SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – – A spat between Internet titans heated up with Microsoft angrily denying that Bing copies Google’s search results and the world’s top online search engine adamant it has proof. Microsoft senior vice president Yusuf Mehdi went on the offensive in a blog post that accused Google of tricking Bing with a ...
Digital Trends, Top PicksCan you imagine making over one million dollars while you were still in your teens? The following kids didn’t just imagine it; they did it. Through entrepreneurial skill, astounding levels of self-motivation and a whole lot of creativity, these twenty five teens managed to make a whole lot of money before most of them had ...
Digital TrendsJust before unveiling the iPad, Steve Jobs gleefully declared that netbooks “aren’t good at anything.” “They’re slow, have clunky displays, and run clunky old PC software,” he continued. “They’re just cheap laptops.” The iPad, says Jobs, isn’t a netbook, but bests netbooks at everything they promise to do. That includes a better ergonomic, multimedia, and ...
Digital Trends, GadgetsGoogle has delayed the launch of its much anticipated laptop, powered by its Chrome operating system, until 2011. Instead, Google announced a pilot programme aimed at people who “live on the web”. Chrome OS is Google’s boldest bid yet to challenge Microsoft’s market dominance with Windows software. Google has already gone after Microsoft’s Office software ...
Digital Trends, Top PicksA couple of weeks ago, sex columnist and LGBT activist Dan Savage announced the launch of “It Gets Better,” a YouTube project designed to give hope to gay, lesbian and transgendered teens facing discrimination and bullying. Now even more celebrities and activists have stepped forward with words of encouragement. Savage’s YouTube channel has accumulated dozens ...
Digital Trends, Top Picksby Brenna Ehrlich There’s no denying that Facebook has had an impact on the way the younger set flirt, fall in love and break up. Now, Seventeen magazine has released a study that depicts just what kind of repercussions the social networking site has had on modern courtship. “Teens are incredibly social, and Facebook plays ...
Digital Trends, Social Networks, Top PicksWe’re here today at the St. Regis in San Francisco where Facebook is unveiling what CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling a “modern messaging system”. Zuckerberg recalled talking to high schoolers recently and asking them how they communicate with one another. They don’t like email. “It’s too formal,” Zuckerberg noted. So about a year ago, Facebook ...
Digital Trends, Social Networks, Top Pickshttp://too.blogspot.com/ is Sergey Brin’s official blog. For people who don’t know, Sergey Brin is Google’s co-founder. Here is his latest post. Go to his site to read his other entries. Hope Several days ago I volunteered on a relief mission to Haiti that brought in nearly 20,000 lbs of supplies. While the trip was brief, ...
Digital Trends, Top PicksA new web browser called RockMelt launched last week. They set out invitation for a beta test through facebook. To get the word out to everyone, though, they came out with a short video demonstrating their new project. It got an impressive 500,000 hits. Rockmelt claims to combine your social life directly into your web ...
Digital TrendsThis is how you create an effective product promo using available tools. BBDO Proximity Canada and M&M’s launched a new campaign that could win someone a smart for two car. Essentially, it’s an online treasure hunt. People can look for clues seeded on the M&M’s social networking sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. Clues ...
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