 | A Place for Everything | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | My iPhone makes phone calls, downloads e-mail, and pulls up any Web site I ask it to. So why should the case I store this multi-tasker in content itself with... | |
| | Google Ignoring Its Own Policy on Desktop AdSense? | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | It has been discovered that Google is now showing AdSense ads inside Google Earth. While it is not that surprising to see Google putting ads on another one of its properties, it has raised a few eyebrows, given that Google Earth is a desktop applicat... | |
| | Is the Murdoch Bing Deal Really Just About the Wall Street Journal? | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | After all is said and done Rupert Murdoch may still be seen as the sly old fox that really knew best. Many bloggers and journalists have pounded the insanity of Murdoch's suggestion that News Corp publications might strike an exclusive indexing ... | |
| | Google Obtains Access To TiVo Data | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google TV Ads is about to become a significantly more powerful marketing system. A new pact with TiVo will allow Google to gather (and then pass on) very precise data about which commercials are being viewed, and even (to a lesser degree) who i... | |
| | Interesting Chrome Extensions On the Way | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google has opened up the Chrome Extension Gallery (beta) to developers. This means that anyone can now upload their extensions. Google says it is making the upload flow available early so developers have time to publish their extensions ahead of Goog... | |
| | Two retailers suspend smartphone | Source: BBC - Nov 24 2009 | | | The Sony Ericsson Satio handset has been withdrawn from the shelves of two mobile retailers after problems are reported. | |
| | Online Shoppers Have Bigger Holiday Budgets Than Offline Shoppers | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Compete has shared some findings from a new study on consumer holiday shopping behavior. According to the firm, active online buyers (consumers who intend to spend over 30% of their holiday budgets online) have bigger budgets than other shoppers. Fur... | |
| | TiVo Data Will Help Google TV Ads Measure Audience (NewsFactor) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | NewsFactor - On the heels of Google's Teracent acquisition, TiVo has announced a deal of its own with the search giant. TiVo has entered into an audience-research agreement with Google to empower the Google TV Ads platform. | |
| | New Banking Trojan Horses Gain Polish | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | As banks improve their ability to detect and fight fraud, the Trojan horses that criminals devise become even more sophisticated. | |
| | Holiday Newsletters With IWeb '09 | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Holiday newsletters bring your relatives and friends up to date about the year's events, but designing, printing, and mailing them can be a chore. This season... | |
| | Twitter Cofounder Talks Again About Acquisitions | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | There's no need to start refreshing the Twitter Blog every five seconds; it doesn't sound like any pens are poised over paper at the moment. However, Biz Stone has made some statements concerning acquisitions that point to more of the... | |
| | Online Shoppers Have Bigger Holiday Budgets Than Offline Shoppers | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Compete has shared some findings from a new study on consumer holiday shopping behavior. According to the firm, active online buyers (consumers who intend to spend over 30% of their holiday budgets online) have bigger budgets than other shoppers. Fur... | |
| | Who's Got the Button? | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | For some, the austere look of the iPod shuffle is a thing of beauty. But if you'd prefer your own set of headphones instead of the included Apple earbuds (which... | |
| | Take Note | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | I’ll be on the phone with somebody when suddenly, some vital piece of information—a phone number, an address, a time and date—will come up in the conversation... | |
| | One Word: Plastics | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Agent 18's popular Slider case for the original iPhone returns for the iPhone 3G and 3GS as the EcoShield Slider. As before, the slider fits the phone snugly and... | |
| | Take a Deep Breath | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | When it comes to battery life, heat is the enemy. BBP Bags offers a no-sweat way to carry a MacBook while keeping the heat at bay. The Breathe Sleeve provides... | |
| | Welcome to the 2009 Gear Guide | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | We've all seen the headlines. Times are tough. Budgets are tight. Money isn't exactly raining from the skies these days. Fortunately that doesn't mean great tech... | |
| | All Wound Up | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | When it’s time to plug my earbuds into my iPhone—whether to take a phone call or listen to some tunes—the last thing I want to do is waste time unraveling the... | |
| | Apple iPhone Ad Succeeds Where AT&T Fails | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | The coverage map wars continue with Apple launching two commercials defending the iPhone and taking indirect potshots at Verizon Wireless. | |
