Google Says No To Net Taxes
The current Internet tax moratorium placed by Congress expires in November, leading Google to join a coalition of firms asking for that policy to become permanent.
Google Reader Shows Up With Search
File this under: “What took so long?” Google’s online feedreader now has a search box for doing queries within a person’s subscribed feeds.
Net Efforts Shed More Light On Washington
The OpenCRS database of research performed for Congress, and the Secrecy Report Card from OpenTheGovernment.org, have helped make more information about the federal government available online.
The Internet’s Making Us Shy?
I’m not really willing yet to use the phrase "worldwide epidemic," it’s only a few percentage points, and well, I haven’t seen the methodology. But that is the phrase the Daily Telegraph used, so, if you’re worried about pandemics of technology-induced shyness, be prepared to hold your face and run away screaming.
Major Law Firm Funds Social Network
When dealing with a powerful law firm and a social network for lawyers, you should watch your words very, very carefully. Or so I imagine, and I’m not going to attempt any other approach. So here’s the news in its least editorialized form: Orrick has invested in Legal OnRamp.
Facebook search: What’s the big deal?
There’s a large brouhaha (or perhaps it’s a kerfuffle) brewing in the blogosphere over the fact that Facebook has opened up its network to search bots from Google and others, something that was blocked by default in the past.
This Guy Will Ask Spammers To Stop…
…Spamming You In Exchange For Links!
The beauty just came into my blog’s spam filter this morning:
Name: Anikrichard | E-mail: anlikivanna.80@mail.ru | URI: *spamlink* | IP: 72.9.235.218 | Date: September 5, 2007
Facebook to Expose Profile Info
Facebook announced that they are going to begin exposing a minimal amount of user profile information to people who are not logged-in to the service, including allowing the info to be crawled and indexed by search engines.
It’s Official: Blogs Are Media
Forget waiting for some federal shield law to be passed: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has determined in two separate rulings yesterday, that blogs are, in fact, media, as reported by TechCrunch.
Apple And Starbucks Partner On Music
Apple and Starbucks have entered into an exclusive partnership that allows customers to wirelessly browse, search, preview, buy and download music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at Starbucks.