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Iron Man: Ode to Gates and Ballmer?
2008-05-04 13:25:00 Tonight I saw the Iron Man blockbuster, starring Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark. The movie defines Stark as a precocious kid, by flashing an old photo of him with Bill Gates . Along with some additional life history, we learn that Iron Man is at the top of his technical game but has ... More About: Search Engines
Daily Awareness
2008-05-04 02:25:00 Besides being the CEO and founder of Turning Point, Inc; Maxwell Publishing’s bestselling author; an internationally recognized Internet marketing and publicity expert; and an award-winning keynote speaker, Kathleen Gage also takes her Spiritual walk seriously. She has been on a conscious spiritual quest for over three decades. With a thirst for knowledge and a deep desire ... More About: Daily , Management , Awareness
Breaking: Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Offer; Yahoo Responds
2008-05-04 02:25:00 Microhoo bid raised aloft; Google-Yahoo Kool-Aid quaffed. “No Mas” cried Ballmer’s Microsoft . Yahoo drank the Google paid search Kool-Aid to fight off Microsoft, leading the Redmond giant to retract its higher bid to acquire the Sunnyvale search engine. Microsoft reportedly offered $33 a share, and Yahoo held fast at $37 a share. That was too rich ... More About: Search Engines , Breaking , Yahoo!
Microsoft Withdraws Bid for Yahoo
2008-05-04 02:25:00 Microsoft on Saturday withdrew its bid to acquire Yahoo , opting against raising its offer $5 billion more or pursuing a hostile takeover. Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer, in a letter to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, said he was concerned that Yahoo would take actions that would make the company undesirable to Microsoft. Of particular concern: Yahoo’s decision ... More About: Microsoft , Internet Marketing , Yahoo!
Adobe?s Open Screen Project Could be Too Late
2008-05-03 02:25:00 In the wake of Thursday’s announcement by Adobe Systems that it is launching the Open Screen Project to make it easier for developers to use the company’s Flash technology on a variety of devices, the lingering question is whether the move simply comes too late. Over the last few years, the mobile market has burgeoned into ... More About: Technology
Microsoft Reported Ready to Go Hostile To Acquire Yahoo
2008-05-03 02:25:00 Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc. as soon as Friday, according to a published report. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported early Friday that the world’s largest software maker may be preparing to go straight to Internet pioneer Yahoo’s shareholders. An announcement was “likely” to come ... More About: Technology , Microsoft , Acquire , Ready
EMC Offers MozyHome for Macs Backup Service
2008-05-03 02:25:00 Mac users looking for off-site backup can get it from EMC, which announced Thursday that its MozyHome for Mac is now available. EMC described it as “the industry’s first unlimited online backup service” for Macs . EMC said other versions of Mozy, including enterprise PCs, have about 700,000 users worldwide and about 6.2 billion files backed up. ... More About: Technology , Backup , Service , Offers
GTA IV Helps Boost Sales of Video-Game Consoles
2008-05-03 02:25:00 As most people are probably aware, 2008 is a presidential election year. One of the things political analysts will be looking at closely is whether the winning candidate has “coattails,” or the ability to boost the vote totals of fellow party members running for the House and Senate. One of the reasons Republicans are fond of ... More About: Video , Technology , Sales , Consoles , Game
First Annual SES Awards for Best Search Engine Strategies
2008-05-03 00:25:00 In celebration of Search Engine Strategies ’ 10-year anniversary, SES San Jose 2008 will host the first annual SES Awards ceremony. The SES Awards will be held Wednesday, August 20, 2008, hosted by Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies. Winners will be selected in each of the following categories: * Technology Platform ... More About: Search Engines
Live Search QnA Gets Updates
2008-05-03 00:25:00 Microsoft’s Live Search team has announced updates to its answer feature, QnA. The updates to the service, still in Beta, are being dubbed the “Renaissance release” and include the following, according to their blog: Focus on the QnA experience for new users. Encourage users to discover content and functionality in new ways. Highlight and award higher quality ... More About: Search Engines , Updates , Live Search
