Nielsen online has released the latest rankings of social networks for the month of June 2008. Two social networks have out-shone the rest.
Facebook has reason to smile, as they have received a record 29.2 million unique visitors in the U.S. alone, which is a 10% increase compared to the figures for May, and a 77% […]
Archives for the Month of July, 2008
Social Network Stats For June 2008
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Microsoft Resumes Talks With AOL
Monday, 21 July 2008
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Microsoft and AOL have resumed discussions with each other, to try and come to a mutually beneficial agreement on a search-related deal.
It is believed that the meeting was organised following the breakdown of talks between Microsoft and Yahoo! yet again.
Microsoft has been trying hard to improve their […]
The benefits of accessible YouTube videos
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Videos are an important facet of the myriad entertainment options offered by the internet. They can offer hours of enjoyment for the typical web user; but are disabled users able to gain the full possible benefits of video portals such as YouTube?The simple answer is no. Google, who purchased YouTube - the internet’s premier video […]
Microsoft lashes out at Google-Yahoo! deal
Saturday, 19 July 2008
On Tuesday, Brad Smith, senior vice-president and general counsel of Microsoft, told the US Senate committee that chief executive of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, had told him face-to-face that the recent deal between Yahoo! and Google would squeeze Microsoft out of the market.The deal, which means Google and Yahoo! will collaborate in a joint advertising […]
Delver’s social media search
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Bigmouthmedia yesterday reported the launch of new social search engine, Scour, which allows users to vote and comment on search results from major search engines. Today we bring you another service, Delver, which has been described as a “social search engine”. Delver is now in alpha testing and could more accurately be […]
Twitter gets search friendly with Summize
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Is Twitter 2008’s answer to Facebook? The micro-blogging service, which allows people to post updates on their activities, has enjoyed a huge rise in popularity since the start of the year, not least due to the flurry of activity from prominent posters like Barack Obama.And in a deal that’s had Silicon Valley insiders shaking […]
Russia’s Rambler sells ad unit to Google
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Rambler Media, the British-registered
owner of Russia’s Rambler Internet portal, said on Friday it
has agreed to sell the Begun advertising agency to Google for
$140 million (70.3 million pounds).
Volume rises for music video games
Saturday, 19 July 2008
It turns out everyone just wants to
be a rock star.
Fans drool over iPhone but ask for more
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Enthusiastic new iPhone owners are
starting to sound like the cast of long-running stage musical:
“I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change.”
Talk of a bitter cup of coffee
Saturday, 19 July 2008
First there was road rage, then
there was office rage.