Archives for the Month of July, 2008

Microsoft to expand Facebook ad pact

Microsoft Corp will announce
plans to expand its relationship with online social network
Facebook to provide web search and search advertising, a source
familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Brubaker putting "Angel" online

Veteran comic-book
artist Ed Brubaker is spearheading an online live-action
series.

Businessman wins Facebook libel case

A businessman won a libel case and
22,000 pounds in damages at the High Court on Thursday after
false claims about him were posted on the hugely popular social
networking Web site Facebook.

Google buying Digg for $200m - the end of the independent web?

It’s a rumour that has been around for months but TechCrunch is now reporting that search engine Google could be on the verge of buying Digg, one of the web’s most popular social bookmarking sites, for $200 million.According to the influential tech blog, the deal is almost done and could close in a couple […]

Online services tearing down walls, sharing content

It might indeed be true that
everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten.

Italy prepares to charge Google execs

Italian prosecutors are preparing to file
charges against four current or former Google Inc executives
over a 2006 video on the Internet provider’s Italian-language
site, court sources said on Friday.

Live Search Comes To Facebook

Microsoft and Facebook have reportedly come to an agreement and signed a deal that will bring Microsoft’s Live Search and Advertising operations to Facebook.
The exact date for the launch of this new project is yet to be decided, but is expected to be by the end of this year.
Microsoft already has strong ties with Facebook, […]

Redlasso halts blogger service amid lawsuit

News video-sharing site Redlasso said
on Friday it will suspend its video search and clipping service
for bloggers as it defends against a copyright infringement
lawsuit filed this week by NBC and Fox News Channel.

Will Google Search Look Like Digg Once Users Vote On SERPs?

Google has been bucket testing a new interface on some randomly selected users. Recently a screen shot of the new interface along with a video showing the new search features was screened. This interface has a very Digg-like look and feel.
A video demonstrating this new search results page feature can be see on TechCrunch. A […]

Google Is U.K.’s Most Popular Brand

The Superbrands Council, which is a consortium of experts in various fields such as marketing, advertising and media carried out a survey to judge which are the most popular brands in the U.K. They compiled a list of over 1,000 well known brands in the market, and then conducted a survey across 2,200 consumers, to […]