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Europe Still Looking For An Answer To Google
While America's busy celebrating Labor Day (mmm, ribs), Europe will be hard at work farming a Google competitor.
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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.
