MySpace, Say Anything But That
There’s no need to get Tipper Gore involved or anything. No need to relive that old Twisted Sister mess. But neither MySpace, Fox, nor the band in question has returned requests for comment, and usually, if somebody doesn’t want to talk about it, then it probably should be talked about.
Yahoo Tests A Facebook/LinkedIn Contender
This new product may never make it out of research and development, but word has it that Yahoo is working on a social network called Kickstart. If successful, Kickstart would effectively bridge the gap between Facebook and LinkedIn.
Google Finance Goes Off Radar
Google’s allowed many of its products and services to grow old and moldy, and one of the most high-profile examples of this is Google Finance. In theory, the site wouldn’t just appeal to some small niche group, but nonetheless, Google Finance isn’t really going anywhere.
Facebook A Union Issue?
Employers upset with the amount of time their employees are spending on Facebook want to ban access to the site and now union officials in Britain are stepping in, telling them to ease up.
Unions Call for Workplace Facebook Guidelines
The TUC, the organization representing trade unions in the UK, adds its voice to the big debate on what to do about Facebook and employee use.
In a practical approach to an issue that some companies see as a problem that can be solved only by banning it from the workplace, the TUC says that’s not the best approach:
Top Web Sites Have Retention, Overlap
Nielsen//NetRatings has announced the leaders in three Web categories. Search, career development and multi-category travel have had high month- over- month visitor retention rates from June to July, but also had audience overlap with other competitors in their categories.
News Corp., NBC Name Their Web Baby
Am I getting old or are things just getting dumber? Don’t answer that. I won’t want to know either way. News Corp. and NBC Universal announced the name of their jointly ventured online video site: Hulu.
Mobile Social Networking Still Has Bluepulse
Mobile social networking is practically nonexistent in day-to-day life. This means (a) it’s a dead end or (b) there’s a lot of room for expansion. As it gives Bluepulse $6 million in funding, VantagePoint Venture Partners appears to be betting on (b).
YouTube Makes Music Royalty Deal
The MCPS-PRS Alliance is a UK organization with over 50,000 members; the organization exists to deliver royalties to its members, who are mainly music writers, composers and publishers. And according to a new deal, some of those royalties will come from YouTube.
Here’s Your 15 Minutes And Your DMCA Notice
It didn’t take long for user-generated content to translate to user-generated profit. But as the giants have their weird litigious and incestuous thing going on both in the courtroom and in the boardroom, YouTube users aren’t just getting the shaft, they’re getting mud kicked in their faces.