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Well, one thing Twitter’s good for: a little celebrity drama. According to a British tabloid quoting an American tabloid, singer John Mayer tweeted his way to a break up with Jennifer Aniston about the same time Ashton Kutcher posted a photo of Demi Moore’s heiney to TwitPics.
Give me a break; when you cover all things Twitter this is news. It’s also pretty funny.
Not long ago, China’s top search engine was caught selling high search rankings to unlicensed doctors. The uproar that resulted hurt its reputation, caused earnings estimates to get lowered, and culminated in a personal apology from the CEO. Now, the Chinese arms of Google and Yahoo have been accused of doing something similar.
You may have heard that China’s number one search engine Baidu has been the subject of some scandalous accusations lately. As a result, stock has plummeted, and so have advertising revenues for the company. A Little Background
The Wall Street Journal posted a story today about investors Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock from the firm Insight Venture Partners. It talks about how they went behind the backs of limited partners and personally invested in Photobucket back before News Corp. bought it and it really took off. The story seems to suggest some financial foul play, but not everybody views it this way.
The controversy surrounding New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has shed light (a red light) on a number of underground activities. Besides government corruption and the sex trade in general, Spitzer’s use of the Internet to connect with prostitutes is exposing a huge industry with which people may not be familiar.Or even know exists.The online escort/call girl/"model"/prostitute scene isn’t so hard to find, though. Just use Google. If the organic results don’t fit what you’re looking for, AdWords can help, too.
After being sued by a customer and investigated by Connecticut’s Attorney General, Best Buy has reportedly updated their in-store sites with a disclaimer letting customers know that kiosk prices might not be the same as the public website prices.
I wanted to add a non-personal comment about the impassioned scandal rocking our community, the best way I could think of to improve the silence.
This is a real test of the blogosphere. Our culture and openness. We don’t know all the facts, but there is enough to be disgusted. We do know that part of this involves real core and dedicated bloggers. We do know that this involves trolls, there will always be trolls, and we all have them. We do know that some speech is illegal for a reason, and sociopaths run against society, but there are slippery slopes in all directions from the hill we think we have climbed.
Shares of Apple dropped by four percent in after-hours trading, and the iconic computer company may have to restate earnings for several years due to its stock option granting practices.
Presidents who get a second term are few generally. In recent decades though, Second term presidents usually end up with more than standard political conflicts and lame duck behavior. The second term usually provides a full-blown, nation-threatening scandal of epic proportions. Now Bush might just have his in the form of Karl Rove.
A group of Enron investors have managed to squeeze $2 billion out of Citigroup as it agreed to pay this amount to settle a lawsuit. Citigroup along with several other banks, was accused of having a role in a big accounting fraud scandal at Enron.
