Senator Asks Web For Legislation Help
Something very cool is happening. Something historic. For the first time in American history the people are being directly consulted about legislation, and it’s being done via the Internet.
A Resolution Regarding Google’s Bounced Check
It took a long time for Debi Jones to receive her payment from Google AdSense, and when the check finally arrived, it bounced (according to a bank teller to whom Jones spoke). This created a bit of a circus; Matt Cutts himself got involved. And now the whole situation’s been resolved.
Google And The Political Process
Your search results are brought to you by Google. A part of your income may be, as well (if you use AdSense). But what about your president? A new article examines Google’s relationship with the political process.
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Hosting Extremist Sites
An assortment of Islamist/Jihadi websites have Western ISPs hosting them, with some of them hosted by the services of major Internet players.
PayPal Flashing Cash For Facebook Apps
Looking for inroads to 30 million and growing Facebook users, PayPal is asking third-party developers to create the next killer PayPal app for the social network.
Facebook’s “Skip This Step” Button Disappears
Facebook users are a vocal crowd, and the latest outcry occurred when the social network tried to trace connections between them. According to company reps, it was only a glitch, and everything is now back to the way it was.
Hi5 Helped By $20 Million In Funding
In the past week, there have been eight Murdok stories with the word “Facebook” in the title and five involving “MySpace.” “Hi5” has, as far as I can tell, never been the subject of an article. But in what’s definitely a noteworthy event, that social network just got $20 million.
Beaches Tops In Web Cam Searches
Ah, the Web cam. So simple, so abused. But they can be used for good, and though you might assume the Internet (as in, the collective online population) uses them mostly for nefarious and seedy peeping-Tom purposes, that’s not really true, not mostly.
Google Fear Hits AT&T Square In The Jaw
As predictable as daylight, AT&T isn’t happy about Google’s plan to bid on the 700MHz wireless spectrum. The telecommunications giant is poised to claw any competition out of the equation, and is hoping its traditional ally, the FCC, will have its back again.
Blinkx Makes It To 14 Million Hours
We last wrote about Blinkx seven days ago, and at that time, the company claimed its index contained a whopping 12 million hours’ worth of content. Blinkx has now issued a release announcing its arrival at the 14 million-hour mark.