Google Rides the Internet Bus to India

Today, Google launched an initiative called the Internet Bus Project, designed to show off  all the Internet has to offer to cities in Tamil Nadu, India. The purpose is to introduce people that are not familiar with the Internet to the education, information, communication, and entertainment it has to offer.

Bebo Opens Mobile

Bebo is working with operators, handset manufacturers, and mobile software developers to help them promote, distribute, and monetize mobile social media. This is through Bebo's new Open Mobile program.

Skype Launches 4.0 For Windows

Skype has launched version 4.0 for Windows that now includes full-screen video calling and improved call quality. "Video calling has emerged as a very popular way for people to communicate online," said Mike Bartlett, director of product strategy for Skype.

The Apocalypse Will Be Twittered

The best fiction overtakes the consumer’s reality by weaving itself into that reality and becoming a part of it. What makes this process “fun” is awareness and tolerance of unreality for brief periods, after which true reality returns. It’s sort of permission-based fantasy, a trip without the need for LSD. Without that permission to invade the mind, it’s at best a practical joke, at worst,…

Trial Of Google Execs Begins In Italy

In September of 2006, a clip of four Italian youths teasing a teenager with Down syndrome was uploaded to Google Video.  Today, the trial of four Google executives on criminal charges of defamation and privacy violations is set to begin in Milan.