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Bing Webmaster Tools Gets Markup Validator
Bing Webmaster Tools has a new tool called the Markup Validation Tool, which can be found under the “crawl” tab “This tool is a great way to understand if the added code is actually going to be readable, as intended,” …
Google Wallet On Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S (AT&T), According to Reports
Several reports have come out indicating that AT&T has quietly begun allowing users of the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S NFC-enabled smartphones to download Google Wallet. Slashgear reports that the download requires that an AT&T SIM be loaded into the …
Pizza Hut Super Bowl Infographic Compares Pizza To Search, Social Media
It goes without saying that Pizza Hut will sell a lot of pizza over Super Bowl weekend. To illustrate this, however, the popular pizza chain has put out the following infographic making some interesting comparisons. They posted it to their …
Google Shows Twitter Results In “Search Plus Your World” Fashion
Ian Lurie at Conversion Marketing claims to have seen Twitter results appearing in Google search results in “Search Plus Your World” fashion. He shows a screen cap to back up his claim. It’s not the People and Places box or …
Madden 12 For Android, iPhone On Sale For 99 Cents Ahead Of Super Bowl
Update: The game is on sale for 99 cents on both Android and iOS. EA Sports has decided to reduce the price of Madden 12 for Android ahead of the Super Bowl. It’s usually $4.99, but if you go the …
Best And Worst Super Bowl Ads: Vote On Facebook
Facebook and USA Today are hosting an “Ad Meter” at facebook.com/sports, where people can go to express who had the best and worst Super Bowl ads by casting votes. The voting starts at kickoff, and runs until 6PM ET on …
Madonna on Google+: MDNA #1 On iTunes, Publicist: No Girls Gone Wild For Super Bowl
Madonna is set to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show this weekend, on Friday, she released her new music video for Give Me All Your Luvin’ (Feat. M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj) on YouTube. Google says she’s supposed to be …
Anonymous Hits Law Firm From Haditha Killings Defense
On Friday, Anonymous released documents (including 3GB worth of emails) from the law firm that defended marine Sgt. Frank Wuterich. Wuterich is allegedly responsible for leading the charge in the killings of unarmed civilians (including women and children) in Haditha, …
Copyright Reform or ACTA?
Which method is best for combating piracy and other forms of Internet related intellectual property infringement? If you were to listen the average European Union citizen, the reaction towards ACTA has been understandably negative. However, various governments of the European …
Café Kauko Brings New Meaning to Internet Café
In Helsinki, Finland, there’s a new café called Café Kauko. It’s an Internet café in a different sense that what you’re probably used to. The actual experience of the café itself is controlled by the Internet. Here’s a look: Patrons …
Chrome Market Share Down Following PageRank Penalty
This is some unexpected news. Chrome’s market share has actually fallen? That’s the case according to new data from Net Applications. document.getElementById("na634639479235823277").src="http://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=1"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qptimeframe=M"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpsp=146"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpnp=11"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpdt=1"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpct=4"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpcustom=Microsoft+Internet+Explorer%2cChrome%2cFirefox"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpcustomb=0"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpf=16"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpwidth=616"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpdisplay=1111"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpmr=10"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"site="+window.location.hostname The firm attributes the loss in Chrome market share to the penalty Google placed on it after the …
Google Privacy Changes: Google Won’t Pause Rollout For EU / CNIL
This week, the European Union and France’s National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) asked Google to pause the rollout of its new privacy policy changes. The reason? To provide time for the EU’s Article 29 Working Party, which …
Facebook Mobile Ads Are Not In Pilot Testing [Updated]
Update: False alarm, apparently. A Facebook spokesperson says: “We want to clarify that we are not working with any agency to create paid ads on our mobile platform.” Gelb clarified further: “I would like to clarify a statement I made …
Firefox 11 Gets SPDY
It was just last week that Google was talking about SPDY gaining adoption. Google announced SPDY in 2009 as a protocol for transporting content over the web. SPDY, Google explained, was designed for minimizing latency through features like multiplexed streams, …
Facebook Sponsored Stories: Unavoidable For Brands?
Facebook is going public soon. You already knew that I’m sure. You probably also know that Facebook makes most of its money from ads. Not all of it, but a very significant portion. If the company’s relationship with Zynga ever …
Exclusive: Does Facebook’s IPO Make Good Business Sense?
Companies file for IPOs all the time, but the recent filing by social networking giant Facebook has seemed to connect with nearly everyone, and in a big way. On Wednesday, Facebook filed for its IPO in hopes to raise $5 billion or more, which would make it the largest initial public offering from an Internet or technology company.
EXCLUSIVE: Salesforce Talks Desk.com, Its New Customer Service Platform
Earlier this week, Salesforce announced the launch of a new customer service platform called Desk.com. The service is cloud-based and integrates social media as well as traditional channels including email and phone.
