Hardly one year after it was launched, Yahoo! Mash will be shutting down. The experimental social network aspired to be a potential competitor to the hugely popular social sites such as Facebook and MySpace, but fell far short of this lofty target.
Matt Warburton, Yahoo’s community manager, sent an email to all Mash members in this […]

The U.S.A. has now caught up with Western Europe in adoption of 3G technoloy. A new report from comScore has found that it is a neck and neck race between the two regions now, with 28.4% of U.S. mobile users and 28.3% European mobile consumers using 3G technology.
The 3G industry has grown almost 80% in […]

There seems to be a whole new meaning given to the term, ‘Cyber Crime’. As per reports a resident of Rego Park Queens, in New York, George Tutaya, aged 41, was arrested, for allegedly selling stolen bras on eBay, over the last two years.
The bras were from the well known couture brand Victoria’s Secret, and […]

According to The Wall Street Journal, Google and Verizon are believed to be negotiating a deal together.
If the deal comes through, Google would be the default search site on Verizon instruments. If all goes well, this facility could even be extended to Verizon’s Web Portal and FiOS TV service at a later stage.
With the competition […]

Google is trying very hard to improve the data available, about various regions of the world, on Google Maps. In order to do this, they have launched a new tool called map Maker, which uses a Wiki like approach.
This tool which was first launched in June 2008 will help to fill in details of the […]

Last week, Google launched a new tool, known as the Gears Geolocation API. This tool will enable mobile and desktop users to detailed information about the area they are in, even if they do not know where they are and their mobiles are not GPS enabled.
Third party developer, lastminute.com a well known travel site in […]

Towards the end of 2007, Google had launched a new means for content owners to track unauthorized videos on YouTube. This new product called Video ID, puts content owners in a position to control the use of their content, by means of the latest technology now available.
Content owners will now have the prerogative to […]

Facebook is planning to test a new ad format in U.K. and U.S.A., which would amalgamate well with the already existing features of the network.
Come September, they will roll out an ‘Engagement Ad’ format, with some select advertisers, in such a manner, that users can continue with their usual practice of commenting, giving gifts and […]

U2’s first studio album in over 4 years is rumoured to be scheduled for release on November 18, 2008. However, some tracks from the album have already been leaked over the Internet.
The lead singer, Bono, was playing some new songs from U2’s forthcoming album, which fans speculate might be named “No Line On The Horizon”, […]

The current U.S. Presidential hopefuls are certainly moving with the times, and in the process they are changing the way that election campaigns have been held over the years.
Barack Obama and John McCain are now making good use of the wide reach of the Web 2.0 sites and also search and social networking sites […]