Earlier this week we told you of Fox and Twitter teaming up to create some buzz about repeats of the shows Fringe and Glee. Well, hopefully there is no such thing as bad press because the comments we received about the experiment were unanimous: FAIL! Check out our impassioned reader feedback.
Ginger Says:
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Google’s New Cloud Table Collaboration Experiment
Google has introduced a new Lab called Google Fusion Tables, which is described as "an experimental system for data management in the cloud." It allows users to upload tables of up to 100MB and share them with collaborators.
Twitter Used For Mass Psychic Experiment
If you’ve ever listened to late night AM radio standard “Coast To Coast AM,” you’ve likely heard Art Bell or George Norry talk about remote viewing—the practice of viewing geographic locations telepathically, once experimented with by the CIA and the KBG. Well, how about some remote tweeting?
Google Referral Change Linked to Faster Search Results Experiment
This week, it was announced that Google was making changes to search referral URLs. Basically, where URLs looked like this before:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=flowers&btnG=Google+Search
They will start looking more like this:
Google Introduces Personalized Search Options
Google tests a new feature allowing users to prioritize their preferred websites in search results enhancing personalized searches.
Library Of Congress Pleased With Flickr Experiment
Although this fact isn’t likely to earn Yahoo a government bailout, it seems that Flickr can count the Library of Congress among its fans. An experiment the Library was conducting has turned out far better than anyone expected.
NYT Declares Facebook Experiment A Success
Never mind all the economic doom and gloom; the New York Times is thrilled with how its venture into social networking has gone. A new memo notes some numbers that beat internal expectations, and should sound pretty impressive to outsiders, too.
Has the DRM Free Experiment Failed?
The last year has been filled with announcement after announcement marking the end of DRM. DRM-free pioneer eMusic was thriving.
EMI dropped DRM across its entire catalog.
eBay’s “Experiment” with Google AdWords
eBay is back advertising on Google’s AdWords network, after completing what it called a planned “experiment” to go one week without relying on Google. (In case you need a refresher,
Experiment with GOOG-411
Google recently released their new Voice Local Search in beta, also known as “GOOG-411″, and I thought I’d kick the tires a bit. They also mentioned it on their new Google Lat Long Blog.