Last November, Universal Music Group sued Bolt.com alleging various instances of copyright infringement. It appears that the two sides are nearing a settlement agreement that will see Bolt hand over several million dollars in damages as well as agree to pay future royalties on uploaded content that contains music from Universal Artists.
Mr. Softie Continues To Shed Search Share
Out of the top 10 most-searched search engines ranked by Nielsen//NetRatings, only one had negative growth in December. Can you guess which one? Here’s a hint: it starts with M, ends in N, has an S in the middle, and is down in search market share almost another 10 percent.
The Mobile Chaos Continues…
Today, Google announced another mobile partnership (this time with Samsung), and Yahoo released Yahoo Go 2.0 (this is not long after Ask released their mobile search, which didn’t include a search box).
Google Continues to Push Toolbar Usage
Google’s Toolbar is a commonly utilized browser add-on for both Internet Explorer and Firefox users. With its search box, ad blocking, page rank features, and ability to track user behavior — its no wonder the company continues to aggressively market the tool in its search results
Online Video Market Continues To Grow
The popularity of Internet video is continuing to grow. During 2006 around one third of the US population will have viewed video on the Internet at least monthly. According to a report from eMarketer 60 percent of Internet users view videos on a regular basis. By 2010 they estimate there will be a 20 percent increase for a total of 80 percent of all Internet users watching video online. For 2006 there are around 107 million users watching online video. By 2010 the number is expected to increase to 157 million.
Search Continues For CNET Editor
The good news of the rescue of James Kim’s wife and daughters has been tempered by the continued search for the missing editor, who left his family on Saturday to seek help.
Gmail Continues Upgrading Services
Gmail continues moving ahead in the competitive market of free webmail services and has just announced some added new features toits expanding and very popular service.
Online Video Continues To Shine
The online video age, with the eye-popping Google/YouTube acquisition serving as an initial punctuation, is not going away. The popularity of this growing industry is only going to increase, especially once the movie industry picks up their feet and catches up with the vloggers. Case in point, there have been a few ccurrences in the […]
MSN Search Continues Downhill Trend
It’s been a brutal search market except for a few. Four of the top ten search engines had significant drops in the number of searches, and MSN gets the title of biggest loser.
Linux Flash Player Saga Continues
Adobe’s Mike Melanson has posted some more information about the lengthy delays in releasing a new version of Flash Player for Linux.