Friday, November 20, 2009
Google Removes Offensive Obama Image; Was It Justified?
Saying the host site was serving malware to users, Google has removed a controversial photo of First Lady Michelle Obama from Google Image Search.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
It’s a Free Country…
Does this sound familiar?
At the office, you’ve got a sluggish computer running aging software, and the email system routinely badgers you to delete messages after you blow through the storage limits set by your IT department.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Almost Famous: Aviary’s Israel Derdik
A new feature wherein All Things Digital looks at up-and-coming and innovative start-ups you should know about.
This week: A Skype visit with, some questions for and a few pertinent stats about Israel Derdik and his high-flying media suite, Aviary, a Web-based media-editing platform that enables users to alter, save and present their multimedia creations, all in the cloud.
Would Someone Please Explain to News Corp. How Google Works?
Yet another News Corporation executive is talking about Google, and yet again, I feel like they have no concept about how Google interacts with their web pages.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Drug Makers to Press for Guidance on Web Marketing
Eager to expand use of the Web to advertise their products, pharmaceutical giants, including Eli Lilly and Pfizer, are heading to Washington this week to call on the Food and Drug Administration to provide guidelines for marketing prescription drugs online.
Fwix Unveils Revenue-Sharing Plan for Hyperlocal Bloggers
An online news start-up is going where Google and other giants haven’t: sharing revenue with the people who write the news.
Fwix, a one-year-old start-up backed by BlueRun Ventures, is one of a growing number of portals for “hyperlocal” news, a buzzword that refers to sites about schools, culture, gossip and other information on a neighborhood level.
How AdMob Brings Google Important Competitive Intelligence
In case you missed it, Google acquired mobile ad network AdMob for $750 million in stock.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Google Plans $750 Million Buyback to Offset AdMob Dilution
Google plans to buy back $750 million of its common stock to offset dilution from shares to be issued in the pending all-stock acquisition of AdMob, CEO Eric Schmidt told Bloomberg yesterday.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Merry Christmas! You Get Wi-Fi.
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are all offering some form of courtesy Wi-Fi through the holiday season, at venues such as airports, hotels and Times Square.
Each has a relatively new service it’s hoping to attract consumers to, whether it’s Google’s Chrome browser, Microsoft’s Bing search engine or Yahoo’s revamped home page and customization features.
Yahoo Lands on China’s “Vulgar Content” List
The China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center has released the latest list of “vulgar content” offenders (in Chinese). This time, Google escaped mention–but Yahoo China and a popular real-estate portal, Soufun, did not.
The Wisdom of AdMob’s Founder Omar Hamoui
Google Inc.’s announcement that it will buy AdMob Inc. for $750 million brought a media spotlight on Accel Partners, an investor in both AdMob and Playfish Inc., which said today it will sell to Electronic Arts Inc. for at least $275 million.
Did Google Steal Sidewiki From a Start-Up?
Web annotation is a sexy and increasingly crowded space in the market.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Almost Famous: Brizzly’s Chris Wetherell
A new feature wherein All Things Digital looks at up-and-coming and innovative start-ups you should know about.
This week: A video visit with, some questions for and a few pertinent stats about Chris Wetherell and his creation, Brizzly, a Web-based social media reader.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Take on Silicon Valley Wannabes
Eric Schmidt is brimming with Bay Area pride.
In the 33 years that the Google CEO has lived in the Bay Area, Schmidt says he has watched a long list of regions try–and fail–to create technology capitals of Silicon Valley’s scale.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
How Far Will Google Wave Go?
Google Wave, the Internet giant’s new online collaboration tool, has generated much buzz among developers, and now it has a large geeky fan following doing strange and relatively useless things.
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