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Facebook Poll Gets Woman Kicked Of Jury
If you have to serve on a jury in a criminal trial, you’d more than likely think very carefully about discussing that…
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YouTube Gets Some Company on the iPhone
Blip.tv has announced that its hosted video clips can now be viewed on the iPhone through its Safari browser. Previously, YouTube was the only player that let users watch videos on both desktop browsers and the iPhone's browser. The technology team at blip.tv created this “magic” iPhone embed because Adobe’s Flash player is currently not available on the iPhone. Blip.tv explains that this technology allows…
Cyber Monday Deals Attract Online Shoppers
More than 8 out of 10 shoppers will be looking for discounts on Cyber Monday and 69 percent will be searching for free online shipping according to a survey by Shopzilla.
Microsoft Live Search to Be Rebranded?
Rumors have been flying around about a possible rebranding of Microsoft's search engine from Live Search to a few other names that Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet reported on. Names being tossed around include: Bing, Hook, and Kumo (which means "cloud" or "spider" in Japanese). Foley went after the public opinion on which one would be best and the results so far are as follows:
Google Improving International Search
Google is doing a lot of things to improve the way they rank sites across all of the different languages of the world. Some examples of where improvements are being made include taking into consideration things like:
SEC: Facebook Can Keep Hiring, Stay Private
Deals involving Google and Microsoft may get the government feeling nervous, but so far, Facebook's growth isn't causing much anxiety. The SEC has given the social networking company special permission to keep hiring and handing employees equity without publicly sharing its financial data.
