Sunday, May 6, 2012

Yahoo! CEO Attacked for Embellishing Resume - and my own blog posts overview

Corporations, technology, news ... amazing, huh?

Who shall we check out first? Well, it's Facebook and United States...
- New Legislation in Congress Supports Facebook User Privacy from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Greasing the Purchase Funnel With Consumer Research from searchenginewatch.com
- Social Surfing: Mon.ki Applies Twitter Conversations to Web Browsing from mashable.com

Source: mashable.com




Yahoo! and Facebook seemed to get mentioned a great deal too:
- Yahoo CEO Attacked for Embellishing Resume from searchenginewatch.com
- Investors: Facebook Wants to Connect with You After All from business.time.com
- Yahoo Confirms Incorrect Academic Information on New CEO's Resume from www.eweek.com







Google and YouTube were brought up a lot too:
- Wil Wheaton Slams Google for Incessantly Pushing Google+ - "Wil Wheaton may no longer be the mortal enemy of fictional character Sheldon Cooper on the CBS TV Show "The Big Bang Theory", but the actor and writer isn't hiding his contempt for how Google is forcing Google+ down the throats of users" - said searchenginewatch.com
- Google's Google Street View 'Engineer Doe' Identified - www.eweek.com
- Google Brings More Real-Time Coverage, Google+ Comments To Google News - techcrunch.com

Source: mashable.com


To end why don't we take a short look at Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft.
- With BlackBerry 10, RIM Is Fighting the Wrong War - "ORLANDO - So far at BlackBerry World, there hasn't been much talk about the "enterprise refocus" that Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins made headlines with at the company's last earnings call" - said mashable.com
- Microsoft Asks Windows Phone Developers To Keep The Quality Up And The Sex Down - techcrunch.com
- Microsoft Schedules Windows Phone Developer Summit for June - www.eweek.com









Source: mashable.com


Source: mashable.com


Source: mashable.com




Saturday, May 5, 2012

Microsoft Advertising Rebrands as Bing for Small & Medium Businesses - as well as my own links review

Which organizations have been shaking things up in the world of tech? Let's take a look.

In our first little group, let's have a look at the websites discussing Google and Matt Cutts:
- Google Penguin Update: Don't Forget About Duplicate Content from www.webpronews.com
- Hit by Google Penguin? An In-House Search engine optimization Crisis Management Plan from searchenginewatch.com



US has been getting a lot of press too:
- Microsoft Advertising Rebrands as Bing for Small & Medium Businesses from searchenginewatch.com
- Microsoft Rebrands Ads To SMBs As "Bing, powered by Bing and Yahoo! Search" from www.webpronews.com





Twitter and People's Republic of China were talked about quite a bit as well:
- Rejected Twitter User Sues the Object of His Affection - "A Japanese Twitter user has decided to take voluptuous actress Aoi Sola - best known from the movies "Big Tits Zombie" and "Revenge: A Love Story" - to court because she continuously refused to acknowledge his existence on the popular blogging website" - said www.webpronews.com
- Android, Helped by China, to Dominate Smartphone Market Into 2017 - www.eweek.com

To finish up let's take a look at Facebook and iTunes.
- 'Avengers' Facebook Game Gets a Movie-Themed Addition [PICS] - "Fans of the Avengers and social gaming can now play as both their favorite movie characters and the traditional comic book versions of the superheroes in the popular Avengers Alliance Facebook game" - said mashable.com
- Crowdstar Raises $11.5M To Double Down On Mobile Gaming, Has Layoffs As It Leaves Facebook Behind - techcrunch.com















Friday, May 4, 2012

Microsoft Rebrands Ads To SMBs As "Bing, powered by Bing and Yahoo! Search" - and my very own blog posts synopsis

Which companies have been moving and shaking in the realm of tech? Let's take a peek.

One interesting conversation starter is Apple Inc. and Amazon.com. Let's see shall we?
- Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Corporation Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon And Apple In E-books from techcrunch.com
- Apple's Tax Avoidance: Evil Scheming, Good Business, or Both? from business.time.com
- Apple Sets Up Shop in Tax Havens Worldwide from www.webpronews.com

What else do we have? Well, there's iPad and Disney:
- The Walt Disney Company To Use iPads For Fast Pass At The Magic Kingdom from technorati.com
- Disney Parks Using IPads for 'FastPass' System from www.webpronews.com





Facebook and Yahoo! were talked about quite a bit as well:
- Facebook Granted News Feed Patent - "Facebook was granted a patent today, which pertains to the layout of the famous News Feed. Emil Protalinski at ZDNet points to the patent, called: "Communicating a newsfeed of media content based on a member's interactions in a social network environment."" - said www.webpronews.com
- Yahoo Launches Online Marketing Dashboard For Small Businesses - techcrunch.com

Let's finish off with a look at Microsoft and United Kingdom
- Microsoft Rebrands Ads To SMBs As "Bing, powered by Bing and Yahoo! Search" - "Microsoft announced that it is rebranding its advertising product for SMBs as "Bing, powered by Bing and Yahoo!" - said www.webpronews.com
- Microsoft Investigates Reports of Skype IP Address Leaks - www.eweek.com

















Thursday, May 3, 2012

Hands-On: The Big G Drive Arrives In ChromeOS Developer Channel - plus my blog posts summary

The world of tech is always moving. Let's see which organizations have been making news.

