These sorts of comparisons always do depend on what it is that you decide to compare: certainly doesn?t employ more people than the US newspaper industry and it?s certainly worth much more in terms of corporate value. But a useful and sensible measure could be revenue and on that measure is now larger than the ...

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 19:24

A committee in the UK Parliament has said that it believes that Google should be forced to censor its search engine results: A cross-party committee of MPs and peers has urged the government to consider introducing legislation that would force Google to censor its search results to block material that a court has found to ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:57

Still the king of search ads, with no end in sight, has for years tried to diversify into display ads, the pictorial banners that support most Web sites. Despite those efforts, Facebook has zoomed into the lead in display ads. But with the rapid growth of ?s own display ads on partner sites, its YouTube ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 17:55

At first, the question was: Will enter the tablet market? Now, the question is: How much will it sell for? Previous accounts have speculated a -branded tablet to sell for $199 to $249. But a new report suggests it might even be lower than that. Think $149 to $199, according to??Time, citing the blog Android ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 03:55

At least it appears that ?s move to the ability to censor Blogger posts on a country by country basis has broken Disqus as a comments system in some manner. The basic change is both simple and worthwhile and described here. The basic point is something I?ve been going on about for years. We?re not ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 18:23

Different social media sites gain a reputation for being the gathering place for certain groups ? Tumblr has fashion, Posterous has actors, Pinterest has food and crafts, Facebook and Twitter have, you know, most things. Google+ has been getting a reputation for being a techie hangout, but that?s only part of the picture. ?Google+ has ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 16:55

To hear recent news about ?s lucrative online ad system, you might think it?s suddenly a haven for all manner of scammers, counterfeiters, and other shady outfits. Not so, insists, and today it embarked on a charm offensive to prove it. None too soon.??Last August, the search giant was slapped with a huge??$500 million forfeiture ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 00:24

It?s the end of Round One of Tax Madness! Most of the GOP presidential nominees advanced to the next round. That?s to be expected because they?re all talking tax in an effort to woo votes. on the international scene also moved forward: Sarkozy, Merkel and Cameron all got a nod, as did Lucas Papademos, largely ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 02:52

Gorby plans comeback in Russian politics, wants to revive social democratic party to challenge Putin's United Russia juggernaut.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 16:57

The Wall Street Journal reported today that regulators in the U.S. and European Union have opened investigations into allegations that it bypassed privacy controls set by users of Apple?s Safari browser. Google has admitted that it created a temporary link between a Safari user?s computer and Google?s servers to ascertain whether a user was ?also ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 22:53