Archive for the 'News' Category
How Credible Are Blogs?
Monday, November 3rd, 2008For all those who have been against the very idea of censorship of blogs, here is something to be carefully considered. In the last one month, Apple stock prices have suffered a set back, twice. The reason – a lie written on a blog – both times. (more…)
China Spying And Censoring Skype Conversations
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008A report from Canadian researchers affiliated to the University of Toronto have revealed that China has been blocking messages that contain certain ’sensitive words’. (more…)
Google Talks Big For Clean Energy
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008With concerns regarding the environment, global warming and pollution gaining momentum worldwide, Google has decided to lead by example and do what is expected of a socially conscientious company. (more…)
Google Takes A Pro-Gay Stance On Proposition 8
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Google, as a company, tends not to take sides on matters not concerning their domain; i.e. issues other than those related to information access, technology and energy. However, they made an exception to this rule and have spoken out against the constitutional amendment banning the marriage between individuals of the same sex. (more…)
Selling Stolen Bras On eBay Is Not OK
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008There seems to be a whole new meaning given to the term, ‘Cyber Crime’. As per reports, George Tutaya a 41 year old resident of Rego Park in Queens, New York, was arrested for allegedly selling stolen bras on eBay over the last two years. (more…)
U.S. Presidential Candidates Campaign Online
Monday, August 25th, 2008The current U.S. Presidential hopefuls are certainly moving with the times, and in the process they are changing the way that election campaigns have been held over the years. (more…)
Google Maps Making Political Statements On Conflict In Georgia?
Monday, August 18th, 2008The unhappy chain of events that have occurred in Georgia lately, due to which the country has been in the limelight, has no doubt triggered a lot of interest, among people all over the world, about that country and its neighbors. This sudden interest has induced users to look up Georgia on Google Maps. (more…)
Twitter Once Again Delivers Breaking News First
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Twitter has been slowly and surely making its way to becoming a personal news wire of sorts.
Time and again the site has been the first to report some world event or breaking news. The latest example of this quick reporting is the earthquake which occurred around Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. (more…)
Google - Digg Deal Called Off
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Only a few days ago, Google was deep in discussions with Digg, regarding a possible acquisition of the site. It is believed that the term sheet stage had already been cleared. However, sometime last week, Google decided not to go ahead with the deal, and Digg was notified accordingly. (more…)
Google Plays Second Fiddle To CNN
Friday, June 20th, 2008A year ago the news network CNN, launched a comprehensive news site, CNN.com. It has now come to light that in just one year, they have beaten the search market leader, where news is concerned. This information was revealed during a survey, which was conducted by Google’s subsidiary DoubleClick. (more…)
Plans to Restrict Mobile Usage By Children in Japan
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008An advisory council on education in Japan has suggested to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda that children should be curtailed from using mobile phones, as much as possible. (more…)
Microsoft News Search Gets A Facelift
Monday, April 21st, 2008At last some news from Microsoft that has nothing to do with acquiring Yahoo! The Live Search team at Microsoft announced that they have made several modifications to their News Search format. Now the information will be categorized into separate sub headings and the news results page has also been given a facelift. (more…)
China Manipulates Politics On Google News, YouTube And Yahoo!
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008On Saturday 16th March 2008, the government of China blocked access to YouTube in order to prevent videos of the unrest in Tibet from being viewed by Internet users in mainland China. YouTube showed several clippings of the pro-Tibetan-sovereignty protests, taking place in Lhasa. (more…)
Buzz Overkill From Yahoo!
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Does the world really need yet another Digg clone? Yahoo! seems to think so. They have launched Buzz, yet another social news site where the most popular stories are determined by user votes. (more…)
Ask.com Launches (Not So) BigNews
Monday, February 11th, 2008New rumours doing the rounds last week, hinted at a possible collaboration between Ask.com and Digg have come true. The two have jointly launched a portal called BigNews, which is a social news site not very different from Digg, Propeller, NewsVine, TechMeme or any of the other news aggregator sites that are already popular. (more…)
Microsoft Bids USD 44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo!
Friday, February 1st, 2008TechCrunch report that Microsoft has made an official bid to acquire Yahoo! The offer of $44.6 Billion values Yahoo! at $31 per share, a 62% premium on Thursday closing price. (more…)
News Corp May Acquire LinkedIn
Thursday, November 29th, 2007A post on the popular TechCrunch UK blog indicated that a possible takeover of the fast growing social network, LinkedIn, by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp may be in the pipeline. (more…)
Terry Semel, CEO Of Yahoo! Resigns
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007After pocketing $452 Million in salary, bonuses and stock options since 2001, and having little to show, other than a steady decline in market share and the worst paid search management service in history, Terry Semel finally resigned from his post as CEO of Yahoo! today. (more…)
