Google Blitzes Capitol Hill
It must be Google week in Washington because representatives from the company were involved in at least three separate policy discussions. Fortunately, for the most part, the search company’s lobbying efforts didn’t seem entirely self-serving, unlike some other major corporations and their help-us-make-more-money demands.
GM Europe Has New Exec Blog
Yesterday, General Motors Europe launched Driving Conversations, a new executive blog.
Supreme Court Okays Child Porn Law
If you know someone with a sick sense of humor, tell them not to joke about child porn. A benign "rickroll" could get them arrested and prosecuted for pandering to pedophiles, whether or not the link actually leads to child pornography.
Facebook’s New Profile Design
Come on, you know you have those Facebook friends whose profile pages look like their MySpace exploded: their profile takes forever to load, their page is six “page downs” long (well, longer, but you’ve never actually made it to the bottom) and they never met an app they didn’t like. Well, Facebook is trying to do something about that.
Yahoo: No Rest For American Weary
Seems like everybody in the States is wound up pretty tight these days thanks to impending economic troubles and continuing denial at the upper crust. The bad news gets worse: A wound-up America won’t be unwinding this summer.
Barton Nudges Google Again On Privacy
The top Republican on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Joe Barton, again asked Google about its privacy practices.
Google, Yahoo Partnering: What About Panama?
Google CEO Eric Schmidt thinks an ad deal with rival and potential Microsoft ally, Yahoo, could work without incurring the wrath of antitrust investigators. Yahoo shareholders should be the wrathful ones.
eBay Setting Up Fair Trade Site
Some of eBay’s more popular (and printable) nicknames include feeBay and greedBay. But an upcoming move – the introduction of a fair trade site – may improve the company’s image a little.
Searching For The American Idol
If Internet buzz is any indication of the future—and it’s not, mind you, unless Ron Paul really will get the Republican nomination—David Cook is your next American Idol. According to search metrics and questionable phone measurements, Cook edged out David Archuleta by the slimmest margin in Idol history.
Microsoft Offering Cash Back Of Live Search Usage
Microsoft is all set to follow the footsteps of corporate banks that offer ‘CashBacks’ on Credit Card purchases.