Well, you can chalk up another win for the Mountain View people. And, a big one too. In a recent decision by a federal judge, it was decided Google is not in violation of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act law…when over 100,000 videos were uploaded to it’s video site, YouTube. Viacom was seeking $1 [...]
After starving off a near takeover in 2008, or botched one…depending on how you look at it, and becoming the butt of tech world jokes, Yahoo.com has managed to grow up. Not that they really needed too. It’s a different kind of growing up. One that says, “I’ll work with the man and make myself [...]
As former Senator (now President) Obama is known for saying, “they said this day would never come.” Of course he was referring to a completely un-related topic, the effect is the same: Google OS is here. Others said it would, they just didn’t know when. After years of speculation, drooling and begging from hardcore Googlers, [...]
…to Google Analytics. The search engine we’ve all learned to love…and hate is planning to release a browser add on which will give visitors the opportunity to block any site running Google Analytics from collecting user data. Huh? Yep, you read correctly. Before I start blasting this idea and making accusations such as, “why even [...]
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues his latest privacy and “we screwed up” tour, tech watchers and average users of the Internet are beginning to doubt the social media giant’s motives. In his own words, the 26-year old chief exec says they “missed the mark” with their latest stab at privacy controls and is pledging [...]
Well, as the online world continues to turn into a web of user generated content…Yahoo just solidified this practice by acquiring Associated Content for $100 million, according to a recent report. This will boost give their platform a boost of over 380k contributors, who have already cranked out 2 million articles, videos, slide shows as [...]
Last Sunday someone had a birthday! Yep, the online video giant is 5 years old. This is what they said on their official blog: Five years ago, after months of late nights, testing and preparation, YouTube’s founders launched the first beta version of YouTube.com in May, with a simple mission: give anyone a place to [...]
Travelocity.com gets it. If there was an award given out for creativity, maximizing resources and capitalizing on an opportunity, it would go to the Travel people based in Southlake, Texas. After reading this article, the greatness of the internet began to shine through once more: anything is possible. And, this example proves it. The famous [...]
While doing my daily blog reading, I typically run across articles and posts which inspire me for the information you read here. Everything from motivation to daily rants, personal thoughts and many more. Today was a little different. Sometimes when pursuing through the haystack of blogs, I click through linked posts and follow it to [...]
If you haven’t heard, instead of going to Amazon and reading reviews about the latest Thriller novel and hip hop album, a new service allows patients to post anonymous reviews about their doctor…and view other postings before picking one. Doctor Finder, a new service from Insider Pages gives visitors the opportunity to search for a [...]
Well, you can chalk one up for Sarah Palin. This one required relatively little of her involvement. No convention. No book tour. The young man responsible for hacking into her Yahoo account in 2008 was convicted of obstruction of justice and misdemeanor computer intrusion…with the courts dropping the felony wire fraud charge. The obstruction of [...]
It’s Hulu.com vs. Cable…and every other traditional form of media. Hulu, the popular site that has The Office episodes you missed, is tossing around idea of charing $9.96 for a base level subscription, as reported in the LA Times. Of course this seems like a standard move for an already $1 billion dollar company, however, [...]
