Microsoft to Help Porn Viewers, Hurt Advertisers
With the next version of Internet Explorer, Microsoft is addressing the growing demand of Internet users for more privacy features in their browsers. Mozilla has had the upper hand in this regard, with Firefox giving users a convenient "clear private data" option, but Microsoft’s plans go even beyond anything Mozilla is doing yet.
Links To Sheboygan Police Not Authorized By City
A Sheboygan, Wisconsin woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the mayor of the town and other city officials after being ordered to remove a link to the city’s police department website. If it goes to trial, it could be a landmark case settling the right to link. Odds are it settles, though, because it looks pretty bad for Mayor Juan Perez.
Google Suggest Changing Up Keyword Referrers
Last night Google announced that they will be going live with Google Suggest across all their datacenters: At a loss for words? We find that by providing suggestions upfront, we can help people search more efficiently and conveniently. Below are some great ways Google Suggest can help simplify your searching.
The Open Source Slap to the Recording Industry’s Face
It’s been a rough time of late for Internet Radio, and music sites in general. Pandora’s expecting to shut down. Karaoke videos have been pulled. Muxtape was shut down.
Bad Idea: Tax Energy To Reduce Blogging
File this one under U for "Uh, Wow, Okay." Before you do that, here’s a summary of a Washington Post editorial entitled "If Everyone’s Talking, Who Will Listen?":
Report: Google Backing Another Undersea Cable Project
Something called the Southeast Asia Japan Cable (SJC) is coming into being, and Google’s one of several companies that’s behind it, according to a new report. The new undersea fiber optic project should tie into another Google-related cable, the transpacific Unity.
Facebook Hits Milestone. What’s it Mean?
Facebook has reached the 100 million user milestone (if that is the real number). Some have reached different figures, and if you include inactive profiles, the number may even be much greater.More Significant?
Amazon About to Get More Social
Amazon has acquired Shelfari, a social network focused on books it has been involved with for a while already. A year and a half ago, Amazon invested $1 million in the site.
Search Marketing: Transform your Channel Strategy
As technology advances and the demands of customers fragment, the task of empowering resellers and distributors with effective and relevant marketing tools becomes more daunting than ever before. To solve these challenges, a handful of forward-looking companies are experimenting with emerging technologies and particularly Search‹to empower their channel partners in an attempt to make them more flexible and responsive to the changing market. The Channel Challenge
Popular Facebook App Shut Down
About a month ago, one of the most popular applications on Facebook was yanked in North America. That application would be Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like game developed by the Agarwalla brothers from India who were met with a lawsuit by Hasbro.