The New York State Office for Technology has launched Empire 2.0, a social media networking initiative with the goal of promoting government participation, increase collaboration and to improve the state’s ability to share information with social media users.
The Empire 2.0 strategy is a roadmap for state agencies to use Web 2.0, new media and social collaborative tools and technologies to improve communications and services while being more transparent and open.
Yahoo embraces OpenID as login standard
The Yahoo ID used by its members to login to services like Flickr and Yahoo Mail will soon be usable to authenticate to sites supporting the OpenID standard.
Microsoft Embraces Self Love With ZenZui
It’s self love for two reasons: ZenZui is an independent mobile user-interface company born from Microsoft’s own Research Lab; and it sounds an awful lot like the Japanese phrase for…um…auto-erotica.
First, let’s talk about what this company is, and then we’ll poke some fun.
Powerset Embraces Ask Jeeves Model
At Powerset, they call it ‘natural language search’. We call it a $12 million homage to the days of the butler at Ask Jeeves, when that search engine proved more useful for entertainment value than actual quality search results.
Europe Embraces Holiday Shopping Online
This week, comScore Networks released the first in its latest series of studies geared at examining the online shopping activity of European citizens throughout the holiday season.
A9 Search Embraces Live Features
The partnership between Amazon.com and Microsoft for search services has led to a massive overhaul of the functionality for A9.com, the search engine operated by Amazon.
Gay Community Embraces Online Travel
Gays and lesbians are more likely than heterosexuals to make travel arrangements online, according to a new poll by Harris Interactive. What’s more, the gay community is several times more likely to cite fair treatment in their top three most important considerations for choosing hotels.
Don’t Do Evil Embraces Sun Devils
Google has established an office on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University, the latest in its development of operations in Arizona.
Alexa Embraces Web Developers
Amazon.com’s Alexa unit has been turned into a web service, to allow developers API access to the search engine’s database.
Newsweek Embraces Blogosphere
Newsweek magazine’s web site will work with blog search engine Technorati to provide links and integration of blog content into stories.