Houston Files Lawsuit Against Online Travel Companies
The city of Houston has filed a lawsuit against online hotel bookers for keeping money the city claims should go towards its occupancy tax."We believe the (online) companies are, essentially, pocketing the money that should go to occupancy tax," Mayor Bill White told the Houston Chronicle. "It’s unfair to those who are paying the price where the full taxes are paid."
Google Maps Redesign in the Works?
Philipp Lenssen over at Google Blogoscoped has happened across what appears to be a possible redesign in the works for Google Maps. The thing is, not everyone can see it. Luckily, he includes screenshots. Philipp had this to say about it:
Online Television Draws Large Audiences In Europe
When it comes to online television, American companies and programs are what we tend to discuss. Research shows that online television is extremely popular in Europe, however, and so Europeans could drive the next wave of advertising trends.
A-Listers Killing Twitter With Tweets
Popular people with long lists of followers on Twitter may be partly responsible for the micro-blogging site’s performance woes at times.
Google Files Objection On PayPal Only Policy In Australia
eBay users have been curious to find out who submitted an anonymous filing to the Australian regulatory agency that is reviewing eBay’s plan to move to a PayPal only option.The submission says eBay should not be allowed to exclude competing payment methods. An AuctionBytes reader found a 38-page PDF filing that appears to have come from Google.
Akamai: US Home To Attacks, Slow Internet
The content delivery network tapped its resources to produce the first of what will be an ongoing look at the Internet on a quarterly basis.
MediaDefender blamed in Revision3 DDOS attack
Video site Revision3 suffered a crippling denial of service attack over the Memorial Day weekend, an attack MediaDefender not only admitted to Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback.
The Coming Link-Buying Storm
Search engines and webmasters continue to play a cat-and-mouse game over the purchase of links to build one’s site ranking; what’s going to happen when the cat pounces and a little webmaster mouse cries foul over the advice they received?
Microsoft Not Interested In Yahoo Merger
Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang said on Wednesday that a deal with Microsoft has plenty of power but that the software company is not considering a full merger.Yang said Yahoo is open to a possible deal but added that Microsoft was not considering a merger fro now. Earlier this month Microsoft ended its bid to acquire Yahoo for $47.5 billion, or $33 per share, after Yahoo turned down its offer saying it would only sell for $37 a share.
Internet Advertising Doing Quite Well
Internet advertising revenues reached a total of $21.2 billion last year! That’s billion. That is according to IAB, who published PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Internet Advertising Report earlier this month. That is also 26% higher than the previous year.