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Early last year, eBay inflicted some damaging policy changes that sent many sellers running for the hills. Now, they apparently are changing…
Seems like popular websites go through stages: early buzz and adoption, mainstream media recognition, funding and monetization brainstorming, meteoric growth, the how-easy-is-it-to-hack stage, the marketer gaming stage, the juggernaut stage, and finally, the full corporate-government conspiracy stage. Twitter, it would appear, is in the how-easy-is-it-to-hack stage.
Today Google announced an improvement to the mobile version of Google Docs. That is list view for spreadsheets, which allows you to view, edit, sort, and filter your spreadsheets from your mobile device. Previously, you could only view your spreadsheets on mobile devices. Now, they basically have full functionality.
Web Accessibility organization WebAIM has posted results from an interesting survey on the use of screen readers. Webmasters should pay attention to this, as accessibility is an important part of your online presence, but is often ignored or overlooked. Just ask Target, who settled an accessibility lawsuit last year for $6 million.
Cisco has launched an initiative to help cities use technology to cultivate sustainable, intelligent industries as well as citizen services and overall economic growth. The initiative is called "Intelligent Urbanization."
Here's some good news for music lovers: a large chunk of the music videos available on YouTube won't be disappearing anytime soon. Reports indicate YouTube and Sony Music Entertainment have reached a fresh music licensing deal.
