Monster Cable slapped by target of C&D
Blue Jeans Cable received a communication from big brand name cable maker Monster, asking that Blue Jeans cease and desist its production of Tartan cables. Blue Jeans is run by a former lawyer, who responded at length to the request. Hilarity did indeed ensue.
Google Offers Tools To Fight Child Pornography
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is using technology developed by Google to fight online child pornography.The video fingerprinting technology provided by Google will allow analysts at NCMEC to conduct faster searches of video and images in its database to flag files with child pornography. Other tools will allow analysts to quickly review video clips.
Google China Wants To Be Ahead Within Five Years
Corporate leaders are in tough positions when trying to predict the future. If they’re too positive, they’re seen as overconfident. Too cautious, and people wonder why they’re scared. So Google China’s Kai-Fu Lee seems to have aimed at a middle ground when describing his pursuit of Baidu.
Newspaper Web Sites Attract Record Number Of Visitors
Newspaper Web sites received more than 66.4 million unique visitors on average (40.7 percent of all Internet users) in the first quarter of 2008, a record number that is a 12.3 percent increase over the same period a year ago, according to an analysis from Nielsen Online for the Newspaper Association of America (NAA).
What’s The Point Of Twitter?
Determining the reality of Twitter might be a question best reserved for later, or never. Reality’s difficult enough in the so-called "real" physical world. The trouble with Twitter, like the trouble with many things people will argue about, is a trouble originating with humans, not the thing itself: the need to define a thing.What is it? What is it used for? What is its potential? What are the limits? Who else is using it and why? What can we learn from it? Should I be using it too? Is it okay if I walk away from it? Do I have to use the word "tweet?"
Google, Salesforce Deal Doomed? Zoho Says So
Old line business models and the new Internet can’t cohabitate, claims the guy who had a chance to sell Zoho to Salesforce’s Marc Benioff.
Ziff Davis Enterprise Restructures In A Big Way
The word "restructuring" is sometimes used as a euphemism when the corporate weed whacker comes out. The term seems to be genuinely applicable to what’s going on at Ziff Davis Enterprise, however, as the company lays off some people, hires others, and shuffles around a third group.
Camp Baby: Did Costly Mistakes Hurt The Conference?
Today I ran across a Brandweek article that covered Johnson and Johnson’s latest social media attempt to reach and engage mom bloggers: a three day conference entitled “Camp Baby”.
YouTube, Google Video Grab 77% of Vid Market
Google may dominate around two-thirds of the search market, but the company’s grip around the online video market is tighter. Hitwise reports that YouTube and Google video combined grab over 77 percent of US video visits.In March, YouTube snagged 73.18 percent of US visits, a 32 percent increase over March 2007. Despite decreasing by 52 percent, Google Video maintained third place at 4.06 percent, compared to 8.42 percent last year.
Is The Blockbuster-Circuit City Acquisition A Good Move?
The Wall Street Journal this morning is reporting that Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is trying to buy beleaguered consumer electronics retailer Circuit City (NYSE: CC), which the market is not to thrilled about: Blockbuster stock dropped precipitously in early trading while Circuit City stock jumped up.