STD?s: No Laughing Matter
2008-04-29 22:25:00 Except when they are. Planned Parenthood nails the sex ed instructor shtick with a new video site at TakeCareDownThere.org. It’s funny and filthy stuff, just the way teenagers like it. Bonus points for use of “blow-jays.” More About: Internet Marketing , Matter , Laughing
Grand Theft Auto: Not the Placement You?d Expect
2008-04-29 22:25:00 Rockstar Games released the fourth installation in its Grand Theft Auto franchise today, an d the game’s soft porn Web ads are popping up in some odd places. See exhibit above. Two ClickZ reporters spotted this one on the Times home page just now, suggesting its not targeted on behavior. More About: Internet Marketing , Expect
Publicis Digital Revenues Now 18 Percent of Business
2008-04-29 22:25:00 Its acquisitions of Digitas and Business Interactif last year helped boost Publicis’ digital revenues to 18 percent of the total pie in Q1 as the holding company continues to expand online and in emerging markets. The strongest growth rates were in its digital businesses, which soared over 20 percent, followed by media activities. That said, ... More About: Internet Marketing , Digital
How to "Green" Your Business
2008-04-29 20:25:00 You might be tired of hearing constant talk about global warming, buying a hybrid and anything else eco-friendly, but that doesn’t mean the green trend is going away any time soon. In fact, America’s emphasis on all things green can help your small business weather the current economic downturn–but only if you’re willing to take ... More About: Business , Green
?I?ll Start Tomorrow?
2008-04-29 17:25:00 It is a question I hear repeatedly from my subscribers… “I am struggling to make progress to meet my goals. How do you suggest I make the right progress?” photo courtesy of Denn So you know what you want and you have all these good intentions, right? Lose weight, gain weight, stop smoking, start exercising, get a new job, earn more, find a partner…. Gain ... More About: Management , Start , Tomorrow
Empowering Company Employees Options
2008-04-29 16:25:00 Employee empowering is one of the most important business processes to succeed in today?s high competition business world. Many company managers are still confused about the degree of empowerment to employees. Usually this degree of empowerment depends on the company?s nature, industry, ownership, product, sales and marketing practices, customer service strategy etc. Giving full authority, with ... More About: Management , Employees , Company , Tips , Options
Somebody Stole My Internet Domain Name
2008-04-29 15:25:00 When Alicia Navarro began casting about for a memorable name for her new company, she confronted a brutal reality. All her brilliant ideas for an Internet domain name were taken. “I came up with so many gems, only to be devastated to find that the domain name was not available,” Navarro, a former executive at ... More About: Technology , Domain , Domain Name
Social-Networking Applications Can Pose Security Risks
2008-04-29 15:25:00 Sarah Brown is unusually cautious when it comes to social networking. The college sophomore doesn’t have a MySpace page and, while she’s on Facebook, she does everything she can to keep her page as private as she can. “I don’t want to have to worry about all the different online scandals and problems,” says Brown, an ... More About: Security , Social , Technology , Social Networking , Applications
Struggling GPS Device Market Faces a Turning Point
2008-04-29 15:25:00 Consumer navigation devices have gone from expensive gadgets to mainstream gear in just three years, but Europe’s largest maker is struggling. The experience of Netherlands-based TomTom NV — which saw earnings fall 83 percent in the first quarter — suggests the market for stand-alone global-positioning systems is at a turning point. “What we saw for the first ... More About: Technology , Market , Faces , Device , Point
The Real Threat to Google: Cell Phones
2008-04-29 15:25:00 Google’s biggest threat may not be Microsoft or Yahoo. No, one of the most formidable challenges facing Google is likely sitting in your pocket or purse. It’s your cell phone, and it will put added pressure on Google and other Internet companies to revamp the way they handle online marketing. As more people use cell phones and ... More About: Google , Technology , Cell Phones , Phones , Cell
Mind Think Success
2008-04-27 17:25:00 Mind Think Success helps people Shift Their Thinking in order to Shift Their Life. Information and tools on brainwave technology, meditations, hypnosis, self help and more for Mind and Thinking Developments are the main focus and passion of this site. The objective of Mind Think Success is to research on tools that will help anyone who is interested to change their ... More About: Management , Mind