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| | Yahoo Suggests Searchers Use Other Yahoo Properties | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Yahoo has started rolling out some new Search Assist features for its web search boxes. They are present in the search boxes of most Yahoo properties. For example, you can find them on Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News, or Yahoo Finance. "These new f... | |
| | Two More Publishers Talk About Blocking Google | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | A couple of major publishers are siding with (or at least edging towards) Rupert Murdoch in the News Corp./Google content dispute. MediaNews Group and A.H. Belo execs have said that they're interested in keeping Google away from parts of their ... | |
| | Verizon Challenges Sprint Marketing Claim | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Fresh from its legal victory over AT&T's challenge, Verizon is starting a new battle against Sprint's marketing slogan. Verizon has a reason to fight for "most reliable". | |
| | Top 10 Black Friday Websites | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Get warmed up for the biggest shopping day of the year by bookmarking the hottest destinations on the Web touting Black Friday deals. | |
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| | Facebook Stock Maneuver Feeds IPO Rumors | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Consider yourself forewarned: the official line is that "Facebook has no plans to go public at this time." Just the same, a financial maneuver the company's performing has raised a few eyebrows since it seems to point towards that pos... | |
| | Top 10 Black Friday Websites (PC World) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | PC World - Black Friday is only days away, and while early sales have been heating up this year, the day after Thanksgiving will still be a day for big bargains. If you haven't already, you should get warmed up for the big shopping day by checkin... | |
| | eBay Unveils Bargain-Hunting Deals App (NewsFactor) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | NewsFactor - The ongoing holiday selling season -- both online and in the malls -- will enter the home stretch with the celebration of Thanksgiving, and eBay wants to be ready. | |
| | Yahoo Survey Finds Optimism for Holiday Online Retail | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Yahoo conducted a survey of small business online retailers to find out how they think they'll perform this upcoming holiday season compared to previous years. "Surprisingly, based on the current economic landscape, the results show an optim... | |
| | Gmail Lets You Send Attachments While Offline | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google has introduced a feature that lets you send attachments in Gmail while you're offline. It works the same way as it would online, except that you can't include inline images. "If you have Offline Gmail enabled, you'll notice that all y... | |
| | Top 2 booksellers report losses, their shares fall (AP) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | AP - Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc., the nation's two largest brick-and-mortar book sellers, both posted quarterly losses Thursday and forecast a difficult holiday season, saying competition from discount chains and online retail... | |
| | Google Getting More Experimental With Search Ads | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google is now offering some new formats for search ads. They have already been testing them in the U.S., so there is a chance you have already seen some of them if you live here. Some of them include videos. Some include maps. Some include multip... | |
| | Privately held Facebook sets up dual-class stock | Source: Reuters - Nov 24 2009 | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has established a dual-class stock structure to ensure voting control by existing owners, but has no plans to become a public company, it said on Tuesday. | |
| | New Banking Trojan Horses Gain Polish (PC World) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | PC World - Criminals today can hijack active online banking sessions, and new Trojan horses can fake the account balance to prevent victims from seeing that they're being defrauded. | |
| | Google's Ad Empire is Good for Small Business | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google is expanding its vast marketing empire with the purchase of Teracent. Google may be bad for traditional advertising, but its good for small business. | |
| | Black Friday 2009: The Best Deals On The Items You Want | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Is there a better way to kick off the Holiday season then slowly dragging yourself out of your tryptophan induced coma to go shopping during the wee hours of the day after Thanksgiving a.k.a. Black Friday? Sure, Black Friday seems utterly atrociou... | |
| | Google's Ad Empire is Good for Small Business (PC World) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | PC World - Google is the leader in online search and search-based advertising, and recent acquisitions are designed to expand the vast Google empire. Critics take exception to Google undercutting traditional marketing channels, but the evolving adver... | |
| | The Google-TiVo Deal: What It Means For You | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google and TiVo are teaming up for a new deal that'll put your clicking habits into the hands of advertisers. Here's a look at how the program will work. | |
| | Sanyo Delays Increase in Solar Cell Production (PC World) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | PC World - The story headlined "Sanyo delays increase in solar cell production" and posted Nov. 17 has been removed from the wire. Online editors are asked to immediately remove the story from Web sites and print editors are asked to not us... | |
