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LeaseTrader.com Grows During RecessionMany who are trying to get out of leases say they can no longer afford the expense, citing cuts in income or the outright loss of their jobs. Enter LeaseTrader.com: a automotive-related company that's doing well these days by helping those customers get out of their leases and into better ones for their respective situations. |
Yahoo Unveiling New Home PageAfter nearly a year of testing, Yahoo has launched its new home page. Yahoo is hoping the new design will help reinvigorate both its brand and its business, which has been battered by the recession and bruised by several years of turmoil. Building the new site has been a major focus of the Internet giant for the past year. |
Microsoft and Yahoo Said Close to Search DealMicrosoft and Yahoo are close to signing a deal to collaborate on search and advertising in a bid to challenge Google's overwhelming dominance. |
New Q&A Web Site Personalizes AnswersAsk a question. Get an answer. This has been the promise of Google and countless other Web sites that have tried to turn computers into digital librarians, with limited success. Hunch.com, a Web site that opened its doors last week is taking a new approach. Visitors ask a question, and Hunch responds with a few of its own. |
New York Times Plans Monthly Online ChargesThe New York Times is planning to start charging for access to its website in a controversial move to make up for declining advertising revenues at its print newspaper, Bloomberg News reported Friday. |
Is Mediaite Media-lite? Maybe -- There's Some Life Beneath the HypeAnother snarky Web site, with live blogging, and shallow, Twitter-like regular updates, where media pundits make fun of media pundits? Yeah, just what the Internet needs. Dan Abrams, the former general manager at MSNBC and current legal analyst at NBC News, launched Mediaite.com this week to moderate buzz among those same media outlets that it aims to torch. |
Internet May Succumb to Michael Jackson Memorial TrafficAs the media prepared for live coverage on television and online, analysts told The Times of London worldwide interest in the remembrance of the King of Pop will lead to a surge in Internet use, possibly crashing some servers. |
Firefox 3.5 Available Today, Promising Blazing Speed and MoreMozilla's popular Web browser has just been officially upgraded again. Firefox 3.5 is now available at Mozilla's Web site, for new users that want to try this flexible alternative to Internet Explorer, or tried and true fans that just want the latest version. |
Kosmix Tries New Twist on Search to Avoid Google's DominanceIf a friend suggested that you check out an Internet search service called Kosmix, you might start by tapping kosmix.cominto your browser -- or you might, as the saying goes, just Google it. The options suggest what Kosmix and every other search startup is up against |
Pornography Prompts China to Admonish GoogleA Chinese government-backed Internet watchdog has sharply criticized Google Inc. for allowing access to pornography through its Web site. |
The Best of BingMicrosoft's new Bing search engine made a splash when it was introduced recently, in part because it represents some long-overdue competition for search giant Google. Beyond the introductory fanfare, though, most are left wondering what makes Bing special -- and how or whether it's worth using alongside, or instead of, Google. Here's a rundown of the best of Bing. |
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." |