ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we report on President Obama's (non)-use of Twitter, take a look at the past decade in the media industry, review the latest stat (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
This is part of a regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. - Ed.This week brought a number of new features to the fore.Goog (Read More)
Google Operating System:
For many people web addresses aren't very useful and that's why they continue to use their favorite search engine to search for [yahoo], [youtube] or [facebook] instead of typing the obvious web addresses.Some web sites use b (Read More)
Search Engine Land:
Confirming our previous reports, Google has announced and explained why and when it’s showing breadcrumb navigation in its search results.Google says it may show these site heirarchies “for a small percentage of search result (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
I'm pleased to announce we just added a stocked gallery of site templates in Google Sites. Anyone can browse the public template gallery, and businesses using Google Apps each have a private area where employees can share sit (Read More)
information aesthetics:
Based on recently released information by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Cactus Flight 1549 Accident Reconstruction [exosphere3d.com] contains a very detailed technical description accompanied with various v (Read More)
Mashable!:
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.There are 25 billion videos watched each month in (Read More)
Mashable!:
Jessica Faye Carter is an award-winning author and columnist. Her company, Nette Media develops social media technologies for women and multicultural communities, and she blogs at Technicultr.The expression of community has c (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Sometimes, it feels like terms we thought had some meaning really don't apply as much anymore.Take the term "social media," as an example.It's like every SEO marketer decided that "social media," was the ticket to a sweet con (Read More)
Mashable!:
When it comes to shedding the beta tag, Microsoft is far quicker than Google (some of whose products have been called perpetual betas). Bing UK just lost its beta tag, and gained several interesting features, most importantly (Read More)
Mashable!:
Although it’s not yet live to everyone, a new Xbox LIVE Dashboard Update that adds social networking integrations with Facebook, Twitter and last.fm is currently in preview mode to beta testers and will go live to the public (Read More)
Experiencing Information:
Seeing Breadcrumb Navigation Examined (via The Hot Strudel) reminded me that I’d been meaning to write a post about breadcrumb trails for a while now. The post contains a quite survey of various uses of breadcrumbs. It’s wort (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Capitalizing on the Bing brand, Microsoft is consolidating MSN Video into Bing Videos. The new video search destination lets you both search for videos on the Web and watch them within the Bing player. Bing Video brings in (Read More)
Valleywag:
Here's a nice, sharp break from the cheerleading and punch-pulling for which Wall Street analysts are notorious: A financier on Garmin's last quarterly call, cussing out company for shitty margins on a product. Garmin is know (Read More)
Mashable!:
We’re fans of the social media-enabled media center Boxee, so news of its impending beta launch on December 7 is music to our ears (and eyes!). The Beta version will feature a number of additions and improvements, including a (Read More)
Mashable!:
November 6 is an important day for both Verizon and Motorola — and to a somewhat lesser extent, Google. The U.S.’s largest carrier is unleashing its first Android device, and from the swath of reviews already in it looks to b (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Back in July we took a look at ZooLoo, a service that looks to help users build their own websites (complete with vanity URLs) where they can manage their entire social network experience from one place — when it launched we (Read More)
Search Engine Guide : Small Business Search Marketing:
by Stoney deGeyter Many people think that SEO is a set-it and forget it endeavor. The theory is that once you optimize the site then there really isn't much more to do after that. This is something that many penny pincher (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Bone-headed patent lawsuit number 573482: a company called WebMap Technologies is suing a host of technology companies over an online map patent that was issued over 5 years ago, reports Law360 (requires registration). The pa (Read More)
Google Operating System:
Google has been testing a new version of its homepage that hides the navigation links and the search buttons until you move your cursor. The page appears to load faster, it's less cluttered and better suited for searching, bu (Read More)