AT&T Begins Wi-Fi Rollout at Starbucks Stores
2008-04-26 02:25:00 AT&T and Starbucks on Friday announced the beginning of the rollout of AT&T Wi-Fi service at company-operated Starbucks stores, kicking off a nationwide effort that will continue through 2008. At this year’s AT&T stockholders meeting in San Antonio, Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson announced that the companies have started deploying AT&T Wi-Fi at Starbucks locations ... More About: Technology , Stores
Yahoo To Rewire for Social Networking with Open Strategy
2008-04-26 02:25:00 Yahoo may resemble islands of Web properties, but the company is launching a renovation that could turn it into one huge platform. On Thursday, Yahoo announced its Open Strategy at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. “Imagine a world where you can write code that will meaningfully reach millions of users in a single bound,” ... More About: Social , Technology , Social Networking , Yahoo
Stock Dip for Microsoft Does Not Mean a Yahoo Victory
2008-04-26 02:25:00 Microsoft’s stock was down Friday, but Yahoo may not have much reason to hope for a higher price in the acquisition drama. Despite lower-than-expected revenues, analysts said Microsoft isn’t likely to raise its takeover bid. Microsoft on Thursday announced third-quarter revenue of $14.45 billion, operating income of $4.41 billion and diluted earnings per share of 47 ... More About: Victory , Technology , Microsoft , Stock
Microsoft Insists XP Death Date Firm Despite Ballmer
2008-04-26 02:25:00 Despite CEO Steve Ballmer’s comments, Microsoft has no plans to continue selling Windows XP after June 30, the company said Thursday. It added, “Our plan for Windows XP availability is unchanged. We’re confident that’s the right thing to do based on the feedback we’ve heard from our customers and partners.” Ballmer started a wave of speculation ... More About: Technology , Death
The Price of Immigration Rules
2008-04-26 02:25:00 Unless you live in Timbuktu, you’ve probably heard about the government’s crackdown on the hiring of illegal immigrants in U.S. businesses. The latest effort in this direction is the Department of Homeland Security’s proposed no-match rule, which would require businesses to fire employees if there isn’t a match between their name and Social Security number. ... More About: Immigration , Rules , Price
Ericsson Eyes Flat Mobile Infrastructure Growth
2008-04-26 02:25:00 Mobile network equipment maker LM Ericsson told investors that its sales rose 5 percent to $7.4 billion in the first quarter, but its profit for the period fell 55 percent to $60 million. Still, the results were far better than many industry analysts had expected. Ericsson’s mobile infrastructure business developed well in the quarter, considering the ... More About: Technology , Mobile , Eyes , Infrastructure
Defense Could Object to Apple?s P.A. Semi Purchase
2008-04-26 02:25:00 Apple’s planned acquisition of chip-design firm P.A. Semi may run into trouble from an unlikely source — the Department of Defense . According to EETimes, P.A. Semi informed several current customers Monday that it was about to acquired by an unnamed company and that it could not guarantee supplies of its chips going forward. Meanwhile, Apple CEO ... More About: Technology , Apple , Object
Top 10 Toughest Jobs to Fill? The Top 3 Are In Search Engine Marketing
2008-04-26 00:25:00 Here’s the best example of misleading statistics we’ve seen, outside of the ads skewering the mythical Cable Corp: “DirecTV - Cable Corp Inc. - Statistics” directed by Christopher Guest) “Whip up some numbers that make it look like we have, like, I don’t know, a thousand HD channels.” Today the WSJ blogged about the ... More About: Marketing , Search Engines , Jobs , Search Engine Marketing , Search
Social Media Power: UC Berkeley Student Twitters Out of Egyptian Prison
More articles from this author:2008-04-26 00:25:00 CNN is reporting that Student James Karl Buck twittered his way out of jail with single-word text messages after being arrested. The “twit” (messages) communicated to his “tweeple” (friends) on micro blogging platform "Twitter," resulted in pals hiring a lawyer. Buck twittered all during the experience, the transcript of which is visible here. This ... More About: Social , Media , Power , Search Engines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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