when online ads were actually seen by participants. Highlights of the study…

Hulu Improves Search Feature

Hulu announced some improvements to its search functionality today. For one, they have added some shortcuts to the autocomplete feature. Previously, the autocomplete suggestions would just take a user to the regular search results, but now, the shortcuts offer other options like going straight to the latest episode (for current shows), or the show page (for all shows).