No one wants to have to say, “My Internet broke.” When this phrase is uttered, the source of the problem (assuming it’s not the user) becomes the object of much ill will and quite a few uncouth words. Now Google, the former “do no evil” company, is hinting that uninstalling one of its products may “break” your Internet.
Google Video Breaks Up, Drinks Beer
In a flurry of cross promotional efforts flying past your head faster than your ex-girlfriend’s spiked pump, Google has retooled Google Video to be more YouTube style, has solicited user breakup videos to honor “National Breakup Day” sponsored by Budweiser and is co-presented by Universal Picture’s The Break-Up.
Blue Hen Breaks Facebook Policy
Users of the popular Facebook college and high school networking site may not create accounts under fake names, and a reporter with the University of Delaware Review caught one school administration staffer doing just that.
Google Breaks Free From Intel With AMD
New servers purchased by Google will contain Opteron processors from AMD instead of models from Intel, an analyst firm said.
Internet Explorer 7 Breaks AdSense
Possibly the most important thing web developers need to learn about Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 beta is that it breaks one of their favorite advertising options: Google AdSense.
Sale Of Sex.com Breaks Records
Sex.com, a domain that’s been passed around a bit in its checkered history, was sold to an anonymous group of business partners for a reported $12-14 million in cash and stock, making it one of the highest selling domains in history.
Google Breaks Records In 2Q
Google, Inc., controlling 47% of all search queries to the tune of over 6 billion searches during the second quarter of 2005, also announced quadrupled returns. The world’s top search engine reported record revenue of $1.384 billion.
American Express Breaks Income Record
First quarter net income for American Express rose 19% from that of last year to a record $946 million.
Nike Breaks New Ground In Communication Transparency
Communicating on corporate responsibility doesn’t get more transparent than this. The Financial Times reports …
Cisco Breaks New Ground With Government Affairs Blog
Networking company Cisco Systems launched their first public blog last month. It’s a very interesting blog as it’s not the type of blog that would immediately spring to mind.