Should You Buy A Twitter Account?
It’s been a mildly interesting weekend. One of the interesting things that happened was a TechCrunch article that described Andrew Baron selling his Twitter account It was the weekend, and I was looking for some quick amusement value, so I jumped into the auction on eBay. Things got really interesting from there.
Yahoo Sites Top Properties In March
Yahoo Sites continued as the top property in March with 139.5 million visitors, followed by Google Sites with 137.5 million visitors and Microsoft Sites with 121 million visitors according to comScore Media Metrix.
NY Lawmakers Approve Internet Tax
A new bill called the "Amazon Tax" has been approved by New York Legislators and is now awaiting the approval of New York governor David Patterson.If Patterson signs the bill into law it will require online retailers, such as Amazon to collect sales tax on items shipped to New York. The bill is estimated to generate $50 million in tax revenue for the state.
Social Networks, YouTube Led UK Searches Last Year
It’s hard to believe data about 2007 is still being released, but a new Hitwise report is interesting, nonetheless. It seems that social networks and YouTube were quite popular last year, with related terms dominating a list of the top ten UK searches.
EveryZing Rolls Up Ramp To Universal Search
The core EveryZing business of speech to text technology added a new component, called RAMP, to its search and optimization technologies for indexing multimedia content and making it available to search crawlers.
Blogger’s Product Manager Moves On
Blogger has repeatedly been ranked among Google’s top properties, and now one of the people who got it there is gone. Blogger’s product manager, Eric Case, spent his last day at Google on Friday.
Google, Salesforce Tie Up With Apps
In a move seen as a "take that Microsoft" deal, Google and Salesforce padded out a current collaboration deal by integrating its Google Apps within Salesforce.
Shyftr Responds To Feed Usage Outcry
Feed reader/sharing service Shyftr tweaked how it uses feed content after several bloggers complained about the practice.
When They Turn On The Grid, Neutrality Matters
The future, probably without the flying cars, the one you see in the movies with holograms, with instant and ubiquitous informational access and unbelievable computer processing capabilities, isn’t too far off. It won’t be built on the current Internet, though. The Internet is totally 20th Century. The red button on the Grid will be pushed this summer, and will change everything—again.
Markey: Behavioral Ad Protections Needed For Kids
Online advertisers using behavioral targeting to find their audience attracted the attention of the Federal Trade Commission, who have called for principles of self-regulation for that type of marketing.