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When Viral Marketing Turns Epidemic
Does anybody out there use Yahoo Messenger’s chat rooms? If your answer is “not anymore” you’d be in the majority. If your…
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Google Hides Flight Simulator In Earth
Google hid an Easter egg so well it wasn't found until nearly Labor Day, in South Africa, where I'm not even sure if they have Labor Day. Doesn't matter, it's not really an Easter egg, either, it's a flight simulator tucked inside of the most recent release of Google Earth.
Zooomr Hits Upon People Search
There are just sixteen days left until Yahoo Photos shuts down, and as users look for another service, they might consider using Flickr, which is also owned by Yahoo. Or they could consider Zooomr, which just added a people search feature.
AT&T Offers Parental Control For Mobiles
AT&T has introduced a new Web-based feature that allows parents to stay in touch with their children while controlling the children's mobile phone use.
BT Publicizes Search Marketing Service
BT Web Clicks, a newly announced search marketing service, aims to help small British businesses by putting sponsored links on search engines. What’s more, the service offers “guaranteed results*.”
Using Facebook To Reach Readers
(This is a story I wrote for the Globe that ran in the Review section of Tuesday’s newspaper. I’m posting it here for anyone who might be interested but doesn’t read the newspaper). Necessity is the mother of invention, the old saying goes. But boredom and the desire to experiment are powerful forces too, says Canadian author Michael Winter. That’s how he came up with…
