Microsoft Still Playing Footsie With Yahoo

Getting pandas to mate couldn't be much more difficult than getting Microsoft and Yahoo to. Mr. Softy makes a grand display, woos, is rejected; Yahoo changes heart, does a strip tease, but Mr. Softy's pride is too wounded. The insider drama revealed in a lengthy report by the Wall Street Journal plays out like a pair of lovers flirting with disaster one way or the…

Google Changing Name Of Picasa To ‘Google Photos’

The Google Operating System blog reports that Google is likely changing the name of their Picasa photo sharing service to “Google Photos”. A few other features are due to rollout as well, including licensing options, email photo uploads, and tagging of people in pics.

Facebook Encountering Setbacks In China

So much for global domination.  Less than two weeks after Facebook targeted the Chinese market, users' problems with its Chinese-language site point to either serious regional outages or government censorship.

Google Launches Traditional Media Blog

A lot of people don't participate in Google's TV, newspaper, and radio advertising programs.  Others aren't even aware they exist.  So Google has launched a new traditional media blog with the aim of changing both these conditions.