Yahoo Still Top Search Engine In Japan
In many technological aspects, Japan’s got America beat. Hands-down, where-is-my-robot-butler beat. Which makes me wonder about the implications of Yahoo’s continued success in that country.
More Companies Blocking Social Networks
A third of employers are now blocking access to social networking sites according to a new report from Web security firm ScanSafe. Companies blocking such sites has risen 17 percent over the past year.
iPhone Could Be Playground For Attacks
The Metasploit Framework will have iPhone support soon. If that doesn’t mean much to you, consider that some people who use Metasploit for security research may use what they find for malicious purposes.
Google Street View Spreads To Europe?
Four days ago, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel wrote a blog post about Street View and respecting other countries’ laws. At the time, we believed his comments were directed at Canada. But they may also apply to England; what appears to be one of Google Street View’s camera cars has been sighted in London.
Google, Yahoo Sued By Tanzanian Tribesman
It’s pretty well known in these parts (these United – well, sort of – States) where Google and Yahoo got their names. Google derives from a butchering of googol, a number, an apt moniker for the mathematical types that conceived it; Yahoo, well, everybody between these two shores knows what a yahoo is or has shouted one.
Bite Size Online Marketing
A good portion of our blog readers are small business owners looking to grow their business by expanding their online efforts, or just getting started with their online efforts.
Yahoo: Somebody Set us up the Bomb!
I was really hoping that the much talked-about meeting of senior Yahoo types that is taking place in Sunnyvale today — which Mike Arrington describes as a meeting of the “leadership team” — would turn out to be a barn-burner, a firecracker thrown into the sleepy boardrooms of the Internet behemoth that might get some people moving again.
Hitwise Examines Search Share Of Gadgets
Hitwise has released search data that takes a look at what will be the most popular consumer electronics for the upcoming holiday season.
Citizen Journalists Report On Myanmar
While the Myanmar’s regime attempts to suppress the protests taking place, citizen journalists are playing a key role in delivery of the news to the rest of the world.
Future of the Press Release – Acceptance
The press release is on life support and I’m rallying a team of supporters to euthanize it – not to put it out of its misery, but to keep it from contributing to the misery of reporters, analysts, bloggers and the people who read them.