Joost, Meebo Partner On Channel Chat
When watching a movie in a public theater, it’s usually best not to talk. But when watching online videos in your own home, there’s no reason not to, and Joost and Meebo have just partnered to provide a new communication option.
Whisper: Papers Plot Online Ad Network
Five major newspaper publishers may be ready to create a national ad network that will let them keep all of their ad revenue in-house.
Organic SEO vs. PPC?
So, what’s it going to be? Spend the time and effort cultivating your organic search engine marketing plan or just offer up the cash and invest in a pay-per-click program? Which is better for you? Both?
Google Advanced Search Spam Poses Threat
A sample of a spam message making the rounds demonstrated how someone used a Google URL, with advanced search operators, to send people to a fake retail site. It could be much worse.
T-Minus 1: Facebook’s Announcement Tomorrow
With all the big announcements
Wikimedia Attracts Over 14,000 Donors
By all accounts, Radiohead’s name-your-own-price album was downloaded millions of times. No one’s sure how much people paid, however. And although the Wikimedia Foundation has apparently received over 14,000 donations, the dollar value of those gifts remains unknown.
NPR Launches Music site
National Public Radio has launched its own music site NPR Music.
KPCB Freezes Further Web 2.0 Investments
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a venture capital firm that’s played a large role in the development of companies like Google, Amazon, and Sun Microsystems. And now the backer of these winning corporations wants nothing to do with Web 2.0.
Google France Approaches 90 Percent Share
On the one hand, new data makes it surprising that Google doesn’t cater more to the French market. On the other hand, perhaps the search giant doesn’t need to – in France, it already has a market share of almost 90 percent.
Google Announces Android, Open Handset Alliance
Anyone who was still holding out for an antigravity/invisibility/teleportation device in the form of a forthcoming Gphone is in for a disappointment; Google has (re)confirmed that it will not be producing such a product. But Google did discuss some other mobile plans that it feels are quite important.