One hot conversation starter has been Nokia and United States Let's check it out shall we?
- Samsung Group Bests Nokia as World's Biggest Mobile Phone Vendor: IDC from www.eweek.com
- Research: $1.5 Trillion In Mobile Revenues In 2012, U.S. Accounting For 40% Of All Smartphone Sales from techcrunch.com
- Samsung Wins World in Smartphone Sales, Still Trails Apple in U.S. from techland.time.com





Samsung and Nokia seemed to come up a reasonable amount too:
- Samsung Topples Nokia as the Biggest Maker of Mobile Phones from technorati.com
- Did Scalado Invent RIM's Time-Defying BB10 Camera Tech? from techcrunch.com



The next topics I'll be covering are Tax and Apple Inc.
- Apple Sets Up Shop in Tax Havens Worldwide - "Apple Inc. is reportedly circumventing huge tax bills by setting up offices in tax havens all around the world, to help avoid California's present corporate tax rate of 8.84%, amongst others" - said www.webpronews.com
- Apple's Tax Avoidance: Evil Scheming, Good Business, or Both? - business.time.com
- Apple Evades Billions in Corporate Taxes, NY Times Reports - mashable.com

To end why don't we take a look at Google and YouTube,.
- Hands-On: Google Drive Arrives In ChromeOS Developer Channel - "Ever since Google released its cloud storage service Google Drive earlier this week, there has been some speculation as to what its integration with ChromeOS, Google's cloud-centric operating system, would look like" - said techcrunch.com
- YouTube's 20 Most-Shared Ads in April [VIDEOS] - mashable.com
- Google's Google Street View 'Engineer Doe' Identified - www.eweek.com





















Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Apple Inc. Evades Billions in Corporate Taxes, NY Times Reports - and my own links review

The world of tech is always moving. Let's take a look at which companies have been making news.

One intriguing topic of conversation is Twitter and Flickr. Let's see shall we?
- Social Surfing: Mon.ki Applies Twitter Conversations to Web Browsing from mashable.com
- Flickr Adds Pinterest Buttons To Photo Sharing; All Images Will Be Pinned With Attributions from techcrunch.com

United States has been receiving a lot of press too:
- Research: $1.5 Trillion In Mobile Revenues In 2012, U.S. Accounting For 40% Of All Smartphone Sales from techcrunch.com
- Samsung Group Bests Nokia as World's Biggest Mobile Phone Vendor: IDC from www.eweek.com





iPhone and Twitter were talked about quite a bit too:
- Twitter Improves Search, Notifications in iPhone & Android Apps - "Twitter has released updates for its iPhone and Android app, providing improved search and notification functions.The new versions of Twitter are now available on both the iPhone's App Store and Android's Google Play" - said searchenginewatch.com
- Twitter Improves Realtime Search While Google Lacks It - www.webpronews.com

To end we should take a quick look at Tax and Wal-Mart
- Apple Inc. Evades Billions in Corporate Taxes, NY Times Reports - "The The New York Times Company accused Apple of evading billions of dollars in taxes by setting up subsidiary companies in tax-free or low-tax states and countries" - said mashable.com
- Apple's Tax Avoidance: Evil Scheming, Good Business, or Both? - business.time.com

















Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Corporation Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon.com And Apple In E-books - plus my blog posts review

Technology corporations are always making news - fortunately for me personally because this is a tech website. Who are we focusing on now?

One hot conversation starter has been Google and Federal Communications Commission Let's take a look at shall we?
- Google Releases Full FCC Street View Report from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Google Staff Knew Google Street View Cars Were Collecting Private Data: FCC from www.eweek.com
- Google Releases Full Report of FCC Investigation Into Street View Probe, Finds That Senior Staff Knew from techcrunch.com



Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Corporation Inc. seemed to get mentioned rather a lot too:
- Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon.com And Apple In E-books from techcrunch.com
- Microsoft Invests $300M in Barnes and Noble, Settles Patent Flap from www.eweek.com
- Nook for Windows 8? Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Settle, Buddy Up from techland.time.com





Did you notice all the talk about iPhone and Microsoft? Here are the best bits:
- Wozniak: Windows 7 Phone More Beautiful than iPhone - "The latest statements come from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who told the technology news blog aNewDomain that he thinks the interface for Apple arch rival Microsofs Windows Phone 7 is more beautiful than that of Apples best-selling and much-lauded iPhone" - said www.eweek.com

Let's finish up by looking at Tax and Apple Inc..
- Apple Sets Up Shop in Tax Havens Worldwide - "Apple Inc. is reportedly circumventing huge tax bills by setting up offices in tax havens all around the world, to help avoid California's present corporate tax rate of 8.84%, amongst others" - said www.webpronews.com
- Apple Evades Billions in Corporate Taxes, NY Times Reports - mashable.com