Comedy Central Relaunches ColbertNation.com
Comedy Central has relaunched ColbertNation.com making it a Web hub for its show "The Colbert Report."The new ColbertNation.com site features more than 2,800 video clips dating back to the launch of the popular comedy program in 2005.
Pew: Games Make Good Citizens
Whenever some kid loses his mind and commits a heinous, deadly crime, the media and so-called experts start digging through the kid’s video game stash. Voila, Grand Theft Auto, case closed, the video game made him do it. Some research (wow, real research?) from Pew Internet goes against that mindset, suggesting kids learn valuable civics lessons from playing games, and just like another activity no one wants to admit, everybody does it.
Economic Woes Don’t Scare Schmidt
Google’s stock first hit $430 per share in December of 2005. It moved upward past the number in October 2006 and March of this year, as well. Now the stock’s right around $430 again, and although the situation’s sure to frustrate investors, Google’s leaders believe their company is in good shape.
Yahoo Launches Music Feature In Search Results
Yahoo has introduced a new music feature that allows users to play songs from artists by clicking on a play button at the top of the search results.
Facebook Brings Home the Beacon
Facebook had its share of controversy late last year as a result of its Beacon advertising model. Basically what Beacon did was show you when your Facebook friends made a transaction on one of its partners’ websites. For example, if I bought a copy of "Mom and Dad Save the World" on Blu-Ray (if there is such a thing) on eBay, all of my Facebook Friends would know about it.
Targeting Conversations, Not The Whole Web
Rob Crumpler, CEO of online advertising company BuzzLogic, says there’s a strong correlation between campaign effectiveness and blog quality. But quality doesn’t necessarily mean popularity; more likely it has to do with the strength of a blogger’s influence.
Google Offers Gmail Access Tips
Not being able to access an email account is a serious problem for most users and on the Official Google Blog the company offers advice on what to do if users can’t access their Gmail accounts.Google says most of the issues with Gmail are account related but some interruptions are caused by technical issues. Account issues that can lead to interruptions include a lost password, unusual account activity or the theft of login information.
Google Blames Microsoft for Yahoo! Deal Controversy
Google held its Zeitgeist Conference yesterday, and during that conference, CEO Eric Schmidt, and co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin held a media roundtable at which they discussed a variety of Google’s recent endeavors. Among the topics of course, was the proposed Google-Yahoo! advertising deal, which is currently being scrutinized by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Yahoo.com Makeover Begins
Three days ago, Yahoo’s official blog encouraged its readers to "start wearing purple." Early this morning, the company began heeding its own request by unveiling some new Yahoo homepages. Test versions present a purple corporate logo along with (arguably more important) things like a fresh layout and new features.
Microsoft Ditches Seinfeld for “Phase Two”
Despite people trying to convince me that the Microsoft Seinfeld ad campaign was indeed funny after I (and a pretty good-sized percentage of bloggers and online journalists) bashed the initial one, Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on Seinfeld. Let me say right off, I don’t blame Seinfeld for the ads being lame.