Sites under the IAC arcology will be the first to display contextual advertising from the Ask Sponsored Listings (ASL) network, with an interesting twist on what gets displayed.
PRWeek: Industry Enters Age of PR 3.0
Almost within 24 hours of going on record stating that we will (should) not see anyone referring to PR 3.0 anytime soon, PRWeek runs an article about how the industry is entering a new age: PR 3.0. Hat tip to Constantin Basturea.
PreFound Enters Its Blue Period
The relaunch of the people-powered PreFound search service goes a little farther than the color scheme shift from orange to blue.
The Weather Channel Enters Second Life
The Weather Channel has become the latest company to announce the creation of a virtual headquarters in the popular virtual world Second Life. "Weather Island" will be available to gamers starting today.
The island will be the headquarters for The Weather Channel and offer an extreme sports park as well as a destination to screen episodes of the new program "Epic Conditions."
Bill Marriott Enters The Blogosphere
What do you do when you run one of the most-recognized hotel chains on planet Earth, and learn there’s a better way to connect with customers and employees?
Microsoft Enters The Soapbox Derby
Microsoft makes the announcement that it’s online video uploading site Soapbox will not be part of the Windows Live brand.
AT&T Enters Satellite Broadband Ring
A large percentage of the U.S. is still dialing up Internet service, especially in rural areas where broadband is unavailable due to lack of infrastructure. The expense of laying that infrastructure has Internet providers looking to satellite-based services as a work-around.
Opera 9 Browser Enters Public Beta
The Oslo-based software company moved version 9 of its freely available browser into public beta after receiving feedback on its two prior technology preview releases of Opera 9.
Amazon Enters Contextual Ad Market
Amazon has started a beta test where it places contextual ads on third-party published sites, similar to those delivered by Yahoo or Google in their networks.
SAP enters SaaS market
Yesterday, the German enterprise software vendor SAP announced it is entering the hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) market with the expansion of its mySAP CRM offering to include a hosted option.