Who Knew? Yahoo Continuing To Hire
In the midst of an absolute flood of them, we’ve got another trickle of firings to report: 40 people were let go by Yahoo India. The truly strange part, though, is that Yahoo India is still looking to add over 500 new employees.
Net Neutrality Gets Two Wins
Net Neutrality supporters got two major victories this week since the introduction of legislation designed to protect Internet users, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has scheduled a public hearing about the issue for later this month.Already the troops have gathered on both sides of the issue, some on grassroots, others on Astroturf.
Yahoo Plugs A Couple Of Camps
Leave the sleeping bag and mosquito repellant at home, but two camps are coming up that may be worth a look. Both will take place in the UK, and both have been praised on Yahoo’s Developer Network Blog.
Google Search API Questioned Again
Industry pros have never been fully happy with the results they receive through Google’s Search API.
Do You Breathe While Emailing or Twittering?
Linda Stone is a former executive who worked at Apple and Microsoft. Has been doing all sorts of research over the years and is probably most famous for coming up with the term “continuous partial attention.” Which, basically, explains our behavior while using Twitter.
Newspapers Herd Together for Protection
Have you ever watched a herd of buffalo or deer?Ever seen hundreds of small fish school together and move in one fluid movement? As you may already know, they do that in order to protect themselves from a single large predator. It often works, as the predator will mistakenly believe the prey is too large to consume, or get’s blocked out by a massive wall of bodies.
Mobile Phone Film Project Open To All Women
A new film project called "Overheated Symphony" is asking all women with mobile phones to make a short movie between 40 seconds and four minutes in length and then send it over the Internet to a London-based film director who will edit the clips together.
Silobreaker Breaks Out Online
Through relentless work on relational analysis, and an investment in a spot at the DEMO conference, Silobreaker CEO Kristoffer Mansson may be the next big newsbreaker on the Internet.
Google Urchin Vs. Google Analytics
If you remember correctly, Google bought the Urchin Software Corporation in 2005, and reformed Urchin software to Google Analytics. The one major change in the software was that Google allowed Analytics to be free.
New Yahoo Video Introduced To Onlookers
It’s tempting to dismiss this as a case of "too little, too late" – Microsoft and thousands of shareholders are already at Yahoo’s door. Still, the company’s performed an overhaul of its video site, and things are looking at least mildly impressive.