Posts Tagged with ‘news’

Just who are Google, AOL and Yahoo! chasing in China anyway? Let's take a look at China's top search engine Baidu.com and see who is making all the ad dollars in China right now. It seems like every day I have the opportunity to report on either a Google blunder in the international market, or [...]

Good old AOL just launched a Web portal in India that combines IM, email and local content from Bollywood and other media. AOL has set its sights on the ad revenue being gobbled up by competitors Yahoo! and MSN and India's local companies. The online ad market in India is only a fraction of the $3 billion [...]

Blinkx video search appears to be going public next month. The decision emanates from the Autonomy Group, which intends to exercise an option over their shares in Blinkx. Blinkx just announced the other day a partnership with National Geographic to index their acclaimed documentaries. Blinkx is currently the world's largest video search engine. Their service has endeavored to solve the [...]

In the wake of the most devastating and violent events at Virginia Tech, people worldwide seem to be restless and even grasping for how to feel and react. Obviously no one is battling with this event more so than the parents and siblings of the victims. I truly and personally am sorry for this unfathomable [...]

Free online encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the most popular sites on the Web, and Jimmy Wales has operated the multilingual virtual encyclopedia for??6 years without the first ad. If you think about this for a minute the significance of operating one of the world’s most popular web sites without a scrap of adverting for [...]

Are you a relentless wilfer? A recent study by YouGov polling on the habits of surfers in Britain revealed that the average user spent an average of two whole days a month surfing the net aimlessly! The term wilfing is short for "what was I looking for?" I am sure most of us have thought that [...]

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 [...]

G-men descended on Second Life's gambling casinos at the request of the virtual world's creator Linden Lab. The FBI has not made a determination about the legality of the site's virtual gambling and the agents probably felt pretty naked without their guns and badges too. Second Life has requested review of this issue several times [...]

YouTube may be irresistible to many, but there sure is a lot of resistance to their content lately. Now Thailand's military government has blocked access to YouTube after Google refused to withdraw a video clip mocking the nation's King. In Thailand, defacing images of the King is a crime. This is not a matter for judgemental indignation [...]