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Google and the European Pressphoto Agency (epa) have struck a deal under which the search engine will host epa content on Google…
Google is now showing ads on Google News pages that show full-text articles. These are the articles which Google itself hosts. In case you're unfamiliar with these Google-hosted articles, back in 2007, Google News started offering original source content from a variety of publishers like the AP, Agence France-Presse, UK Press Association, the Canadian Press, etc. This was to give special treatment to "original sources."
The World Wide Web turned 20 years old last Friday, and its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, says its potential is hardly reached. His next vision, a vision he’s been talking about for years, is the Semantic Web, which on the surface seems as simple as herding cats. But don’t let the specifics bog down a perfectly good concept with just the right amount of vagueness to…
Still waiting for change you can believe in? Well, believe this: the White House just declared an intellectual property treaty a state secret and denied Freedom of Information Act requests asking that it reveal the details of an international treaty that could have huge effects on how information is disseminated online.
We often hear about people trying to "game" search engines and social media sites to promote their content. We hear it about Google, Digg, and others, but for some reason, we don't often hear about such practices with regards to YouTube. That does not mean that it's not happening.. And why wouldn't it? It's one of the most popular social networks, and it's the second…
A number of former Rocky Mountain News staffers have announced the launch of indenvertimes.com, an online news site with the aim of keeping the Rocky alive. The E.W. Scripps Co. closed the Rocky Mountain News last month after failing to find a qualified buyer. To launch the site, In Denver Times needs 50,000 subscribers by April 23, 2009, the 150th anniversary of the Rocky Mountain…
