Judge Denies Both Sides In Tur v. YouTube
Neither side in the lesser-known and first YouTube lawsuit won a motion for summary judgment in court last week. Both sides presented their arguments for dismissing the other’s claims, and both were turned down by the judge, meaning Tur v. YouTube will move into the discovery phase.
Google Takes On NC Telecoms
Once again, it appears that Google’s looking out for the little guy. Only in this instance, the “little guy” is both the average consumer and local governments. According to Google – and Intel, Alcatel-Lucent, and Tropos Networks – a bill in the North Carolina General Assembly has the potential to be a monopoly-maker.
Microsoft Testing Mobile Voice Search
A leaked .cab file reveals Microsoft is working on a Bluetooth-enabled voice search application for Windows Mobile.
Big Companies – They Change a Lot
After speaking in Chicago on Friday, I spent a delightful couple of hours waiting out flight delays. (Yeah, I don’t think I’ve written that sentence before, either.) I was hanging out with fellow speaker Chris Silver Smith, with whom I swapped life stories. When I mention that I’ve worked for IBM for over 28 years, Chris said something insightful—"Wow, that’s a lot of change."
And it has been a lot of change.
All The Good Kids Are On Facebook
Through several months of observation, Danah Boyd found something of a divide between users of social networking sites MySpace and Facebook.
Getting Strangers to Talk About YOU, Godin’s Way
Are you trying to get some attention? Not a simple task these days…
Some of the world’s smartest people keep their secrets tight to their chest.
Not Seth Godin. Seth is full of marketing genius and you can learn a bunch by watching him.
One of his new ventures is called Squidoo.
Tuning Into Mobile Music
U.S. consumers continue to buy mobile phones that can play music, but only a small number use the feature according to a report from JupiterResearch called "Mobile Music: Target Impulse Purchases and Purchasers for Over-The-Air Downloads."
NY Post: Buy Sites, Not AdWords
The New York Post’s been a bit down on giving Google money for paid search lately. It may not be surprising to you that the NYP might be a little one-sided on this issue, even unnecessarily snarky, but there is, at least, an interesting concept presented: buying sites with good natural rankings to avoid AdWords altogether.
ABG – “Anyone But Google”
This is clearly the year of ABG – "Anyone But Google." It’s inevitable, but why are search engine pundits leading the charge?
Google Buys GrandCentral?
Rumors are spreading that Google acquired GrandCentral, and the company supposedly sold for around $50 million. The company, by the way, allows its customers to get “One Number…for Life – a number that’s not tied to a phone or a location – but tied to you.”