By now, any interested reader should have been able to get their fill of of news stories about the Cisco acquisition of WebEx. Overly cautious types will point out that this is not a done deal, merely a tendered offer accepted by WebEx management. WebEx shareholders could vote it down or another company could come in with a higher competitive buyout offer. The odds are tremendously low for either of those scenarios to occur.
Roundup: Digg Spam Policy
I wasn’t sure about posting about getting the nix from digg earlier this week, but apparently it was on many people’s minds.
ad:tech Chicago 2006 – Day Two Roundup
Day two of ad:tech Chicago rounded up with a sigh. With all the parties Monday night, I think some of the attendees were looking forward to the end of the day.
ad:tech Chicago 2006 – Day One Roundup
The first day here at ad:tech Chicago was pretty good. I covered 3 sessions over at Online Marketing Blog and at the ad:tech blog.
A Roundup Of The Tahoe / Apprentice Ad Flap
The writing has been fast-and-furious over the weekend, with opinions flying on whether Chevy royally screwed the pooch with their current ad campaign for the Chevy Tahoe, a tie-in (somehow) with the TV show The Apprentice.
Google Talk Smilies Roundup
If you’re running the latest “leaked” version of Google Talk, the one with chat avatars, then Customize Talk has a full list of the new features, including all the smilies/emoticons in this version.
Blog Post Ideas: The Link Roundup
Blog posting ideas present an ongoing challenge for even the most experienced and creative bloggers.
Google Roundup
A few things on Google today that I decided to roundup all in one post:
Podzinger Voice Recognition / Daily Roundup
Haven’t test-driven it yet, but reviewing product features, it looks like PodZinger’s ability to use voice recognition to help users search for podcasts is state of the art.
Microsoft AntiSpyware Does Well In PC Mag Roundup
Microsoft AntiSpyware has come out well in PC Magazine’s roundup of antispyware software, tying for third place, but, more importantly, beating out perceived competitors Spybot and Ad-Aware.