Enterprise Software Up Google’s Alley?
Google is the king of advertising, and it’s made moves toward productivity software, with Gmail and Google Docs. But what about enterprise software, the stuff that powers businesses, even large ones? Does Google harbor ambitions to be an enterprise software player?
The Internet Demographic
Do you feel that most content on the Internet is aimed at your age group?
EuroBlog 2008
I’m participating in EuroBlog 2008, a two-day conference that mashes up academia and PR to produce an event that I’m sure will be worth the time of everyone attending, speakers and guests alike.
Metaliq Acquires FlashForward
The Flashforward Conference and Film Festival is a historic event as the longest-running and largest gathering of Flash designers and developers in the world. It was developed nine years ago and has been managed by lynda.com events and Lynda Weinman since 2005.
YouTube Had 9 Billion Video Views In January
YouTube received 9.8 billion video views in the U.S. for the month of January, down slightly from December’s record-breaking totals of 10.1 billion, comScore reported today.
Who Is The Real Ashley Dupre?
I admit it. All this Ashley Dupre (or whichever alias you prefer) coverage is a bit on the seedier side of news. But she is now officially a part of American history that will never go away, so she, for the historical record, must be documented so that in a hundred years, history students look back and go "holy crap!"Or whichever teenage expletive keeps them out of Mom-trouble in 2108. That it’s kind of trashy is just a bonus.
AOL’s 850 Million Purchase
In the last couple of days one of the biggest stories has been the purchase of Social Network Giant, Bebo by AOL. With approximately 5% search market share and being one of the most visited sites on the planet, can Bebo really help make a difference to a search property which is been fairly average for the last few years? Here’s some coverage of the Bebo purchase around the Internet:
Google’s Acquisition of DoubleClick Complete
Finally Google has successfully completed the acquisition of DoubleClick, a leading Internet advertising service providers. And even EU has given a green signal to the merger and therefore from now onwards DoubleClick would be owned by Google unchallenged.
Take Charge Of Your Online Life
You have a Facebook profile with a lot of connected friends. You share your interests and personal information with those friends. You also have a LinkedIn profile with just as many connected contacts with whom you share your job related information. All your pictures are in the hands of Flickr and your Twitter account tells your friends what you are up to on an hourly basis.
Google Book Search API Spreads Previews
Don’t be surprised if Google’s name starts showing up much more frequently on whatever library computers or book sites you use; the search giant has just created an API that will encourage the use of Google Book Search.