Archive for August, 2007

Internet Advertising Will Soon Surpass Traditional Newspapers

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

A recent study found that online advertising is expected to surpass traditional newspaper advertising by the year 2011. "We are in the midst of a major shift in the media landscape that is being fueled by changes in technology, end-user behaviors, and the response by brand marketers and communications ...

Google’s Acquisition Of Postini Okayed By The FTC

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Google is getting bigger, yet again. This time their acquisition of Postini for $625 million was okayed by the Federal Trade Commission, despite initial anti-trust concerns. The addition of Postini technology indeed enhances Google Apps, launched as Web applications and now offering desktop functions. But, of course, it's online that ...

San Francisco’s Free Wi-Fi Project May Come To An End

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Bad news for any of you readers that were enamored with the free wi-fi services in San Francisco. Construction and access on the wi-fi highway could be coming to a quick end. The city of San Francisco put off a vote to sign an agreement with Earthlink, the wireless network builder ...

Yahoo’s New Mobile Interface Worse Than The Last

Monday, August 6th, 2007

I have a PDA that I'll use to do very limited web browsing, mainly because so many websites aren't mobile friendly. I've always had my start page set to Yahoo, but I'm thinking of switching to Google mobile because Yahoo's new mobile version is so bad. Here are the reasons ...

AOL Is Still Losing

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that internet access is no longer the trusted dial in connection that once reigned supreme. This method of connecting to the internet has been losing it's popularity as high speed methods like cable, DSL and even fiber optics have replaced it and ...