Frivolous Aussie Keyword Lawsuit

Litigants in anti-Google keyword cases such as this latest in Australia speak in one-sided "baby talk," acting for all the world like Google has set out to deceive and wrong them personally. I'd call it "food fight tactics," if I'd ever witnessed a food fight mostly involving applesauce, but I haven't.

Yahoo’s Post-Semel Scorecard

Valleywag believes Yahoo hasn't done much, a couple of months into the "100 day" plan put forward by new/interim CEO Jerry Yang. Maybe summer isn't the best time to start the clock on something like that, though.

Google Foundation Financially Well-To-Do

Compound interest can be an amazing thing - money just sort of grows out of whatever amount a person or company originally deposited.  If, for example, an organization started out with $85 million, it could earn a fresh $4 million in a year’s time.  And that appears to be exactly what the Google Foundation did.

Quechup’s Spam Produces Disgust

I’ve never tried it, but a combination of spam and ketchup is supposed to taste reasonably all right.  Spam having to do with Quechup, on the other hand, has left a metaphorical bad taste in the mouth of the social network’s users.

Veveo Opens vTap, Prepares For Flood Of Users

Well, that was fast.  Just two weeks after raising $14 million in a round of financing, Veveo has released vTap, its mobile video search service.  The phrase “hotly anticipated” isn’t quite right, but people were indeed looking forward to the launch.