Yahoo Newspaper Alliance Shaky?

PlaceShout: Like Twitter, But Useful

Before you start hating, I like Twitter. I think it's a very interesting as a social experiment and I follow its development -- even if I refuse to use it. When somebody lets me know why I should, I might. Until then we talk about PlaceShout, where economy of words contributes to the economy of local businesses.

Google Guys Get Another Jet

There's probably no truth to the following theories: Google's starting its own airline; Google has a clandestine arrangement with NASA to set up data centers on the moon; the founders plan to hire their own Tattoo to shout "The plane! The plane!" for their own bored billionaire amusement.

Yahoo Plays Footsie With Facebook Again

Yahoo is considering an investment in social networking darling Facebook, a move that will either validate Facebook CEO Zuckerberg's valuation strut, or well, won't.

Google Wants To Accelerate Brands

Even though Google doesn't want to be an advertising agency, the goals they have for their clients mimic what Madison Avenue tries to accomplish each day.