| | New AOL (or is it Aol.?) Logo Revealed | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | AOL has shown off a new logo, which it considers a significant part of its new "brand identity." That is of course to go with its newfound independence from Time Warner. The logo is simple. Aol. That's it - capital A, lower-case o, low... | |
| | Europe votes on new telecoms law | Source: BBC - Nov 24 2009 | | | MEPs are due to pass a bill that could strengthen net users' rights and make broadband universal across Europe. | |
| | First look: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 beta (InfoWorld) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | InfoWorld - Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is a major upgrade from SharePoint 2007 in several areas. It has a much improved user interface, especially for online editing. It supports more browsers. It does a better job of integrating with Microsoft Offic... | |
| | EU Drops Qualcomm Antitrust Investigation | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | The European Commission has closed its antitrust probe of Qualcomm's patent licensing practices after Ericsson and others withdrew their complaints | |
| | Google pacts with TiVo for TV ad data (Reuters) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | Reuters - In its bid to make TV advertising more accountable -- and to sell more of it through its online auction service -- Google has teamed up with TiVo, the companies are set to announce Tuesday. | |
| | Opera 'censors' Chinese content | Source: BBC - Nov 24 2009 | | | Web browser Opera has closed a loophole which allowed Chinese users to access sites banned by the government. | |
| | Report: Microsoft, News Corp. Plotting Against Google | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | The companies behind search engines sometimes try to attract more traffic by advertising. Establishing a partnership is another strategy, as is improving the actual search results. Microsoft might be ready to try something a little differ... | |
| | Link Building for Bing Rankings: Dos and Don'ts | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | It's easy for businesses to get caught up in Google's expectations for their sites, when trying to market through search. That's certainly a wise thing to do, considering Google dominates the search market by a huge margin. Still, ther... | |
| | Microsoft, News Corp weigh Web pact: source (Reuters) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | Reuters - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. | |
| | Microsoft, News Corp weigh Web pact: source | Source: Reuters - Nov 24 2009 | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. | |
| | Retailers Funneling More Money To Bing | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Bing has managed to turn retailers' heads in a big way. After looking at statistics from part of 2008, SearchIgnite reported that retailers spent almost 50 percent more with Microsoft's search engine this time around, which puts Googl... | |
| | Ensuring Your Site is Indexed in Google's Mobile Search | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | In this day and age, you pretty much can't ignore mobile users. The rate at which consumers are accessing the web via mobile devices is growing rapidly, largely thanks to the increasing popularity and production of smartphones. Just having a m... | |
| | Now LinkedIn Will Be Featured in a Lot More Apps | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | LinkedIn has opened up its platform to developers. It can be accessed at developer.linkedin.com. "Over fifty million users entrust their professional identities and relationships with LinkedIn, helping build LinkedIn into the largest global pro... | |
| | Android Continues To Make Inroads | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google's Android is growing like a weed. Perhaps even a weed that's been fertilized and watered as if it was a desirable flower. A new report from AdMob lays out some impressive usage statistics and hints that there's much ... | |
| | Google Gets a New Real-Time Infrastructure for Display Ads | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google just announced that it is acquiring Teracent, a provider of "intelligent dynamic display advertising." The company considers itself a pioneer in dynamic ad serving and optimization solutions. Google appears to agree. Teracent provi... | |
| | AdTweets Seek to Promote Retweeting of Ads | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Businesses and ad networks are increasingly finding new ways to integrate social media and advertising. This is evident with AdKnowledge's recent acquisition of SocialMedia.com's ad network, and it is also evident with TweetMeme's new ... | |
| | eBay Back On Its Feet After Search/Browse Outage | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | eBay suffered a significant malfunction this weekend as an unspecified "technical issue" affected users' ability to both search and browse listings for most of Saturday. Now, the site's been restored to working order, but a ... | |
| | Free (and Some Not Free) Live Music | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | I love live music. Well, music in general, but there’s something about the anything-can-happen vibe and the interaction with the audience of concerts that’s hard... | |
| | Twitter Cofounder Talks Again About Acquisitions | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | There's no need to start refreshing the Twitter Blog every five seconds; it doesn't sound like any pens are poised over paper at the moment. However, Biz Stone has made some statements concerning acquisitions that point to more of them taking p... | |
| | Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online | Source: Reuters - Nov 24 2009 | | | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artifacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq. | |
| | Joost acquired by online ad company Adconion (AP) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | AP - The struggling online video startup Joost (juice-st) is being sold to an online advertising company that plans to continue operating its Web site under the same name. | |
| | Sony Support: Your 15 (Free) Minutes Are Up | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Sony responds to one reader's complaint that the company purposely prolonged the duration of a support call in order to extract money from him. | |
| | 12 Must-Have iPhone Apps for the Holidays | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | The holidays are stressful, but an iPhone or iPod Touch can help. Whether you want to cook a great meal or get the heck out of the house, there's an app for that. | |
| | Pillow Talk | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Maybe you've decided to show off your love for all things Mac with an Apple logo sticker affixed to your car or perhaps an Apple-themed t-shirt or even a framed... | |
| | Let Your Light Shine | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | An iPhone with a flashlight app is useful for small tasks like finding your keys. But more rugged situations call for a bright light and free hands. With the $30... | |
| | Cowabunga | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | iPhone-toting city slickers who'd like a taste of a frontier have a friend in Southern Brand. The company makes the $29 Limited Edition Cowhide iPhone Cover... | |
| | Wake-Up Call | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Many iPhone owners already use their phone as a makeshift alarm clock--why not go all the way by turning it into your nightstand clock? Kensington's $40... | |
| | We're All Ears | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Because they sit just inside the ends of your ear canals to block out a decent amount of external noise, a set of canalphones makes the ideal replacement for the... | |
| | Strike the Right Key | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Maybe a keyboard doesn't sound like the sort of gift that inspires squeals of delight come holiday time, but at least you know it's something the recipients are... | |
| | Sign Me Up | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Ten One Design's nifty $7 Autograph application addresses one of those analog gaps in this digital world. It lets you write your signature on your computer--so... | |
| | Apple's New iPhone Ads Back AT&T | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Apple yesterday released two more television commercials that support partner AT&T while criticizing Verizon. | |
| | Facebook Blocks Raunchy Worm | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Exploit spreading around the social network prompted users to click to see a revealing photo of a woman. | |
| | Do Video Games Support War Crimes? | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Swiss groups examine nearly two dozen war-related video games and conclude they entice players to 'violate international law'. | |
| | Follow Friday: Vampires on Twitter | Source: CNN - Nov 24 2009 | | | Among a certain (mostly young, mostly female) segment of the population, this weekend's news is all about one thing and one thing only: the opening of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." | |
| | Google Ignoring Its Own Policy on Desktop AdSense? | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | It has been discovered that Google is now showing AdSense ads inside Google Earth. While it is not that surprising to see Google putting ads on another one of its properties, it has raised a few eyebrows, given that Google Earth is a desktop applicat... | |
| | Is the Murdock Bing Deal Really Just About the Wall Street Journal? | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | After all is said and done Rupert Murdock may still be seen as the sly old fox that really knew best. Many bloggers and journalists have pounded the insanity of Murdock's suggestion that News Corp publications might strike an exclusive indexing deal ... | |
| | Google Obtains Access To TiVo Data | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google TV Ads is about to become a significantly more powerful marketing system. A new pact with TiVo will allow Google to gather (and then pass on) very precise data about which commercials are being viewed, and even (to a lesser degree) who i... | |
| | Interesting Chrome Extensions On the Way | Source: WebProNews - Nov 24 2009 | | | Google has opened up the Chrome Extension Gallery (beta) to developers. This means that anyone can now upload their extensions. Google says it is making the upload flow available early so developers have time to publish their extensions ahead of Goog... | |
| | Free and friendly | Source: BBC - Nov 24 2009 | | | Why the future of gaming lies in social networking | |
| | AOL May Not Have Enough Time To Be Successful (NewsFactor) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 24 2009 | | | NewsFactor - As it struggles to reinvent itself, the struggling former America Online has the savvy, technology and assets to succeed, but may not have the time, according to a former executive of the company. "AOL has quite a number of hidden g... | |
| | Greeting E-Card | Source: PCWorld - Nov 24 2009 | | | Thoughtful as they are, greeting cards lack that personal touch. RogueSheep’s Postage iPhone app lets you put a personal stamp on messages by converting your... | | |
