On Tuesday, we told you about the launch of Twitter’s new homepage. The revamped design sports a sleek look that is pretty easy on the eye. But, once you get past the pleasing aesthetics, you’ll also see that Twitter has added a search capability and popular topics, which in turn could mean an influx of Twitterers.
Google Rumored To Be Breaking Up With Firefox
Google is obligated to support Mozilla’s Firefox browser through a search contract until 2011. But rumors suggest that may be the end of the Google-Firefox alliance.
People were relatively stunned when Google launched its own web browser, Chrome, and they wondered allowed what that would mean for Google’s relationship with the browser that quickly rose to the second most used browser in the world.
New York Man Uses YouTube To Show Cops Breaking Law
A New York City resident, known as Jimmy Justice, has been video taping New York City Police officers and city workers breaking the law while working; and posting the clips on his own channel on YouTube.In an interview with Murdok, Justice spoke about what he does and some of the challenges he faces while video taping law enforcement and city workers.
Twitscoop Fixes Breaking News
Twitter’s cool, no doubt, but what enhances its coolness are the applications developing in the periphery, all of which seem to extract from Twitter’s deep reservoirs of cool and redistribute along the Internet. Recently, Twellow and Summize have surfaced. Before that it was TwittEarth, which lets you be a giant fly on the wall of the world.
Google Says Bell Canada Is Breaking The Law
Google says Bell Canada is violating Canadian telecommunications law by slowing Internet traffic and is requesting the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) take action against the company."Bell claims its throttling of peer-to-peer applications is a reasonable form of network management. Google respectfully disagrees. Network management does not include Canadian carriers’ blocking or degrading lawful applications that consumers wish to use," Google said in a statement to the CRTC.
Breaking Down Yahoo’s Social Landscape
Yahoo! has been a very influential provider of social services online for quite some time. Over the last few years they have either created or purchased online social sites, here is a quick breakdown of some of the major start-ups and acquisitions:
Social Media Rule Breaking
Conformity often creates a feeling of comfort, but it also starts to generate acceptable social norms that soon become the de facto standard for the way things get done.
New Rules of Breaking News, Beware of Embargoes
Part Four of a series discussing blogger relations, "Building a Bridge Between Your Story, Bloggers, and People."
New Rules for Breaking News
Part Three of a series discussing blogger relations, "Building a Bridge Between Your Story, Bloggers, and People."
Yahoo Breaking Up With The Past
The entertainment ambitions of ex-Yahoo CEO Terry Semel may be swept away for the most part after top Yahoo executives meet to discuss their operations in Santa Monica.