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What else do we have? Well, there's Search engine marketing and Search engine optimization:
- SMX West and Marin Software Launch 5th Annual SMX Biggest Search Geek Contest from searchengineland.com

Facebook and Instagram, Inc. were talked about a good deal too:
- Facebook Poised to Roll Out More Privacy Controls - "EmailPrintShareFacebookTwitterTumblrLinkedInStumbleUponRedditDiggMixxDeliciousGoogle+CommentThe fine-tuning announced Wednesday will include several revisions that will start rolling out to Facebook's more than 1 billion users during the next few weeks and continue into early next year" - said techland.time.com
- UK Startup Loccit Sells 8,000 Facebook 'Memory Books' In 48hrs, Wants To Turn Your Digital Media Footprint Into Physical Stuff - techcrunch.com
- Facebook Goes Down -- Hours After Gmail Outage -- Sets Off Panic, Delight - www.huffingtonpost.com

From: www.huffingtonpost.com

From: techcrunch.com

From: searchengineland.com

Friday, December 7, 2012

New Version Of The Apple-HTC Agreement Reveals More About The Deal

Tech corporations are forever making news - thankfully for me personally because this is a tech blog. Who're we looking at now?

One hot conversation starter has been Apple Inc. and Samsung Group. Let's see shall we?
- New Version Of The Apple-HTC Agreement Reveals More About The Deal from techcrunch.com

Facebook has been getting a lot of press as well:
- Google+ Adds Community Pages and Snapseed Vs Facebook and Instagram from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Facebook Announces Breaking Changes For March from www.webpronews.com

Next on the list are Google and Google Maps.
- Any Google Search Bias Just Won't Fly Over Europe - "The FTC"sJonathan Leibowitz is taking home what seems a clear message to the USA from hisEuropeancounterpart,Joaquin Almunia; "Search bias just won't fly over Europe." On Monday FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitzmet with European Commission (EC) competition commissioner Joaqu?n Almunia (at left) to discuss issues complaints search giant Google has wrongly leveraged their dominant search position in competing with rivals" - said www.searchenginejournal.com
- Google Updates Maps For 10 Countries and Regions In Europe, Ground Truth Now At Work In 40 Countries - techcrunch.com
- Google Maps Updated In 10 European Countries - www.webpronews.com

Anything else? Well, Google+ and Microsoft Corporation were in the press a fair amount:
- Google Launches Snapseed's Powerful Photo Editing App For Android (operating system) Makes Its IOS Version Free - "Basically, it's throw a filter on it and hope that people like it, or just post it as it is to Facebook, Google+ or Twitter" - said techcrunch.com

Source: techcrunch.com

Source: techcrunch.com

Source: www.webpronews.com

Thursday, December 6, 2012

After Panda & Penguin, is Google Living Up to Its Great Expectations? - as well as my own blog posts synopsis

The field of technology is always moving. Let's take a look at which companies have been in the news.

In our first little bunch, let's have a look at the sites taking about Google and iPad:
- After Panda & Penguin, is Google Living Up to Its Great Expectations? from searchenginewatch.com
- Google's Eric Schmidt Compares Apple-Google Dealings To International Relations from techcrunch.com
- Google's Local Knowledge Graph Carousel Finds Its Way On Tablets from searchengineland.com

Facebook has been receiving a lot of press as well:
- Kevin Systrom: Instagram Will Exist Independent Of Facebook For A Long Time To Come from techcrunch.com
- Facebook: Out with "Subscribing," in with "Following" from www.webpronews.com

Next on the list are Amazon Kindle and Amazon.com, Inc..
- Kindle FreeTime Unlimited Offers Restricted Access To Content For Kids From Disney, Nickelodeon, DC Comics, And More - "When asked whether it was hard to negotiate with Disney, Peter Larson, VP of Amazon Kindle, answered "it's hard to negotiate with us as well."" - said techcrunch.com

Anything else? Well, Google Maps and Google Street View were in the media a fair bit:
- Google Maps On The Wii U Lets You Wander The World's Streets With Your GamePad Beginning In January - "While I've managed to resist the call of the Wii U so far, neat tricks with the GamePad like the newly-announced Google Maps app Street View integration have me sorely tempted. Nintendo announced today that Google Maps will be arriving on the Wii U gaming console in early 2013, delivering a unique Street View mode for the GamePad touchscreen controller that allows users to pan around various locations as they view satellite map imagery on their television" - said techcrunch.com
- Wii U Gets Google Maps And Street View In Early 2013 - www.webpronews.com

From: searchengineland.com

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Netflix Strikes Streaming Deal With Disney, Gains Exclusive Access To New Titles Beginning In 2016 - along with my blog posts synopsis

The world of tech rarely stands still. Let's see which companies have been making news.

