Americans Buy HDTVs For Gaming, Movies
Around 16 million high-definition televisions (HDTV) will sell in 2007 predicts the Consumer Electronics Association, bringing the total number of HDTVs sold in the U.S. to 52.5 million.
Thirty percent of U.S. households have an HDTV and the number is expected to increase to 36 percent by the end of this year. Among HDTV households, close to a third own more than one high-definition set, illustrating the healthiness of the market.
Google Translate Gains Dictionary Info
I’ve taken classes in Spanish, French, and Latin (not by choice), and each of them sent people scrambling for various translation aids. Unfortunately, many of those aids were horrible (“the cow climbs up the tree”). Now Google’s stepping forward – alas, a little late for me – with new dictionary translations for Google Translate.
German Government To Give Wikipedia A Boost
This is a stereotype, but at least it’s a positive one: the Germans are an efficient and precise people. Now, for less of a stereotype and more of a fact: Wikipedia can be far from precise. You may be surprised to learn, then, that the German government is going to give resources to the German version of the site.
Google Explains Itself, BS-Detectors Wail
It’s not often Google publishes 1,200 words-worth of defense for making an acquisition. Though I’m not positive, I don’t remember a time in the last two plus years. Maybe Microsoft’s antitrust and sour-grapes opposition to Google’s purchase of DoubleClick was enough incentive to get Google talking.
Google News Image Version Is Interesting, Vague
Hate words, but want to stay well-informed? Well, my apologies for this article, then, but Google News may have just the thing for you – an Image Version.
Spock Shines Despite Limited Reach
The reviews are rolling in, and they’re largely positive; Spock, it seems, is good. But the reviews also suggest that this people search engine needs to find a more effective means of gathering information.
Threadwatch Shuts Down
This Friday, after three years, SEO community site ThreadWatch is closing down. ThreadWatch’s owner and operator, Aaron Wall (of SEOBook) made the announcement, saying that the site just wasn’t working out for a variety of reasons, including a lack of respect and credibility, an increase in Digg-spam and other shady practices by members, and the decreasing need of the site due to better coverage by mainstream media, big blogs, and other community sites.
Googleplex To Grow – A Lot
It shouldn’t be much longer before the name “Mountain View” becomes absolutely synonymous with the term “Googleplex” – a new report indicates that Google is going to lease a fresh 310,000 square feet of space.
Spotting Trends with Social Media
One of the often overlooked aspects of social media is that it can often be seen a pointer for developing and emerging trends.
Blogging & Paper Clips
I was reading two posts yesterday that you would think were completely unconnected, however were really amazingly close in concept.
The first comes from Seth’s Godin who writes