Sydney Gets Fuzzy Under Google Maps
Views of Australia’s well-known metropolis on Google Maps have diminished in their clarity, resulting in conspiracy theories and denials from the search company.
Is Scoble Over Blogging?
One word, unless you’ve followed him beyond some magazine articles about him, synonymous with Robert Scoble is "blogger." One of the originals, Scoble literally wrote the book on the topic. And now, well, he seems to be disillusioned with the whole damn thing.
Google Earth Won’t Get Virtual London
I’ve seen it: an amazing 3D model of London that was meant to wind up in Google Earth. Only now, due to what I’ll politely call “bureaucratic nonsense,” it won’t.
Microsoft’s Search: Up, Up, And Kaboom?
When I think of the word “trajectory,” I think of an object arching through the air. More specifically, I think of some sort of grenade or missile that explodes on impact. So I had to raise an eyebrow when Microsoft’s Kevin Johnson said the company’s search business is “on a positive trajectory.”
Where Mainstream Fails, YouTube Delivers Dick
It’s not exactly a stretch to say the White House has public relations issues. For the most part, though, footage that could be held against them has been dug up by the Daily Show more than the mainstream media. And then came YouTube.
What you might call a fringe group – global conspiracy prophets are fringe, right? – have uploaded an obscure video from 1994, where then former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney defended the decision not to invade Iraq following the Gulf War (a decision which, if you remember in fairness, broke poor Al Gore’s heart).
Social Networking And Mobile Content
Social networking services will control a developing market for mobile user-generated content, according to a new report from Juniper Research, "Mobile User-Generated Content: Social Networking, Dating and Personal Content Delivery."
(Some) Hotels Get Special Yahoo Shortcuts
I’ve stayed in a pretty wide range of hotels; none of them seemed dangerous, but some were definitely less pleasant than others. Now Yahoo Shortcuts is stepping up its effort to help users find the best possible lodgings.
VibeAgent Launches My Maps
Every travel site should offer some sort of map; they’re useful, and the idea isn’t particularly hard to arrive at. VibeAgent is going above and beyond, however, with My Maps, a sort of customized, social network-y concoction.
Kontera Scans More Investment Cash
In-text ad company Kontera received another infusion of venture capital from its backers to build upon an earlier investment in the company’s ContentLink product.
ICANN Does Some Domain Taste Testing
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the quasi-independent organization that oversees domain and registry practices, have launched an investigation into the practice of "domain tasting."