In our first little grouping, let's have a look at the sites taking about Google and World Wide Fund for Nature:
- 5 Graphics that Recap the Most Important Google SERP Changes in 2012 from searchenginewatch.com
- Founded By 4 Ex-Googlers, QuBit Raises $7.5M Led By Balderton To Improve E-Commerce Personalization With Big Data from techcrunch.com
- Google Launches Regulation Free and Open Web Campaign from www.searchenginejournal.com

Facebook has been getting a lot of press too:
- Europe v Facebook Privacy Campaign Group Is Preparing To "Fight" Facebook In Ireland, Sets Up Crowdfunding Platform To Fund Legal Fight Against Ireland's DPA (Updated) from techcrunch.com

Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios were mentioned a good deal as well:
- Netflix Strikes Streaming Deal With Disney, Gains Exclusive Access To New Titles Beginning In 2016 - "The exclusive part of the deal encompasses movies from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, and Disneynature, and includes distribution on all sorts of platforms, including online, on mobile and tablet devices, and on connected TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and other streaming boxes" - said techcrunch.com
- Netflix Stock on the Rise Following Huge Disney Deal - www.webpronews.com

Finally let's take a quick look at The Walt Disney Company and Netflix, Inc..
- Netflix Will Get Disney Films Inside Pay TV Window Starting in 2016 - " Netflix has just inked a huge deal that will make it the exclusive source for some of the biggest movies around - Disney films. Netflix and the Walt Disney Company have announced a multi-year partnership that will bring new films to the service instantly, inside the pay TV window" - said www.webpronews.com

From: www.searchenginejournal.com

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Europe v Facebook Privacy Campaign Group Is Preparing To "Fight" Facebook In Ireland, Sets Up Crowdfunding Platform To Fund Legal Fight Against Ireland's DPA (Updated) - and my own blog posts review

Which organizations have been moving and shaking in the realm of technology? Let's take a look.

In our first little grouping, why don't we have a look at the sites taking about Google and iPad:
- Chrome OS: Google's Most Underrated Project That You've Already Been Testing And Just Didn't Know It from techcrunch.com
- Google Launches Regulation Free and Open Web Campaign from www.searchenginejournal.com
- 90% Of Google Webmaster Messages Are Regarding Black Hat Issues from searchengineland.com

Source: techcrunch.com

Facebook and Twitter, Inc. seemed to get mentioned quite a bit too:
- Europe v Facebook Privacy Campaign Group Is Preparing To "Fight" Facebook In Ireland, Sets Up Crowdfunding Platform To Fund Legal Fight Against Ireland's DPA (Updated) from techcrunch.com
- Game Developers Met With Zuckerberg To Discuss The Future Of Facebook Gaming from www.webpronews.com

Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Corporation were mentioned a good deal too:
- Microsoft Invests $75 Million To Expand Digital Education In Africa - "MICROSOFT Microsoft, founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is a veteran software company, best known for its Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.Starting in 1980 Microsoft formed a partnership with IBM allowing Microsoft to sell its software package with the computers IBM manufactured. Microsoft is widely used by professionals worldwide and largely dominates the American corporate market.Additionally, the company has ventured into hardware with consumer products such as the Zune and" - said techcrunch.com

Source: techcrunch.com

Source: techcrunch.com

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Google And Twitter Team Up Again To Give A Voice To Syrians Without Internet - plus my very own links overview

What's been going on in the realm of tech? Who are we checking out?

In our first little group, why don't we take a look at the websites discussing Firehose (band) and Twitter, Inc.:
- Court Temporarily Protects PeopleBrowsr Access To Twitter Firehose, Twitter Says It Will 'Vigorously Defend' Itself from techcrunch.com
- PeopleBrowsr Takes Twitter to Court over Firehose from www.searchenginejournal.com

Syria and Twitter, Inc. seemed to come up rather a lot too:
- Google And Twitter Team Up Again To Give A Voice To Syrians Without Internet from www.webpronews.com
- Nationwide Internet Blackout Underway in Syria from techland.time.com
- Syria Shuts Down Internet In Midst Of Uprising, Mobile Services And Land Lines Partially Down from techcrunch.com

Did you see all the talk about Google and European Union? Here are the most interesting bits:
- Is Bing Right About People Getting "Scroogled" By Google? - "This week, Bing launched an attack campaign against Google, called "Don't Get Scroogled"" - said www.webpronews.com
- Microsoft Claims Google 'Scroogled' Shoppers, But Uses Similar Pay-To-Play Tactics - www.huffingtonpost.com
- UK's House Of Lords Summons Facebook And Google To Talk Convergence And Media Power - techcrunch.com

What else? Well, IPad and Apple Inc. were in the media a fair bit:
- After 3.5M Downloads Of Its iPhone App, Etsy Finally Goes To The iPad - "But its brand strength online - and perhaps the fact that design-led mobile apps like Pinterest and Fab have been a big hit with consumers - have helped Etsy pick up a strong following anyway, with 3.5 million downloads to date, and 1 in 3 visitors shopping on Etsy from mobile devices over the recent Thanksgiving weekend (normal figures, it says, are 1 in 4 visitors).Now it is looking to capitalize on that with a newiPad app" - said techcrunch.com
- iPhone 5, iPad Mini, 4th-Gen iPad Get Release Dates For China - www.webpronews.com

From: www.huffingtonpost.com

From: www.searchenginejournal.com

From: www.searchenginejournal.com