If there is any merit to an anonymous tip received by Silicon Alley Insider, about 3,500 Yahoo! employees may be losing their jobs when the company begins it’s next set of layoffs.
Google Wants to Protect Old People
Google has made an effort to help educate senior citizens about online safety and privacy issues. The company has teamed up with AARP, for an online safety video series on display on the Google Privacy YouTube channel.
IAC Guides People To Life123.com
Self-service how-to guide and information sites became a little more of a crowded field as IAC launched its collected content site, Life123.com.
9 Million People Have Made Purchases On Mobiles
Making purchases using mobile devices such as cell phones is increasing in the U.S. with 9 million mobile subscribers saying they have used their mobile to pay for goods or services and nearly half (49%) saying they plan to try mobile commerce in the future according to a new report from Nielsen.Men were found to be more likely then women to use their mobile phone for commerce with 4.9 million men doing so and 4.3 million women making a purchase using their mobile phone.
You Got Pants, Facebook Has People
Just because a social network is popular doesn’t mean it’s so easy to monetize, as News Corp. found out after its purchase of MySpace. Analysts have tried to extend MySpace’s trouble to other social networks while balking at Facebook’s $15 billion valuation. But after speaking with Facebook’s Kent Schoen about the social network’s fairly precise ad targeting, skeptics could be won over.
Twitter Blacklist Bites Thumb At Obnoxious People
A public service or draconian narc network? You be the judge. It didn’t take long for a few things to happen with Twitter: for so-called spammers to seek out a "marketing" advantage; for Twitterers to fight back against said spammers; and for a moral authority to form.
People Increasingly Turn To Computers For TV
If you watched the lead-in to "My Name is Earl" last night, you know that (a) Jeff Zucker, the president and CEO of NBC Universal, isn’t terribly funny, and (b) his network is pushing online video. But even with Zucker’s "The Office"-gone-bad awkwardness, it seems the act of watching television online is becoming more popular.
More People Comfortable With Mobile Banking
Mobile phone users are becoming more comfortable making banking and purchase transactions while on-the-go according to a new study from Harris Interactive.The study found that 16 percent of mobile phone subscribers currently use mobile banking services, with 60 percent doing so at least once a week. Thirty-five percent of those who do not use mobile banking or buy on-the-go are interested in checking bank account balances and transferring funds using their mobile devices. Thirty-three percent said they would like to receive text messages from their banks.
CPC Is Flat, But People Are Still Shopping
Speculation as to why Google’s paid clicks have flattened in January has led to further speculation that a recession has caused consumers to do less search-initiated shopping. Hitwise’s Bill Tancer has information that suggests otherwise.(It occurs to me also that investors have been spoiled by Google’s constant growth, as even when Google grows there is disappointment that there wasn’t more growth. And flat returns now might as well be declines. Regardless, I suppose market corrections are inevitable. It just sucks if you bought in at $747 per share.)
More People Filing Taxes Online
With tax season approaching, an increasing number of people are planning to file their federal taxes online, according to The Conference Board.Forty percent plan to file online, up from 34 percent three years ago. More than two-thirds of taxpayers said they have filed online for three years or more, up from 55 percent in 2005.