IOC Watching China For Internet Censorship During Games
The International Olympic Committee will look into the censorship of the Internet that the media is using to cover the Beijing Olympics.China has pledged to the media that there would be no censorship of the Internet during the Games and rolled back regulations in January that put restrictions on the foreign press.
Has Apple Entered The Blogosphere?
A blog (a contraction of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.
Google News Introduces More Filters
Major news organizations like Reuters, the Associated Press, and the AFP are great sources of information; there’s no denying that. Other people and entities have a lot to offer, too, though, and Google News is now making it easier to access these alternatives.
Frequent Texting Can Lead To Injuries
A UK based organization, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), is warning young people who are heavy text message users about text message injury.The group found text message injuries are common among young people. In a recent survey of 177 people between the ages of 16 and 24 found that 34 percent send 20 or more text messages a day.Sixteen percent of 16-24 year olds said they had experienced discomfort in their hands when they text and a small number have felt pain in their wrists, arms, neck, and shoulders.
IAC Guides People To Life123.com
Self-service how-to guide and information sites became a little more of a crowded field as IAC launched its collected content site, Life123.com.
Impatience Key To Optimizing Landing Pages
Passive is for the old ways of taking in media content. Active Internet users seek what they want, when they want it, and expect to find it fast.
BBC Editor Going To Google’s PR Department
Don’t be surprised if Google starts to get a lot of positive press overseas. A man who’s something of a media expert – for four years, he served as editor of the BBC show Newsnight – will be joining the search giant as its head of communications and public affairs for the UK, Ireland, and Benelux regions.
Cuil Crashes And Burns At Launch
Crashing right after launch is, apparently, a startup rite of passage. If, however, you’ve touted your new search engine as a Google killer, you might want to make sure crashes can’t happen. Google never goes down, and quite simply, can’t be killed with overloaded servers.
NFL To Stream Sunday Night Games Live
The National Football League said today that it will stream entire games live on the Internet.The NFL has partnered with NBC to stream Sunday Night Football Extra on NBCSports.com and NFL.com. It is the first time that the NFL has made entire games available online.Fans will be able to select different camera angles for the live streaming games, have access to game highlights, statistics and updates from NBC.
How Is Google Ranking Knol Articles?
Some people noticed Knol articles are already sometimes ranking very well in Google results, even though Google promised Knol articles wouldn’t get any artificial boost.