Posts Tagged with ‘International’

We spoke earlier this week of the joint YouTube-Beatbullying development that, you guessed it, addresses the issue of thuggery perpetrated both on school playgrounds and ones constructed on the Web. This next story, though not specifically related to the abovementioned announcement, also concerns the act of cyberbullying.
It has to do with a particular case in a particular American town called Aldermen, and involves the demise of a 13-year-old by the name of Megan Meier, who, subsequent to [...]

Skype has for a while shown to maintain just a small piece of itself in the world of wireless communications, what with its relatively lackluster sales of Skype-specific handsets (think Netgear, Philips, and SMC VoIP devices). Now the eBay-owned company is set to enter into the great big sea of cordless chatter with its announcement of the impending debut of its first cellular-network-backed handset in a new partnership with the international cellular network, 3.
The device, to be made available on [...]

Well, it’s happened. Microsoft has made its investment in Facebook. 240 million bucks’ worth.
That translates to about a 1.6% stake for MSFT in the popular social network – if the $15 billion valuation of the company is anything of a solid number. Yes, Redmond’s got 1.6%, and Google and Yahoo! have: 0. Booyah, Larry, Serg, and Yang! Gates’ gang so showed you guys up.
Or something like that. Today, The New York Times report on the news opened with [...]

Trying to book an international flight, but frustrated by the lack of options or the knowledge that there’s probably a lower fare out there you just can’t find? Vayama takes care of these problems, being the solution to finding all international flights you might need. Backed by one of the largest travel organizations in the world, BCD Holdings NV, vayama comes to the table with a lot of experience and support to make it a powerful resource for travelers. It brings [...]

Internet radio stations aren’t having the best of times at the moment. They continue to be astonished at the Copyright Royalty Board’s (Part of the US Library of Congress) decision to hike up the playback fees asked of them just as the medium is starting to catch on as a viable alternative to the FM and AM transmission methods.
One of the most popular venues for streaming audio, Pandora, has been among the parties who’ve voiced the loudest protests [...]

Yahoo! China just launched a new blogging and networking aspect in their continued efforts to diversify. The effort, termed "Yahoo Space" includes blogging, networking, a photo gallery and other interactive services.
In actuality Yahoo! has always been more diverse that Google, but got passed because of several factors including Google's superior search and raking capability back when. Since then Yahoo! has been incrementally integrating services to add utility for their users. As my colleague Paul Glazowski pointed out in a great [...]