I saw this article and have to applaud one of the few good business uses of Facebook. We have had clients utilize this type of marketing and it is a great way to connect with your clients. The key to using this type of marketing is the social nature of your business. Salons already have [...]
A federal appeals court has ruled that Yahoo’s LAUNCHcast Internet radio operation will not have to pay millions in individual licensing fees. Instead, it will adhere to a lower fee rate set by the Copyright Royalty Board. Read full story via E-Commerce News
As print news continues down the death spiral this news only punctuates the reality that print represents old news. Some movie theaters looking to cut costs have stopped buying space in local newspapers to list show times. Most viewers now get their information online, they say, and they usually report no significant drop in attendance [...]
A patent ruling against Microsoft in a Texas court is fomenting a small wave of hysteria: A judge has ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word in 60 days. It’s highly unlikely that Word users around the globe will have to stop using their software or that all their existing Word docs will dissolve, however. What [...]
When Google drops a hundred million to acquire a company, it doesn’t usually set the tech industry buzzing. Its acquisition of On2 Technologies is a different story, though. Google is keeping mum on its motives, but others are talking. One popular hypothesis is that it’s buying the video compression technology just so it can open [...]
The following unlinked announcement can be seen on the stock.xchng website. It seems like a good move for upselling premium images in the top line of search results within the site. Let’s just hope Getty doesn’t screw up this valuable resource with it’s Microsoft like tendencies… 28 July 2009 Getty Images is proud to welcome [...]
Federal regulators want to know if AT&T and Apple worked to together to reject mobile apps for Google’s innovative Voice service, sending letters to the companies asking them to explain this incident and the policies behind the secretive and lucrative iPhone App store. The letters are the first indication that the feds might be interested [...]
Colleges and universities across the United States are offering free courses online on virtually every subject imaginable, including videotaped lectures by some of their most distinguished professors. Video-sharing site YouTube recently created a hub called YouTube EDU at youtube.com/edu for the more than 100 US colleges and universities offering free online learning. Read full article [...]
In its search for a second act, Yahoo has decided it is no longer a technology company. A search and advertising deal announced Wednesday means Yahoo’s once-dominant search engine will grind to a halt for 10 years, replaced by Microsoft’s often-revamped and newly branded Bing. Read full story via Wired.com.
Adobe announced two open-source initiatives Tuesday, both of which are intended to make it easier for web publishers to create rich media web experiences based in Flash. The Open Source Media Framework (formerly code-named Strobe) is a set of components released under the Mozilla Public License that let developers build applications based around Flash video. [...]
