I’m speaking tonight at a panel put on by Business Wire. If you want to come, please do so, and be sure to say hello. The topic is on social media generally, but more specifically looking at using social media for enhancing your news value.
Q Interactive, Didit Stay Together On Search
Q Interactive provides its marketing services to about 1,500 brands per year, and maintains a stable of more than 1,000 partner sites. And in the midst of all the big names and big business, Q Interactive selected Didit to handle its search engine marketing campaigns. Again.
Autobytel, Kosmix Work Together On MyRide
For the 2007 model year, Toyota discontinued the Matrix XRS (the most powerful version of that particular model). Closer to 2000, the Ford Escort, a perfectly nice little car, was replaced with the Focus, which was then recalled 12 times. But things in the automotive world generally improve over the years, and so it was fairly exciting when Autobytel selected Kosmix to power its next-generation website, MyRide.com.
MSFT & Yahoo – Icebergs Roped Together
I wonder if Rupert Murdoch has any shares in Yahoo he’s trying to get rid of. Just kidding But now would be a pretty good time to unload them. The New York Post ignited a firestorm of rumour this morning — and lit a fire under Yahoo’s share price too — with a story saying Microsoft is back in merger talks with the Internet portal. That pushed Yahoo’s moribund stock up by 17 per cent or so, adding about $6-billion to its market cap.
Skype, Vodafone Move Forward Together?
Vodafone’s getting deeper and deeper into this whole Internet thing – the latest reports indicate that the company is exploring options with MSN, Yahoo, and AOL. It has also displayed several mobile phones designed to work with Skype, and has presented some VoIP technology.
Yahoo Weds Mail, Messenger Together
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Yahoo brings two services into an integrated communications package. Yahoo Mail beta users should start to see the Messenger functionality first discussed in November 2006.
The Beatles And Apple Come Together ?
It seems that The Beatles and Apple have finally struck a deal to make the groups songs available on iTunes. The buzz about the deal is being widely reported though no official announcement has been made. A fan site called Abbey Road Best sites a source that says a deal has been reached but as of now it’s unofficial.
Google Talk and AIM to Work Together?
Over a year ago, Google paid a billion dollars for a chunk of AOL, and probably the most exciting part of the deal was the announcement that Google Talk and AOL Instant Messenger would probable eventually connect to each other.
Google And ThinkFree Together Maybe
Some mild rumors have been surfacing about the potential for Google purchasing online productivity suite provider ThinkFree, a South Korean company that offers ThinkFree Online with Microsoft Office file format compatibility and other features.
Yahoo, AT&T Mark Five Years Together
Internet companies are usually pretty forward-thinking; this comes, I suppose, with the territory. Yahoo made a strange move today, however, by celebrating an event that’s well in the past – its five-year-old “groundbreaking alliance” with AT&T.