However, as Twitter rises in popularity, I’m not convinced this conversational aspect of corporate Twitter use will be sustainable for large companies. I can’t keep up with my own e-mail, and people have a lot more to say to a company such as Google.
So Twitter for such companies might merely become a one-way communication mechanism [...]
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) sent the letter to Matthew Friedrich, acting assistant attorney general, noting that “data privacy breaches involving the sensitive phone records of ordinary Americans are occurring with greater frequency.”
In light of the recent breach of President-elect Barack Obama’s cell phone records, a senator on Monday sent a letter (PDF) [...]
More changes are coming to V8, though, and Google will detail some at its May developer conference, Google I/O. One session there will focus on the software, including “initiatives that will propel V8 to the next performance level,” according to the session notes.
The change came with a key component for processing JavaScript text called regular [...]
On lunch.
In any case, it’s the second high-level contact this week, given that incoming Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz told employees that she, too, had talked with Ballmer.
Well, it’s official, Microsoft and Yahoo have come to an agreement.
Microsoft has made it clear in every way imaginable that it would like to do a search deal, but [...]
During the first 23 days of the month, ComScore said online retailers rang up a total of $8.19 billion in sales.
Despite the recent reprieve that plummeting gas prices have given American consumers, the depressed and volatile stock market, declining housing prices, inflation, and the weak job market all represent dark clouds hanging over [...]
Google has begun placing text ads beside Google News searches.
Faced with a much tougher economy, Google is working harder to make money off more of its properties. In recent months, it’s begun showing ads in Google Earth and Google Finance as well.
Josh Cohen, a business product manager at Google, announced the move Wednesday in a company blog:
In recent months we’ve been experimenting with a variety of different formats, like over
