Ballmer Still Doesn’t Get Social Networking
A few years ago I wrote to Microsoft’s leadership and asked them why they weren’t involved in the new Web 2.0 space. I got an answer back that was about 2,000 words long and included the words “business value” 13 times. Translation: Microsoft’s leadership thought that Web 2.0 and social software like Flickr didn’t have business value and was too much of a potential fad to invest in.
Bloglines Mobile Updates
First, they added support for logging into Bloglines via OpenID. While I’m not a big fan of OpenID in practice, it is a good idea in theory, so if you’re a big fan of that theory, go ahead and use it.
comScore’s New Marketer Service
Even as its Media Rating Council audit goes forward, comScore announces their newest service: comScore Marketer.
Relevancy Chagnes at MSN, Yahoo, & Maybe Google
MSN Search Update
MSN announced they are upgrading relevancy and coverage. The increased coverage likely means that more inbound link sources are getting indexed. From looking at rankings of a few of my sites it looks like:
Google Presents Photos Blog
Photo buffs and Picasa fans may have cause to celebrate – the Official Google Photos Blog has launched.
Yahoo Missing That Vision Thing
Not much information has emerged in the wake of Yahoo’s executive all-day meeting, other than the attendance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs as inspirational speaker.
Google Preps Postini For Business World
As enamored as the tech world can be with the business to consumer relationships of Web 2.0 applications, Google understands what companies like Microsoft and IBM do – the real money is in business to business relationships.
Patent Suit Hits Google, AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo
Performance Pricing alleges in a federal lawsuit that the four Internet players they have sued infringe on a patent the company holds, in relation to paid search advertising.
Yahoo To Axe Podcast Search
Call it a conspiracy of market timing, Moore’s Law and Murphy’s Law, but just as video killed the radio star in 1980, YouTube, and to a certain extent, the video iPod, killed the audio podcaster.
MySpace, Weather Channel Make Friends
When I’m feeling surrounded by bad sitcoms, stupid movies, and unimportant news, I can (assuming I don’t grab a book or turn to my computer) count on The Weather Channel to provide me with a reliable viewing experience. And now MySpace users can count on a sort of online equivalent.