President’s Antitrust Chief Nomination Known to Criticize Google
President Obama’s nomination for Antitrust Chief, Christine A. Varney, has a history of criticizing Google on the topic of antitrust. Current concern appears to be focused on Google’s efforts in the cloud computing world.
More Results Visualized on Google Maps
When you search for local businesses on Google Maps, you will now see more than just ten results at a time plotted on the map. While the initial ten will still be plotted by pins and letters as before, you will see dots representing many more search results.
Facebook’s Terms Of Service
Yielding to pressure from it seems like just about everyone, Facebook is saying that it will make changes to the recent changes in its Terms of Service (TOS) (in other words going back to how it was). The WSJ covers the ‘event’ in their online edition.
Facebook Changes Its Terms Back
Facebook recently changed its terms of service and sparked a bit of controversy.
R.I.P. Andrew Bourland
Andrew Bourland, the co-founder of ClickZ passed away yesterday morning after battling cardiomyopathy, a form of heart disease. He died around 7:00 am in Reading, Massachusetts.
The Social Networking Landscape in India and Europe
comScore released a couple of interesting reports today. The first involves the social networking landscape in Europe. According to comScore, France in particular had a big year when it comes to social networking, growing by 45% with Facebook as the leading network.
Pull My Finger Suit Isn’t Pulling Your Leg
This is going to sound like a bunch of hot air, but it’s not. Air-O-Matic, Inc., the company behind the “Pull My Finger” iPhone app, threatened legal action against InfoMedia, the company blasting out iFart Mobile, for trademark infringement.
Norton Online Family Offers Parents Peace Of Mind
Symantec has released the public beta of Norton Online Family, an Internet safety service aimed at helping parents protect children online.
Norton Online Family is currently free and available in English only. It’s compatible with both Macs and PCs.
The service encourages discussions between parents and their children and provides customizable tools to manage online activity.
Tweet-a-Thon Pegged For Thursday
What do MC Hammer, the kid from Stand By Me (Will Wheaton), and that bald guy from “Heroes” (David Lawrence) have in common? If you took a wild guess from the headline that they’re involved in some kind of charity “tweet-a-thon” you’d be right.
Google.org-Backed Film In Tight Race For Oscar
Anyone who’s troubled by the idea of Google being omnipresent might be better off skipping this article. It seems, you see, that a film backed by Google.org has a rather good chance of winning an Oscar on Sunday.
The Final Inch, a 38-minute film about people trying to eradicate polio, is up against just three other movies in the "Documentary Short" category. It was directed and produced by Irene Taylor Brodsky, and filmed mostly in Afghanistan and India.