Facebook Puts Employee Stock Sale On Hold
If you’re friends with any Facebook employees, don’t be surprised if your holiday gifts from them wind up being homemade ashtrays instead of multiple DVD sets. The sale of shares that would have allowed some employees to make $900,000 has been postponed.
The Year in Online Video
Now that we are in December, the final month of the year, I thought it would be fun to go back through our archives and take a look at some of the highlights of different sectors of our industry, and reflect on everything that has happened over the year 2008. January seems so long ago. So much has happened.
Online Journalists Now The Most Jailed
More online journalists are in prison globally than any other reporters working in any other medium, according to a new survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Microsoft Hires New Head Of Online Services Group
Given all that’s gone on at Microsoft lately, it’s hard to believe that the company has been running around without anyone in charge of its Online Services Group. That period is coming to an end, though, as Dr. Qi Lu, a former Yahoo exec, has gotten the job.
Worm Rains on Facebook’s Parade
Just as Facebook unleashes its Facebook Connect program that ties the site in with any other site who wants to be involved, some virus has to come along and rain on the parade. The Koobface virus, which has in actuality been around for the majority of the year, is not directly related to Facebook Connect, but casts a shadow of vulnerability on Facebook in general. What to Look For
Google Buys PaperOfRecord Newspaper Archive
On March 23, 1752, the Halifax Gazette told the story of a tragic romance. The author of the short narrative named neither subject, referring only to them as the Officer and the Lady. A short time after they married, the Officer scolded the Lady for being late for dinner, whereupon she downed a bottle of […]
WSJ Editor Doesn’t Get Internet Advertising
Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Robert Thomson spoke about a print advertising resurgence in a speech at the Reuters Media Summit in New York. He thinks advertisers are moving back to print because of his belief that print has a more attentive readership than Internet news readers. From Reuters …
Google Reader Interface Improved
Google Reader has undergone some changes. The objective seems to have been to simplify things and give the whole thing a cleaner look and feel. While I’m sure the changes will still receive their share of critics, I for one am generally pleased with the update. Let’s take a look at the changes. First off, if you can’t find something that is supposed to be there:
Google Launches Friend Connect After Months of Waiting
It has been quite the day for connecting. Not only did Facebook unleash Facebook Connect on the world, but Google has also now made Google Friend Connect available (in beta) as well.
Police Take Unsolved Murders To Internet
The Internet is certainly maligned enough as a place of general depravity and poor etiquette, but all shadows have a lighter side. The Toronto Police, for example, have launched a website where visitors can check out cold homicide cases and provide new clues.