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Overstock.com To Stop Selling Fur
Online retailer Overstock.com said today that it will no longer sell fur on its Web site.The decision to stop selling fur came…
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Loose Tweets Sink Fleets, Congressman
US Representative John Culberson (R-TX) tweeted loudly in the spirit of Paul Revere: "They want to require prior approval of all posts to any public social media/internet/www site by any member of Congress!!!"
No Alarms And No Surprises: Google’s All About Search
Last week, a Hitwise analysis of Yahoo's properties showed that search wasn't the company's most popular service, and also that it depended a lot on Google for traffic. A new look at Google's properties shows that search makes up the Mountain View giant's backbone, and that as time goes by, the industry leader is increasingly self-sufficient.
Microsoft’s Yahoo Interest: Patently Paid Search
Way back in the pre-publicly traded days of Google, the search advertising company settled a patent case with Yahoo. Four years later, that settlement may be key to Microsoft's interest in Yahoo's paid search business.
Getty To Sell Stock Photography Through Flickr
Yahoo! Inc. - Getty Images and Flickr Announce Exclusive Partnership to Offer New Collection of Creative Imagery Getty Images and Yahoo today announced a partnership which will allow Getty Images to begin marketing select images that Flickr users upload online.
Google Does A Little Privacy Razzle Dazzle
The Center for Democracy & Technology's analysis of behavioral ad targeting done at the ISP level, which claims such targeting "may run afoul of federal and state wiretap laws," comes at a pretty convenient moment for Google. Both the search ad company and the CDT are testifying in front of the Senate Commerce Committee this morning for a hearing about behavioral targeting and privacy.
