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Buzz Begins With Yahoo Open Content
The company's open content strategy picked up steam with the debut of the social media site Yahoo Buzz.
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Network Solutions Sued For Registration Practices
Whether ICANN officially acknowledges the existence of domain front-running, the international organization is named in a class-action lawsuit against Network Solutions. The litigants architecting the suit claim ICANN's return policy allowed Network Solutions to register searched-for domains and then raise the price.
Phony Facebook Profile Lands Man In Jail
A Moroccan computer engineer has been sentenced to prison for three years for creating a phony Facebook profile that impersonated a member of the country's royal family.The sentence was handed down on Friday by a court in Casablanca, which found the 26 year old, Fouad Mourtada guilty of "usurping the identity of of HRH Prince Moulay Rachid." The court also fined Mourtada $1,300.
Museum Of Modern Art Waves In Google Moon, Mars
Homes, offices, the nightly news, television sitcoms - we've gotten used to seeing Google in all these places, and expect it to expand into even more. A new development caught us a bit off guard, however, as certain Google products are being shown in New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Mixx Consumes $2 Million In Funding
The economy isn't too strong right now; a lot of people are more or less sitting on their money. But this fact makes it all the more impressive that Mixx, a social news site, has received $2 million in funding.
Microsoft To Measure Engagement, Not Clicks
Almost a year ago, I went on (at length) about how there was more to online marketing than that final deal-closing click-through. I (loftily and windily) talked of being there for the consumer's journey and looking to understand how a customer arrived at that final decision.
