Nov 30, 2008

Submitted by Michaelfidler from Google Reader: Newspaper advertising took a 19.26% fall in the third quarter of 2008 off the back of the hemorrhaging classified market.The 19.26% overall fall is worse than the previous record of a 16.07% drop in the second quarter of 2008 (we previously reported 14%, so the figure may have been revised). Driving the rapid fall in newspa (Read More)

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Submitted by The Puck from Google Reader: US Army recruiting offices are reporting increased interest in signing up as the economic crisis worsens.Atlanta recruiting offices are the most recent to see an increase in numbers, and potential recruits are smarter as well. The Army reported that 83% of its recruits in the year ending Sept. 30 had high school diplomas, u (Read More)

Nov 27, 2008

Submitted by Infodiva: An unconfirmed report out of India has the Indian Government urging Twitter users to not share specific on the scene information, and further that the Government may be trying to block Twitter in India, or is asking Twitter to block Mumbai related tweets.Twitter has become an international talking point today following its (Read More)

Nov 25, 2008

Submitted by Magitam from Google Reader: Had an interview with Newsweek on one of the biggest challenges facing the Obama administration:  How to make best use of the millions of plugged-in supporters that worked for the Democratic contender during the election and were critical to his success.  I encourage you to read the whole story, and you will see on the seco (Read More)

Nov 25, 2008

Submitted by Jeffdoug from Google Reader: Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Tuesday 25 November 2008. 12:14:00 Searches for another way to say it REDUNDANCY IS A DIRTY word in Silicon Valley at the moment and Google, claiming immunity from recession, has been trying to hold off saying it with the help of a legal loophole. As a public company, Google would be forced to ann (Read More)

Nov 24, 2008

Submitted by Michaelfidler from Google Reader: I’ve written many times here at The Inquisitr and on other sites before about my complete hatred of georetarding, the blocking of content, particularly (but not exclusively) video content based on a users location in the world. In a online world which allegedly has no borders, sites that use georetardation play by old schoo (Read More)

Nov 24, 2008

All Things Digital About three weeks ago, Facebook and Twitter ended several weeks of serious talks, in which Facebook was offering to acquire Twitter for $500 million of its stock. While rumors of Facebook’s interest were brought up in an interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Web 2.0 Summit a few weeks ago, some shot down (Read More)

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