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Microsoft Offers Bing as Google FoilBing me. Bing it. It's time to Bing and decide. Prepare yourself as Microsoft wages its all-out advertising assault on Web-surfing lingo. Last week, the software giant launched its new online search engine, Bing. It's spending an estimated $80 million to $100 million on a campaign to shape Bing.com as a "decision engine" for consumers. |
Pandora's Popularity Making Free Music Viable, Despite RIAA's Push for Higher FeesPandora wants you to have free music. The Recording Industry Association of America, it seems, does not. Pandora is an Internet radio system, some dub it the Internet radio, that has revolutionized the notion of free music with its Music Genome Project. The RIAA's constant push to tack harsher fees onto Internet radio sites has forced Pandora to innovate. Good thing, then, that innovation is Pandora's stock in trade. |
Google Finance Finally No Longer In BetaGoogle is finally dropping its beta labels on some of its products that have been around for years. The first product to lose the "beta" label, which indicates the product is still in a test phase, was Google Finance. |
Marketing in a Social Media WorldThe debate is over. Or, rather, it should be. For businesses that want to be on the cutting edge of today's marketing curve, it is no longer a question of: "Should we enter the social media game?" Many have already responded affirmatively. For those who haven't, the debate is: "Should we get started today or tomorrow?" And the answer is: "Sooner is much better than later." |
Alibaba to Spend USD200mn-plus on M&AChina's e-commerce heavyweight Alibaba Group plans to spend at least USD 200 million on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as well as other investments in the next few years, part of its ongoing efforts to quicken expansion in face of the slowing global economy. |
China Q1 Online Search Requests DownChina search engines' web page searches amounted to 44.27 billion queries in the first quarter of 2009, down 5.4 per cent quarter on quarter but up 49.8 per cent year on year, according to iResearch statistics. |
China Blocks Social Networking & Online Tools, Seeking Tiananmen Damage ControlParting with Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail is such tweet sorrow. In what's been called the "Great Firewall of China," Beijing has blocked nearly a dozen Western Internet sites and search engines in advance of the 20th anniversary Thursday of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. |
Google Launches 'Google Wave'Internet giant Google blurred the lines between e-mail and instant messaging Thursday, introducing "Google Wave" at a San Francisco conference. |
Paid AOL Subscribers File Suit Over Email AdvertsTwo AOL members have recently filed a lawsuit against the company for inserting advertisements into their emails -- a premium service for which that they pay a monthly fee. |
Wolfram Alpha: An Answer Machine, Not a Search EngineFor most online searches, nothing beats Google. It's fast, easy to use and generally delivers results that lead you to the information you want. But when you have a question such as "How far is it from Boston to New York?" Google responds by giving you a bunch of links that might hold the answer. A service called Wolfram Alpha (WolframAlpha.com), which officially launched last week, seeks to answer your questions without links. |
Nonprofits Tap Online Networks to Raise FundsNonprofits, taking a cue from President Obama's recent campaign, are using social media to raise funds and garner more involvement in their causes and events. |