Sorry, Bing fans, but Microsoft’s new search engine seems to have stumbled before it even cleared the figurative gates. Fresh statistics from two different sources indicate that visits to Bing are already dropping.
YouTube A Breeding Ground For Ponzi Schemes
Google might be struggling to make money off YouTube, but pyramid schemers are apparently doing just fine. They’re doing so well, the Better Business Bureau has issued an alert warning of “little Bernie Madoffs” running all around the video site Call it user-generated scamming. .
A search for “cash gifting” on YouTube brings back over 25,000 videos and, at the rate they were going last week, the videos have been viewed over 60 million times.
TVs Losing Ground As Media Device
The proliferation of cellphones and other devices have carved away some of television’s lead as the electronic gadget of choice for media consumption.
Sony, Toshiba Hold Ground On DVD Formats
Forget about unification, compromise, or concessions; both tech firms refuse to budge on next-generation blue laser DVDs.
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.
Linux Certification Gaining Ground but Cisco Still on Top
I was interested to see that RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) was listed in slot 3 of certifications IT professionals want to get.
2005 Predictions – Watershed Ground
We promised our predictions for the coming year, and here they are. Please remember, we are techno-geeks, not psychics. Some of these predictions may come true and some may be way off base. We do know the search industry is evolving faster than ever before. What seems fantasy today may well be reality next month. 2004 was an interesting year in the business of search, setting the stage for what should be a watershed year in 2005.