Health Pros Upset At YouTube ‘Misinformation’
If you’re getting your health information solely from YouTube, then it may be time to let some of the harsher Darwinian aspects of life take their course. Nonetheless, Canadian health researchers are aghast at the "misinformation" spreading via the user-generated video site.
Google News Improves Timeliness, Context
News that’s not timely barely matters; news that’s not presented in context is irresponsible. Now, by changing the way it tracks updates and local coverage, Google News hopes to address both these issues.
Bill Gates on Innovation
Bill Gates met with some bloggers Tuesday, and Jonathan Snook decided to go at him with the age-old question about whether Microsoft is an innovator, or a bullying copycat.
UNICEF, OLPC, Google Start “Our Stories”
Not every would-be storyteller has access to a major publisher; some, in fact, have close to nothing. So Google, One Laptop per Child, and UNICEF have launched a new project called “Our Stories” in an effort to get their accounts out there.
More on the Blog Council
Behind these closed doors, a virtual council of big business marketers will meet to discuss how to best engage with people through blogs and all forms of social media.
Measuring Social Media
"How do you measure social media programs?"
Local Search Ads To $5 Billion In ’08
Borrell Associates predicted a big gain in the overall local online ad market, with local search representing a big slice of the market share.
ABC News, Facebook Fail Together (So Far)
With no disrespect to any particular anchor or employee, ABC News just isn’t one of my favorite entities. It wasn’t overly disappointing, then, to learn that a joint venture with Facebook has thus far failed to gained traction or generate traffic.
In Flight Internet Becoming More Popular
Two months ago, we reported that Alaska Air would be the first U.S. airline carrier to test satellite Internet access on their flights. Now, several other airlines have followed suit—but it looks like they might beat Alaska Airlines to the punch.
Dealing with Upset Customers
Anger is one of the less noble of human emotions. We tend to beat ourselves up when we get angry. After the emotion dies down, we feel a little foolish for losing control. As Ben Franklin said,