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The yellow pages businesses enjoyed decades of dominance as the caretakers of local information for millions of consumers.
Given the option of voting ads "up" or "down," a natural response is to either vote them all down (who likes ads?) or ignore the issue (since any participation would waste time). Still, Facebook's allowing some users to have a say which is a move in the right direction.
Paul McGuinness stumbled into the find of a lifetime in discovering U2 and becoming the megastar band’s manager. He now he’s raging about the commoditization of music and blaming Internet service providers for it. We chuckle after the jump.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is now on Google Earth in 3D allowing users to virtually tour Disney's four theme parks and its 22 hotels and resorts.There are 1,500 3D points of interest in the virtual tour of Disney. Users can click on images to get more information about an attraction, purchase tickets, make reservations and map out their vacation.
Google's dominance in search leads to a dominance in coverage, but the drama surrounding Yahoo lately has thrust the number two ecommerce engine back into the public consciousness. First it was the nearly hostile takeover by Microsoft, which has yet to go away, and more recently the impending battle, a showdown slated for August 1, between Yahoo and activist investor/corporate raider Carl Icahn and his…
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has introduced a plan to create an online prescription drug database so that doctors and pharmacies can reduce prescription drug abuse."Every year thousands of doctors try to check their patient's prescription history information but California's current database is difficult to access," Brown said."If California puts this information online, with real-time access, it will give authorized doctors and pharmacies the technology…
