ACCM: Seven Ways To Kill Your Catalog
Any dope on the street can make a mistake without exerting any effort. To really wreck an e-commerce site requires effort. Here’s how to do it.
US Slips To 15th In Broadband Access
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) didn’t exactly point fingers and do any name calling, but the results of its broadband penetration study shined like red badge on the US’s broadband shortcomings. When compared to the rest of the world, Uncle Sam comes up short.
Surprise! Hulu Has Huge Audience, New Partners
The development may not be big in a YouTube sense, but News Corp and NBC Universal are bound to be pleased. Hulu, their online video site, has sealed deals with Break.com, BuddyTV.com, Flixster.com, MyYearbook.com, TV.com, TVGuide.com, and Zap2it.com.
Google Earth Gets Google News Layer
Google Earth has always been educational, letting people learn about the landscapes of places and countries they’ve never seen in person. Thanks to the addition of a Google News layer, Google Earth will now also let its users keep up with current events.
UK Govt. To Store Every Email And Text Message
The UK government is considering creating a huge database that would hold all the details of emails, phone calls and text messages of it residents in an effort to guard against crime and terrorismCurrently, records of phone calls and text messages are stored up to 12 months by telecom companies in accordance with a EU anti-terrorism directive.A new Home Office (Interior Ministry) proposal would require Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms to turn over records of emails, Internet usage and voice over Internet calls.
Month-To-Month Facebook Traffic Falls By Ten Percent
Earlier this year, several research companies recorded a decrease in traffic to Facebook, and all sorts of people began to characterize the site as a passing fad. Then it turned out Facebook had experienced similar dips before, and the talk subsided. This time, Facebook might not be so lucky.
TuneGlue Sticks To Finding Music
The clean, clickable interface of TuneGlue delves into Last.fm to find relationships between bands, which may reveal new music you may like, or a band you’ve forgotten over the years. TuneGlue pulls its music data out of Last.fm and presents it onscreen as a clickable node.
Enter the name of a band into the search field, and it appears as a spot. Clicking the spot opens a menu of choices, including Releases and Expand. The other two options lock the node in place, or delete it.
ACCM: Maximizing Your Online Presence
Bill Nussey, CEO of Silverpop, spoke in the session, "Consistent Branding from Email to Landing Pages- Maximize Your Online Presence."
Hamas Blocks Pornographic Sites In The Gaza Strip
Hamas has ordered Palestinian telecoms to cut off access to pornographic Web sites in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas government official said.Telecommunications firm Paltel has agreed to restrict Internet users access to adult Web sites, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Communications. "The aim of the move is to protect the Palestinian community from cultural pollution and to protect the young generations from the misuse of the Internet through viewing pornographic sites," Hamas government spokesman Taher al-Nono said.
TheFunded.com Identifies Top-Rated VCs
Increase, decrease, rise, slide – the economy can’t make up its mind. The Dow’s down almost 170 points at the moment, though, and companies looking for money might want to check out a new list of popular venture capitalists.