Google Gets a Lawsuit from Photographers
Here’s another twist on Google’s long struggle on the Google Book Search Settlement issue. The American Society of Media Photograpehrs (ASMP) and other photographic artists...
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Arnold Zafra writes daily on the announcements by Google, Ask.com, Yahoo & MSN along with how these announcements effect web publishers. He is currently building three niche blogs covering iPad News, Google Android Phones and E-Book Readers.
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Android is Now the Fastest Growing Mobile Apps Market
Although its current catalog of mobile apps is way too far behind the number of apps in the iTunes Apps Store, still Google’s Android Marketplace...
AOL to Sell or Shut Down Bebo Social Network
AOL’s social networking site Bebo may soon be joining the dead pool or if AOL is lucky enough it may be joining another company. According...
Yahoo Wants to Buy Foursquare for $100 Million
Among the location-based social media startups that are making waves right now, I’ve always believed that Foursquare has the biggest potential to make it big,...
Google Integrates Buzz to Gmail for Mobile
As if the noise created by Google Buzz on Gmail for desktop is not enough, Google has just integrated Google Buzz to Gmail for Mobile....
8 Search Engine Related iPad Apps
Aside from Twitter and Social Networking apps, another interesting set of apps available right now on the iPad App Store are search-related. I scoured through...
Google to Ask Buzz Users to Reconfirm Privacy Settings
Anytime now, when you click on the Buzz tab on your Gmail account Google will ask you to confirm or change your privacy settings. The...
Digg Releases Mobile App for Android
When Digg announced its Digg for iPhone app a couple of weeks ago, for awhile I thought nobody would noticed it as I’m beginning to...
Yahoo Brings its Entertainment Portal to the iPad
Aside from Google Yahoo is also making its presence felt in the iPad party. For Yahoo’s part it’s by way of making its entertainment portal...
Google is also iPad-Ready
A few more hours before the iPad starts arriving on those who pre-ordered it for the last two weeks or so, and with the excitement...
Google Acquires Online Video Platform – Episodic
Google just acquired a new startup, this time specializing on online video platform for broadcasting both live and on-demand content to the web or any...
Twitter Highlights Top Tweets, Users on its Homepage
Twitter has started rolling out a new design of its homepage, the page that loads on your browser when you visit Twitter.com and you are...
Google Gives AdWords a Mobile Interface
Google has just rolled out its AdWords for Mobile applications that should run on the iPhone, Android and Palm Pre devices. AdWords for Mobile provides...
iPhone and Android Phones’ Traffic Rise
Mobile Metrics firm Admob’s February report is showing some interesting trend in the mobile market today. Specifically, Admob’s report indicates that smartphone’s worldwide traffic is...
Facebook to Change “Become a Fan” Button to “Like” on Fan Pages
Facebook will soon be changing the “Become a Fan” button that you see on Fan Pages to the more universal “Like” button. According to the...
Is Facebook Prepping Up Something Against Google Analytics
If you are maintaining a Facebook page, you might have received an email from Facebook containing a summary of the activities that happened in the...
Google Receives Overwhelming Response to Call for Fiber Network Host
With the deadline for Google’s call for request for information on various communities to host their fiber network project already closed, Google has reportedly receive...
Google Launches AdWords Remarketing
Say you followed an online ad from a paid Google search listing. But while on the landing page of that site, you can’t decide whether...
Bing to Roll Out Three New Features this Spring
At the ongoing SES event in New York, Bing is reporting about new features that are being prepared for launch this coming Spring. These three...
Google to Send Warnings on Compromised Gmail Accounts
To stop Gmail accounts from getting stolen from their real owners, Google is starting to send notifications to Gmail members whose accounts they think are...
WTF! Did Somebody Just Hack Google’s Corporate Site?
Before it’s too late, you might want to check out these two Google sites – http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html and http://www.google.com/corporate/. Noticed anything different from what is being...
Google Bookmarks Rolls Out Social List Feature
Although Google has already stopped supporting its Notebooks service, those who did not delete their accounts can still use the service and its features. One...
Google Voice for Android Gets Faster Notifications
Unfortunately, I have no way of testing this new feature of the Google Voice app for Android since Google Voice is available only in the...
Google Releases AdWords Search Funnels
Google is currently testing a new Google AdWords feature called Search Funnels. These are set of reports that describe the ad click and impression behavior...
Yahoo Search Arrives on the Apps Store
Why Yahoo took this long to release a native iPhone app for its search engine is a mystery. Yet, it’s a significant day for the...
Google is Looking for Traders to Manage its Cash Reserves
If you’re a seasoned trader and you’ve long wanted to become a Google employee, now is your chance to take a crack at this once...
Google Tests Hotel Price Listings on Google Maps
Google Maps is a pretty useful tool for conducting local search on business establishments, directions and yes route maps. It’s been getting wide usage and...
Google Redirects Chinese Search to HongKong
Finally, Google made the drastic move top stop censoring its search services on Google.cn. Starting today, users visiting the site will be redirected to Google.com.hk...
Facebook Drive More Loyal Visitors to News and Media Sites
Well, it looks like Facebook is not only beating Google in terms of being the most visited site in the U.S. as well as for...
Yahoo Rolls Out Auto-Updating Address Book
Yahoo has just rolled out a pretty useful feature of its Yahoo! Contacts service. This feature, if you’re willing to share information with your friends...