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Google Changes its Display URL Policy

The Google AdWords blog has announced the new display URL policy will take effect this week of February 24th. The new policy, which was reported by Barry Schwartz at the Search Engine Round table about a month ago, will disallow multiple display domains per ad group. Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 23rd, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Telcos to target social web a drive by Sony Ericsson

Antony Beswick from NZ is heading the initiative held by  technology giant Sony Ericsson to help telcos get a piece of the social web. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Sony Ericsson unveiled a web-hosted "white label" portal. This white label application lets mobile network operators provide their own-branded social networking sites to allow their customers to upload photos and videos taken with camera phones to sites such as Facebook and Bebo. Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Digital News |

Twitter search gains prominence

Twitter is working to convert its popularity into a business. Twitter has begun testing its search features on a few accounts prior to releases it in the open. The search is now please on the main Twitter.com page. This information was provided by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in a blog posting. Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Microsoft Asks Some Laid Off Workers to payback

Microsoft had a payroll error and overpaid severance to some of its recently laid off employees, they are now asking for their money back. It appears that Microsoft HR isn’t even bothering to explain how it happened Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Fabled sunken city of Atlantis found on Google Earth?

An article claiming that someone found Atlantis using Google Earth has been published by The Sun. The possibility of an extraordinary discovery had oceanographers and geophysicists captivated. According to a Google spokesperson,the criss-crossing lines were sonar data collected as boats mapped the ocean floor. But google...... Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Is Facebook’s Value $3.7 Billion – less or more?

Facebook has settled last summer a dispute with a rival social network, ConnectU. The ConnectU founders -- the Winklevoss brothers and colleague Divya Narendra had accused Zuckerberg of ripping off their idea for a college-based social network. The case was settled for $65 million.The Associated Press has obtained a court filing......... Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Favorite Passwords used “1234″ and “Password”

A new US study conducted found that out of the 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular US website people often do the easy thing. 16 percent took a first name as a password. 14 percent relied on combination's such as "1234" or "12345678."Five percent were names of television shows or stars.Four percent accounted for The word "password" Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

‘Blackout’ protest goes viral – Launched by the Creative Freedom Foundation NZ

The protest campaign is encouraging New Zealand users of social media to black out their images this week in protest at section 92a of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act. The campaign has been launched by the Creative Freedom Foundation NZ. The Guilt Upon Accusation law 'Section 92A' that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without any evidence held up to court scrutiny. This is due to come into effect on February 28th unless immediate action is taken by the National

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[ More ] February 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Bill Gates on the move to Help the Third World With Cellphone Banking

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $12.5 million to support 20 projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The goal is to Supply 20 million unbanked people with mobile financial services by 2012. The Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) will work with mobile operators, banks, finance institutions, government to encourage affordable mobile financial services to the unbanked. Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

MySpace Sees a Mobile Future – Video interview with Travis Katz of MySpace

Mike Butcher from techCrunch UK had a video interview with Travis Katz, international head of MySpace at Mobile World Congress to get his views about MySpace mobile traffic. Check out the Video Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

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