Google in Content Deal With Media Companies
Google built an empire delivering advertisements across the Internet, and now it plans to distribute content from media companies just as aggressively. — Google is working with Dow Jones & Company, ...
An Ad Upstart Forces Google to Open Up a Little
Google and Yahoo have been fighting it out over which company will dominate the online advertising business, with Google maintaining the upper hand so far. — But in the competition for contextual te...
Microsoft Demonstrates Further Commitment to Healthcare Market With Planned Acquisition of Web Search Company
Medstory's intuitive technology designed to improve access to health information and empower consumers to make better-informed health decisions.
comScore Data Show Yahoo!'s New Ranking Model Has Had Initial Positive Impact on Sponsored Search Click-Through Rates
comScore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, today released the results of a study analyzing the changes in Yahoo!'s click-through rates for sponsored search ads since …
New Hot Properties: YouTube Celebrities
No one would mistake the Ask a Jew guy for Lonelygirl15, but these days YouTube contributor Shmuel Tennenhaus is feeling like a hot commodity. — Mr. Tennenhaus, an aspiring comedy writer who gained ...
EMI to Apple, Microsoft: Ditching DRM is going to cost you
Earlier this month it was widely reported that EMI was indeed ready to cast DRM into the dark abyss and earn the company the honorable status of being the first major music label to realize that DRM a...
Big Boom in Metaverse Development
[Clickable Culture's RSS 2.0 feed is intended for your personal, non-commercial use.] — Third-party metaverse development firm The Electric Sheep Company, which creates content and services for virt...
Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center
I was lucky enough to get in on the Gmail beta when it launched and I haven't looked back since. Even though I've had an account for almost three years and I get over 100 emails a day, I have chewed...
IRS goes after eBay, wants info on seller earnings
The IRS wants its money. That's why it has helpfully assembled a list of the most common excuses people use (PDF) for not paying their taxes. In case you weren't aware of it, a claim that "the 16th ...
Quintura Visual Search Engine Relaunches
At around 8 AM PST this morning, Moscow-based search engine Quintura will relaunch its visual search engine with a new user interface (if it looks like the screen shot below, it's launched). — The c...
Linux users tell Ballmer to put his code where his mouth is
We're pumped for a real showdown in the upcoming months, since the Linux community has just launched Show Us the Code, a website / movement humoring Steve Ballmer's repeated claims of burgled Microsof...
Entropy in Tagging Systems, Google's Office Killer and Conference Diversity
I'm almost caught up on my blog reading since getting back from vacation and I've spotted a couple of items I'd have blogged responses to if I was around. Since I don't have the time to write full bl...
YouTube and Google Video Player in Google SERPs: This Is EVIL
Google caused some major controversy by prominently recommending Blogger to all users who searched for blog-related terms. So how will bloggers react now that Google is experimenting with Google Vide...