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YouTube Freezes View Spammers
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer Moves Online
The Seattle Post- Intelligencer (P-I) will become the nation's largest daily newspaper to move entirely online, its publisher Hearst Corporation announced today. The announcement was made by Frank A. Bennack, Jr., vice chairman and chief executive officer, Hearst Corporation, and Steven R. Swartz, president of Hearst Newspapers. The final print edition of the newspaper will appear tomorrow.
Google Adds AdWords to Picasa
Google is now showing AdWords ads above search results in its photo sharing service Picasa. It's hard to imagine people being shocked by this. Google has been getting more aggressive with adding ads to its products. Only a few weeks ago, Google started adding them to Google News search results after years of not having them.
Facebook Connects Users with iPhone Apps
Over the weekend, Facebook launched Facebook Connect for the iPhone and iPod Touch at SXSW. Developers area already taking advantage of Facebook Platform APIs to add social features to many iPhone applications.
Social Media Market Still Miniscule, But Is Growing
Forrester Research just released a report that suggests the tough economy will be the catalyst for more spending on social media marketing.
U.S. Mobile Internet Use Sees Big Increase
The number of people using their mobile device to access news and information online more than doubled from January 2008 to January 2009, according to comScore. Among the 63.2 million people who accessed news and information on their mobile devices in January 2009, 22.4 million (35%) did so daily; more than double the size of the audience last year.
