ABC: Always Be Connecting, Securely, With Gmail
With apologies to Alec Baldwin and his epic dialogue in Glengarry Glen Ross, Google promises to always be covering connections to Gmail with encryption, or not, at a user’s discretion.
Google: We See 1 Trillion URLs Daily
Google says the World Wide Web is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how mind-bogglingly big it really is. I mean you think Kim Kardashian’s butt is big but that’s just peanuts to the Web.
Is There Such a Thing As a Nice Critic?
Let’s get something straight: Even if necessary and functional towards a desired end, criticism is never nice. Speaking of desired ends, NiceCritic.com allows perturbed coworkers/neighbors/schoolmates to send anonymous email messages like: You might want to consider wearing longer skirts/dresses. Or, maybe a message like this, which I could never, ever imagine a need for under any circumstances:
Redlasso Closes Blogger Access Due To Lawsuit
Online video news sharing site Redlasso said today that it is suspending blogger access to its video search and clipping service while it fights a copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week by NBC and Fox News Channel.The company said it will continue to provide services to its business and radio clients.
No Interest In Yahoo? Why, Microsoft?
Microsoft washed its hands of pursuing Yahoo, and the executive responsible for chasing and failing to catch Yahoo has a new job. There is a sense that Microsoft could be back.
Democrats Come Out For Net Neutrality
Though Net Neutrality is not a partisan issue, as evidenced by bipartisan support outside of Congress, primary support (but not all of it) for enshrining what is called the Internet’s First Amendment has come from Democratic legislators. Matt Stoller, blogging for Open Left, is proud to tell everyone, then, his campaign to get 16 Democratic Senate challengers in this year’s election season on board for the cause is a success.
Gas prices suck, so people shop online
People took a harder look at shopping in June 2008 and quite a few decided the savings would be worth the wait for delivery from an online business.
Is Knol A Fast-Track To High Google Placement?
Well-respected search pundit Danny Sullivan put the newly-launched Google Knol to the test, to see if contributed pages found their way into a top-ten placement in Google’s search results.
Tired Old Goodmail Regroups, Becomes Net Neutrality Issue
Two year’s ago there was a bit of a media frenzy surrounding Goodmail’s apparent arrangement with AOL; if you don’t recall the exact players you might remember national news coverage of the "email postage" scare in spring 2006. Well, Goodmail’s back with a new CEO and a new plan: certifying video email.
Hasbro Sues Creators Of Scrabulous
Hasbro has sued the makers of the popular Facebook App, Scrabulous, saying it infringes on the copyrights of its game, Scrabble.Scrabulous has more than half a million players on Facebook while Hasbro licensee Electronic Arts launched its version of Scrabble on the social network this month has just over 8,000 players.