China to Crack Down on Search Engines
Monday, January 19th, 2009Bloomberg is reporting that China plans to crack down on search engines, among other sites they deem harmful. This certainly wouldn’t be the first time.
Archive for January, 2009
UPDATE: Steve Jobs Weight Loss Due to Hormonal Imbalance
Monday, January 19th, 2009Last week, Frank Watson reported to you that Steve Jobs health was in question. If you read a bunch of tech blogs, you’ve seen the rumors. Jobs once had cancer, and bloggers, journalists and Wall Street analysts have been wondering if it had returned because Jobs had lost a lot of weight.
The good news is that the cancer is not back. According to Fox Business (which I have on in the background, sorry no link yet, but check out the screen shot below) Steve Jobs has released a letter to shareholders acknowledging the weight loss and explaining that the doctors have finally determined that it is a hormonal imbalance. He is being treated and expects to gain the weight back.
Phishing Scam Hits Twitter; Will it Become the Next MySpace?
Monday, January 19th, 2009This morning, I received a direct message from one of my Twitter friends. It was a very strange message. Check it out:
Building a Business Case for Going to SES London 2009
Monday, January 19th, 2009With six weeks to go before SES London 2009, it’s time to build a business case for going to the definitive event for UK and European marketers, corporate decision makers, webmasters and search engine marketing (SEM) specialists, including pay per click (PPC) advertisers and search engine optimization (SEO) consultants.
Yes, yes, I know there’s a recession on both sides of the pond. I read The Economist. (I loved the article in the print edition on December 30, 2008, which reminded us that Alfred Kahn, one of President Jimmy Carter’s economic advisers, was chided in 1978 for using the “R” word. So, Mr Kahn, in his next speech, replaced the offending word, saying, “We’re in danger of having the worst banana in 45 years.”)
So, how do you make the business case that you need to go to an SEM conference during the worst banana since 1978?
Stanford Students May Have Answer To Video Monetization
Monday, January 19th, 2009Another group at Stanford may have come up with the next big thing. Zunavision is a way to embed video inside video and could lead to true successful video monetization.
Free Computer Engineering Classes From Stanford
Monday, January 19th, 2009If you want to take some of the same courses the Google and Yahoo founders took, nows your chance and they are even free. Part of the Standford Engineering Everywhere initiative, the courses include all needed sylabi, handouts, tests and access to reading lists.
Apple Should Buy Yahoo: Why I’m Now Convinced
Monday, January 19th, 2009I’m not the first to ponder this, but I would never have given it true consideration until today’s earlier speculation about Google Android netbooks. Should Google head in that direction, it would make the company not just a search engine but an operating system provider. Simply competing in just the mobile handset market isn’t enough, but getting on mini laptops – that’s an
Google Explains the Nuances of Language Translation
Monday, January 19th, 2009Since search involves people from all of the world speaking a variety of languages, Google takes language translation very seriously. Shankar Kumar and Wolfgang Macherey recently took to the Official Google Research blog to explain more about Google’s translation methods.
Google Wants You! (To Vote for Mobile Product Ideas)
Monday, January 19th, 2009Have an idea to improve a Google Mobile product? (Like the ability to edit Google Docs on the iPhone? Just sayin.) Now you have a way to suggest it.
Google Android on a Netbook: How Soon Will We See It?
Monday, January 19th, 2009Thought Android was just for mobile phones? Think again! VentureBeat has taken an Asus Eee netbook and thrown Google Android on it as the operating system. It took them four hours to configure and they expect to see the first Android Netbooks in 2010. Keep in mind this is purely speculative and not at all official from Google.
