Late news from Yahoo reveals a new beta of their instant messaging client with plugins and a developer kit, while Microsoft ties its debut of Windows Live Messenger to Johnny Depp’s forthcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ sequel.
Microsoft adCenter Update and Issues
Last month, I announced that I’m now testing the new PPC search offering: Microsoft adCenter – the online advertising platform for MSN Search.
Google Spreadsheets Update
Wow, that was fast. I received my Google Spreadsheets invite about 20 minutes ago and I’ve been toying around with it for just a few min.
Yahoo Rolls Out Video Update
The new update for Yahoo Video adds uploading to the site, so its users can publish and share the videos they create through the service.
Google Click Fraud Settlement Update
The $90 million agreement negotiated to end a lawsuit by Arkansas-based Lane’s Gifts and Collectibles has progressed to court approval of the preliminary settlement.
Blogger Relations Update #1
About 48 hours has lapsed since I sent out the first batch of some 60 invitations to participate in the Click.TV blogger relations program.
Blocking RSS: Update
HR blogger Regina Miller followed up on my post about companies blocking RSS feeds with additional reasons to rethink such a draconian policy:
Favorite Feed Vote and Update
I received an email the other day from a site called Search Engine Feeds claiming to be running a Favorite Search Engine Feeds vote for the next month or so.
Google Update – Changes Done, Changes Coming
Matt Cutts, Google’s chief search engineer, provided a long Q and A session on his blog Tuesday.
Microsoft Working on VB 9.0 XML Update
Microsoft’s XML Blog reported some of the current issues they’re facing as they develop their VB 9.0 language for programming XML. Program manager Avner Aharoni brought out some of the more intriguing issues his team faces.