Dark Side of AJAXy, All-Seeing LinkedIn
Sorry bout the overwrought headline – thought if I started with a ZDNet vibe you might be more likely to read. 🙂
Google May Have To Reveal Your Data
A competitor’s advertising data held by Google may be just a legal complaint and a subpoena away from being available to anyone who wants it.
Say Hello To A Niche Network Era
Earlier, we reported on Boomj, a niche social network aimed at a subset of younger Baby Boomers. Niche social networks are popping up more often and growing at a nice pace.
Dow Jones Denies News Corp. Buyout
A report from British news site The Business that Dow Jones had officially been sold to Rupert Murdoch is being called untrue by spokespersons for both the Bancroft family, which owns Dow Jones.
“Hyperlocal” News Sites Take A Hit
A lot of big companies – from Google to CNN – are interested in “going local,” and, to be honest, it seems that those companies have the money to do whatever they want. But “going local” isn’t easy; Backfence.com, which focused on a number of smaller communities, is going out of business.
Facebook Discusses Personalized People Search
Facebook’s a formidable entry in the social networking field – we all know this. But the company’s announcement that it is also doing well in people search (indeed, in Facebook’s own words, it is the “[m]ost used people search engine on the web”) came as a surprise to many.
Yahoo Properties Go Out Of Order
Everyone’s Internet connection goes a little bit wonky from time to time, and after having trouble reaching Yahoo.com, I thought this morning was one of those times for me. But I was wrong; it turns out that Yahoo was having issues.
The Other Boomers Get A Social Network
If you didn’t know there was a Generation Jones, you’re not alone, and those of this generation are not alone either – a new social network called Boomj.com aims to connect them, ridding them of the more ominous moniker, "the lost generation."
Yahoo Real Estate, Apartments.com Partner
Finding permanent housing is a tricky thing – one has to consider location, price, size, age, and about a million other factors; renters have it even tougher, in a sense, as they have to make those choices year after year. Now Yahoo Real Estate has decided that Apartments.com is just the site to help these people out.
Scientist Locates Chinese Sub On Google Earth
Nothing like an arms race to bring back those Cold War memories, when the Red Dawn seemed eminent even if we had the Iron Eagle, rock music blaring through his Walkman, to protect us. Nowadays it’s Google Earth, not Hollywood and Reagan, scaring everybody to death.