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Baidu Blocked By Major Chinese Sites
It appears that Baidu, the Chinese search giant, has hit a bit of a stumbling block. Some major portals and social networks…
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WSJ.com Launches Redesign
The Wall Street Journal will introduce a new redesign to its Web site WSJ.com on Tuesday that will offer more social networking features and improved navigation.The Journal Community will allow the company's 1 million or so paid subscribers to comment on articles, ask experts questions, and join discussion groups.
Apple Declares War on Sneaker Hackers
The IPod Nano and Nike TM shoe was a great idea for people to listen to music as they walk, and get information on how much they walked during the time the two systems were synched. Apple has decided to declare war against sneaker hackers, and have a patent to work out if the system of nano and sensor is an “authorized garment”.
What’s Amazon Up To?
Amazon has stolen away Microsoft senior ad exec Lisa Ultzschneider leaving us all to wonder just what kind of advertising aspirations the company has. Amazon has not commented on what kind of plans it has for Ultzschneider. Rick Aristotle Muarriz at Fool.com speculates that it won't much involve Amazon.com, but likely the company's other properties:
Big Expectations For MySpace Music
From the sounds of it (no pun intended), MySpace Music should be beneficial for all parties involved - MySpace, record labels, artists, Users, advertisers and music e-Tailers. The service, which is due out any day now (sometime this month), will supposedly offer the entire catalogs of Universal, SonyBMG, and Warner Music (77% of all U.S. album sales come from these three according to Nielsen SoundScan…
Public Searches For Gas Relief
It’s usually fun to see what’s on everybody’s mind by looking at Google Trends. Today, no so much, because gas is on their minds, and hurricanes, and not necessarily in that order, depending on where you live. In Texas, or near Texas, or if people have loved ones in Texas, they’re searching for news of Hurricane Ike, which is destined for landfall in Galveston. The…