Google Panda Update Addressed In New Google Announcement
Google today listed changes it made to its algorithm in January. As previously discussed, the biggest takeaway from that (at least in my opinion) was an increased focus on freshness through not only updates to the “Freshness Update,” but also …
Bing Hints At Better Utilization of Facebook, Twitter In Near Future
It’s well known within the Internet industry that Bing has special access to Facebook and Twitter that Google doesn’t. They pay for such access. Google thinks it can do better by putting Google+ content all over its results with Search …
Android, iOS App Celebrates 75 Years Of Dr. Seuss
Seventy-five years ago a cartoonist and poet by the name of Theodore Seuss Geisel decided to try his hand at writing children’s literature. The first result was a wonderful little book about a boy letting his imagination wander as he …
Bing Webmaster Tools has a new tool called the Markup Validation Tool, which can be found under the “crawl” tab “This tool is a great way to understand if the added code is actually going to be readable, as intended,” …
Google Wallet On Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S (AT&T), According to Reports
Several reports have come out indicating that AT&T has quietly begun allowing users of the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S NFC-enabled smartphones to download Google Wallet. Slashgear reports that the download requires that an AT&T SIM be loaded into the …
Pizza Hut Super Bowl Infographic Compares Pizza To Search, Social Media
It goes without saying that Pizza Hut will sell a lot of pizza over Super Bowl weekend. To illustrate this, however, the popular pizza chain has put out the following infographic making some interesting comparisons. They posted it to their …
Google Shows Twitter Results In “Search Plus Your World” Fashion
Ian Lurie at Conversion Marketing claims to have seen Twitter results appearing in Google search results in “Search Plus Your World” fashion. He shows a screen cap to back up his claim. It’s not the People and Places box or …
Madden 12 For Android, iPhone On Sale For 99 Cents Ahead Of Super Bowl
Update: The game is on sale for 99 cents on both Android and iOS. EA Sports has decided to reduce the price of Madden 12 for Android ahead of the Super Bowl. It’s usually $4.99, but if you go the …
Best And Worst Super Bowl Ads: Vote On Facebook
Facebook and USA Today are hosting an “Ad Meter” at facebook.com/sports, where people can go to express who had the best and worst Super Bowl ads by casting votes. The voting starts at kickoff, and runs until 6PM ET on …
Madonna on Google+: MDNA #1 On iTunes, Publicist: No Girls Gone Wild For Super Bowl
Madonna is set to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show this weekend, on Friday, she released her new music video for Give Me All Your Luvin’ (Feat. M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj) on YouTube. Google says she’s supposed to be …
Anonymous Hits Law Firm From Haditha Killings Defense
On Friday, Anonymous released documents (including 3GB worth of emails) from the law firm that defended marine Sgt. Frank Wuterich. Wuterich is allegedly responsible for leading the charge in the killings of unarmed civilians (including women and children) in Haditha, …
Copyright Reform or ACTA?
Which method is best for combating piracy and other forms of Internet related intellectual property infringement? If you were to listen the average European Union citizen, the reaction towards ACTA has been understandably negative. However, various governments of the European …
Café Kauko Brings New Meaning to Internet Café
In Helsinki, Finland, there’s a new café called Café Kauko. It’s an Internet café in a different sense that what you’re probably used to. The actual experience of the café itself is controlled by the Internet. Here’s a look: Patrons …
Chrome Market Share Down Following PageRank Penalty
This is some unexpected news. Chrome’s market share has actually fallen? That’s the case according to new data from Net Applications. document.getElementById("na634639479235823277").src="http://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=1"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qptimeframe=M"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpsp=146"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpnp=11"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpdt=1"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpct=4"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpcustom=Microsoft+Internet+Explorer%2cChrome%2cFirefox"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpcustomb=0"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpf=16"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpwidth=616"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpdisplay=1111"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpmr=10"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"site="+window.location.hostname The firm attributes the loss in Chrome market share to the penalty Google placed on it after the …
Google Privacy Changes: Google Won’t Pause Rollout For EU / CNIL
This week, the European Union and France’s National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) asked Google to pause the rollout of its new privacy policy changes. The reason? To provide time for the EU’s Article 29 Working Party, which …
Facebook Mobile Ads Are Not In Pilot Testing [Updated]
Update: False alarm, apparently. A Facebook spokesperson says: “We want to clarify that we are not working with any agency to create paid ads on our mobile platform.” Gelb clarified further: “I would like to clarify a statement I made …
Firefox 11 Gets SPDY
It was just last week that Google was talking about SPDY gaining adoption. Google announced SPDY in 2009 as a protocol for transporting content over the web. SPDY, Google explained, was designed for minimizing latency through features like multiplexed streams, …
Facebook Sponsored Stories: Unavoidable For Brands?
Facebook is going public soon. You already knew that I’m sure. You probably also know that Facebook makes most of its money from ads. Not all of it, but a very significant portion. If the company’s relationship with Zynga ever …
Exclusive: Does Facebook’s IPO Make Good Business Sense?
Companies file for IPOs all the time, but the recent filing by social networking giant Facebook has seemed to connect with nearly everyone, and in a big way. On Wednesday, Facebook filed for its IPO in hopes to raise $5 billion or more, which would make it the largest initial public offering from an Internet or technology company.
EXCLUSIVE: Salesforce Talks Desk.com, Its New Customer Service Platform
Earlier this week, Salesforce announced the launch of a new customer service platform called Desk.com. The service is cloud-based and integrates social media as well as traditional channels including email and phone.
Google Panda Update Addressed In New Google Announcement
Google today listed changes it made to its algorithm in January. As previously discussed, the biggest takeaway from that (at least in my opinion) was an increased focus on freshness through not only updates to the “Freshness Update,” but also …
Bing Hints At Better Utilization of Facebook, Twitter In Near Future
It’s well known within the Internet industry that Bing has special access to Facebook and Twitter that Google doesn’t. They pay for such access. Google thinks it can do better by putting Google+ content all over its results with Search …
Android, iOS App Celebrates 75 Years Of Dr. Seuss
Seventy-five years ago a cartoonist and poet by the name of Theodore Seuss Geisel decided to try his hand at writing children’s literature. The first result was a wonderful little book about a boy letting his imagination wander as he …
