Law Firm Purges DoubleClick References
The demand for the FTC chair to recuse herself from the Google and DoubleClick antitrust review yielded a surprising little twist.
MySpace Users Agree On Key Political Issues
The majority (86%) of MySpace users 18 and over, or who will be 18 by November 4,2008, say they are "Extremely Likely" or "Likely" to vote in the 2008 presidential election, according to MySpace’s first "Impact Presidential Poll."
BusinessWeek Loses Twelve In “Transformation”
Given both the state of the U.S. economy and the time of the year, “reorganization” is a euphemism that we’re seeing more and more. BusinessWeek started things off with a slightly different term – “transformation” – but it is nonetheless laying off 12 employees.
“Jackass 2.5” Movie Jumps Online
"Jackass 2.5" a new hour-long film that features leftover footage from last year’s "Jackass 2" along with new content will makes its debut exclusively online December 19.
Amazon.fr’s Free Shipping Condemned
Free shipping is so nice – you know what you’re getting into from the start, with no surprises at the final checkout screen. The French may see some last-minute additions to their book orders, however, as a court has ruled that Amazon.fr must charge for deliveries.
The Battle Between Facebook & OpenSocial
Facebook appears to be trying to gain some ground against Google’s as-yet-unreleased OpenSocial effort by opening up its developer platform for other sites to use.
Search: 2010 – A Review
Yesterday, I had the tremendous privilege of moderating a Webinar with our Search 2010 Panel: Marissa Mayer from Google, Larry Cornett from Yahoo, Justin Osmer from Microsoft, Daniel Read from Ask, Jakob Nielsen from the Nielsen Norman Group, Chris Sherman from Search Engine Land and Greg Sterling from Sterling Market Intelligence.
It was a great conversation, and the full one hour Webinar is now available.
eBay To Appeal Infringement Ruling
eBay’s potential damage payment to MercExchange over a patent infringement case hasn’t dimmed eBay’s hopes for the appeal process.
Yahoo UK Socializes Applications With Bebo
Yahoo services Answers and Music joined social networking site Bebo to tap its popularity with users in the United Kingdom.
Online Fantasy Fishing Reels ‘Em In
Let me just start with this: Several hundred thousand people are participating in Fantasy Fishing. Just goes to show you that online, there’s a hook for everything.