MSN Direct For Windows Mobile Smartphones Launched
Microsoft has made available software for Windows Mobile Smartphones that gives free access to news and weather information, thanks to its MSN Direct network. Any Smartphone (that’s a phone running Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone or Windows Mobile 6 Standard) can pick up the download at phone.msndirect.com.
U.S. Doodle 4 Google Contest Begins
First off: this contest is for kids. But if you’re an adult with a kid, keep reading, because the winning child will receive a $10,000 college scholarship. Now, pray that you’ve done enough to encourage the kid’s artistic abilities, because the contest involves creating a Google Doodle.
iVillage Exiles 13 Employees
Compared to the 1,000 or so people being laid off at Yahoo, 13 isn’t too big a number. Still, this is the number of people who have lost their jobs at iVillage, and editor-in-chief Jennie Baird was among them.
Comcast Stands By Its Internet Filtering
Comcast has admitted that it intentionally slows down some traffic on its network, including music and movie downloads. The company said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission that slowing the transfer of music or video between subscribers sharing files is necessary to manage traffic flow over its network.
Dell Makes $155 Million Acquisition Of MessageOne
At first glance, the random acquisition of an email services company doesn’t sound all that intriguing. But Dell spent $155 million for MessageOne, so it’s pretty noteworthy from a business perspective. And to make matters even more interesting, MessageOne’s cofounder is the brother of Michael Dell.
Regulatory Issues Nix Google, Yahoo Deal
Outsourcing paid search to Google sounded like a panacea to some who have followed Yahoo’s travails, but antitrust concerns probably ended that discussion.
Starting An SEO Company
Starting an SEO company (correctly) is a lot harder than you might first think. Let’s assume for a moment that you’re at the stage where you’re launching the company, whether that means you’ll be starting a full-scale SEO company or going it alone is up to you.
Google Losing Out On MySpace Ad Deal
Users of social networks are spending less time on sites like Facebook and MySpace and it could be due to the number of ads.The average amount of time spent by users on social networking sites decreased by 14 percent over the past four months according to comScore. MySpace has seen its users dip from 72 million in October to 68.9 million in December, comScore says. The total number of users is still growing at an 11.5 percent rate, but that’s a decrease from past growth rates.
Nielsen’s TV Panel To Measure Online Video
Nielsen said it plans to "introduce measurement of TV viewing on the PC screen in our TV panel by the end of 2008."
Nielsen’s plan is to measure all types of video viewing from traditional TV to mobile phones or iPods. The number of online video viewers is estimated to increase to 183 million in 2011 compared with 114 million in 2006, according to eMarketer.
Google Wants To Teach People About Audio Ads
We know that most people who haven’t played with Google Audio Ads are doing just fine. We also know that most people who haven’t played with Google Audio Ads aren’t even interested in them. But if you want a walkthrough, Google is hosting several free online seminars.