Severe weather details for hurricanes and other conditions in near real-time form the eye of the latest CBS digital initiative.
Yahoo Adds Safety Alerts To Search
Yahoo opened the beta test of SearchScan in several countries to help safeguard people against potentially dangerous links in their search results.
MSN Money, PBS Series Run ‘Scam Alerts’
The PBS series MoneyTrack will place Scam Alert videos on MSN Money each week, as an ongoing series to warn people about the pitfalls of the financial world.
Google Alerts Satisfies Your Video Fix
A little tweak in the Google Alerts service now allows its users to keep tabs on their favorite topics when a video related to those appears.
GMail Thinks My Google Alerts Are Spam
I didn’t notice when I stopped receiving my Google Alerts. It’s one of those things you pass over until one day you’re all "why didn’t I get something on this?" I assumed my subscription had run out and I’d have to set them up again – which I found to be very annoying.
VeriSign Teams With eBay For SMS Alerts
For eBay auction bidders tired of losing out to last-minute snipers whilst running errands (or whatever may pull your attention from the computer), VeriSign and eBay announced an agreement to deliver mobile alerts via SMS from VeriSign’s Intelligent Messaging Network (VIMN).
Weather Channel Pops Ads Over Alerts
It appears the popular weather reporting channel has found a new way to ensure users of its Desktop Weather application view ads, by popping them up when users go to check a severe weather alert.
Blogging On Google Alerts Not Crawling For Blogs
Many people get Google news alerts. They’re pretty simple. You pick your topic, say the timely subject of hurricanes. When hurricane stories appear, you get an email. You can pick the frequency upon which they appear and whether or not the alert scoura just the news or the entire web.
Price Alerts Don’t Promote Shopping Or Browsing
I had a talk with my brother-in-law [who lives in Birmingham, Alabama] after he read my post on Oodle yesterday.
Amber Alerts Available To Wireless Phones
Amber Alerts issued when a child goes missing can now be received by cellular phone users.