Official Google Blog: “Today, we’re excited to launch Google For Non-Profits, a one-stop shop for tools to help advance your organization’s mission in a smart, cost-efficient way. This site features ideas and tutorials for how you can use Google tools to promote your work, raise money and operate more efficiently. And to get inspired, you’ll… Continue Reading
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IDC's Worldwide Software Pricing and Licensing Taxonomy and Report Guide, 2008
IDC’s Worldwide Software Pricing and Licensing Taxonomy and Report Guide, 2008, Mar 2008, Doc #210950: “This IDC study defines the classification scheme, or taxonomy, used by IDC’s Global Software Business Strategies group to analyze the software licensing strategies of vendors and requirements of end-user organizations. IDC’s software pricing and licensing taxonomy represents a fundamental view… Continue Reading
Google Finalizes Acquisition of DoubleClick
Follow up to previous postings on the Google-DoubleClick merger, this announcement today from Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO: “I’m pleased to share the news that we completed our acquisition of DoubleClick today. Although it’s been nearly a year since we announced our intention to acquire DoubleClick last April, we are no less excited today… Continue Reading
Tail Report – Survey of Web Revenue
“Tail Report has launched with the goal to map out how money is made in the blogosphere. Tail Report works by asking users to anonymously submit information about their site’s traffic, rank and monthly revenue. In return, the user receives a custom report detailing what other websites are making and how their revenue compares based… Continue Reading
PBS: Your Guide to Online Privacy
Your Guide to Online Privacy, by Mark Glaser “As we share more information online via myriad site registrations, online social networking profiles, e-commerce sites and search engines, the desire by companies and governments to mine that information is increasingly at odds with the desire of users to protect it. While online businesses can create their… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Releases Online Shopping Report
Press release: “Most online Americans view online shopping as a way to save time and a convenient way to buy products. At the same time, most internet users express discomfort over a key step in online shopping sending personal or credit card information over the internet. According to the Pew Internet Projects September 2007… Continue Reading
Update on Microsoft Bid For Yahoo
Follow up to February 2, 2008 posting Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share, this news: Microsoft Lawyers Map Out the Bid for Yahoo – Company lines up its case for a new antitrust fight, by Nathan Carlile, Legal Times, February 11, 2008. “By making its offer for Yahoo, antitrust lawyers say, Microsoft… Continue Reading
One person in eight in the EU27 avoids e-shopping because of security concerns
Press release: “In connection with the 5th Safer Internet Day1 on 12 February 2008, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, presents a selection of statistics concerning internet activities, security concerns and virus attacks. The Safer Internet Day is part of a global drive to promote a safer Internet for all users, in particular… Continue Reading
Connecticut Farmers Selling Dairy Fiber Pot Containers
Audubon Naturalist Society: “Gardeners have long wanted pots made of biogradable and renewable materials. And now, at least for seedling pots, this alternative exists: CowPots, invented by two Connecticut dairy farmers, are durable fiber pots made of cow poo. So far, though, these odorless pots are only available to us online.” Continue Reading
Media Myths and Realities: A Public of One
Press release, December 10, 2007 – “The way communicators dispense information is out of sync with the way consumers use media, according to Media, Myths & Realities, a comprehensive survey of media usage among consumers and communications professionals conducted by global public relations firm Ketchum and the University of Southern California Annenberg Strategic Public Relations… Continue Reading
New Study on Copyright and Creativity from the Center for Social Media
New Study on Copyright and Creativity from the Center for Social Media, Posted by Hugh DAndrade: “Free video hosting sites like YouTube, Yahoo! Video, and Daily Motion are enabling creators to share video instantly with millions of viewers around the world. A new report from the Center for Social Media takes a close look at… Continue Reading
gethuman 500 database
“The gethuman movement has been created from the voices of millions of consumers who want to be treated with dignity when they contact a company for customer support.” The gethuman 500 database, regularly updated, includes telephone numbers for customer service contacts in the following sectors, located in the United States: automotive, credit, finance, government, hardware,… Continue Reading
