Bits: AOL Hires Another Ex-Google Executive
On Tuesday, AOL, the struggling Internet unit of Time Warner, announced it had hired Shashi Seth as its senior vice president of global advertising products.
Archive for September, 2009
U.S. Moves to Lessen Its Oversight of Internet
Washington wants to give other governments and the private sector a greater oversight role in an organization that oversees the Internet.
Microsoft Wins Overturn of $388 Million Patent Award
A federal judge ruled that Microsoft did not infringe a patent held by anti-piracy software maker Uniloc Inc.
Free All Music to offer free MP3s, new ad model
Atlanta-based start-up believes that users will be willing to watch a short video advertisement in exchange for a free MP3 download.
Now syncing: Google history on mobile phones
Google has made two enhancements to Google.com on mobile phones: history sync and local search. See what’s new.
Would You Pay to Play on Facebook?
A Nielsen Claritas study finds that less wealthy social networkers are more likely to use MySpace than Facebook
Bits: Facebook Offers Translation Tool to Other Sites
Facebook is directing its army of users to help translate other sites and applications around the Web.
Bits: Craigslist’s Missed Connections as Art
Artist Sophie Blackall found inspiration — and a book deal — in Craigslist’s “Missed Connections” section.
Sony PSP Go
Who is really going to buy the beautiful but pricey PSP Go? Only someone smitten by a case of gotta-have-it-itis. The rest of us should sit tight and wait for Sony’s hype machine to pass us by, or at least lower its prices a bit.