Here we go again with another one of those silly social media vs. blogs debates. The New York Times stirred the pot this time with an article called, “Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter.” “Blogs were once the outlet of choice for people who wanted to express themselves online. But with [...]Social Media Killing Blogs…Here We Go Again.

The Apple subscription drama continues. Apple has rejected the Readability app, pointing to a section in its App Store Review Guidelines, which says, “Apps utilizing a system other than the In App Purchase API (IAP) to purchase content, functionality, or services in an app will be rejected.” Readability isn’t thrilled. Readability is an app that [...]Readability to Apple: "Your New Policy Smacks of Greed"

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has launched an online “All Access” pass for Oscar night on Oscar.com. Beginning at 3:30 p.m. PT, Sunday, February 27, visitors to Oscar.com will be able to view red carpet arrivals of actors and celebrities via multiple camera angles. During the broadcast on ABC, users can view [...]Access The Oscars Online

Five months ago, Microsoft announced that Hotmail users in Brazil, France, Germany, Russia, the U.K., and the U.S. could begin to chat with their Facebook friends while checking their email.  Now the integration of Hotmail and Facebook Chat is complete in every place where Facebook is available. We’ll admit: this may not sound like a [...]Facebook Chat In Hotmail Goes Live Worldwide

Anyone who would like to invest in Russia’s most successful search engine may want to start saving pennies and talking to his (or her) stockbroker.  Reports indicate that Yandex, which has had little trouble fending off Google in its home market, will go public and try to raise $1 billion this summer. A post on [...]$1 Billion Yandex IPO Set For This Summer

According to reports, Alibaba CEO David Wei and COO Elvis Lee have both resigned, following findings of fraudulent activity among thousands of sellers. Neither executive was found to be actually involved in the fraud, but the company found a significant increase in claims against particular sellers over the last year. In a statement, Alibaba said [...]Alibaba CEO and COO Step Down

Apple’s subscription policy has been the subject of a great deal of controversy since it was introduced a week ago. It has been heavily in the spotlight this week, with app developer Readability having posted an open letter to Apple, In the letter, Readability creator Rich Ziade wrote: We’re obviously disappointed by this decision, and [...]Apple In-App Subscriptions Not for SaaS Apps, According to Steve Jobs

Google has made video available of CEO Eric Schmidt’s speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week. At the event, he discussed the company’s current operating system focuses: Android Gingerbread and Honeycomb, and Chrome OS. “We’ve got an OS for phones called ‘Gingerbread’ and one for tablets called ‘Honeycomb’. G and H. You can [...]Eric Schmidt’s Mobile World Congress Speech: Full Video

Skype has broken a new record, hitting 29 million people online. On Skype’s “Big Blog”, Peter Parkes writes: We’ve passed another milestone – at approximately 1800 GMT yesterday, there were more than 29 million people online on Skype. Another record broken, and an opportunity for us to remind you that you can get Skype in [...]Skype Breaks Record with 29 Million Users Online

Google’s display network is a great way for small business advertisers to dabble in the banner advertising space. Whilst the planning, set up and management of banner advertising through Google’s display network is fairly straight forward, one part of the process was a bit more convoluted than it should have been – the bidding on [...]Google Simplifies Bidding on the Display Network

Google has launched a people search tool to help people affected by the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. With the tool, users have two options: – I’m looking for someone – I ahve information about someone The tool can be accessed here.  allows people to embed the tool on their own sites as such: Get [...]Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake – People Finder Tool Released by Google

Amazon has announced the launch of an unlimited, commercial-free instant streaming movie and TV show service for Amazon Prime members. The service will give subscribers access to 5,000 movies and shows. Prime members will not be charged any extra. The price will remain $79 per year for the membership. The service also provides members with [...]Amazon Launches New Netflix Competitor

  has introduced a finance app for the iPad called MarketDash. MarketDash allows iPad users to manage views of stock charts, scroll across hours, days or months of market activity; plot points in time; and compare multiple stock tickers in one chart.     The Yodel Anecdotal Blog offers more details. “Want to take a look [...]Yahoo Launches Finance App For The iPad

Google’s attempts to “do no evil” and defend Wael Ghonim may have raised the Russian government’s ire.  Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin has been quoted blaming more than one executive for contributing to the Egyptian revolution. According to a new Reuters article, Sechin said, “Look what they have done in Egypt, those highly-placed managers of [...]Russian Official Faults Google For "Manipulations" In Egypt

Sometimes I can see it in their eyes. During a speaking appearance, I’ll look out at the audience and see fear. Not the “Big F” kind of “Run for your lives, citizens!” terror that you see in a B-movie. No, I am talking about the kind of fear that makes you stop and check things [...]Why Digital Marketing Challenges Everyone