YouTube has today announced the launch of Reporters’ Center through which daily news and updates related to the news industry. This would be a service in which information on various journalists and experts of the industry and reports in the video form on how news reports are gathered, sorted and reported. Reporter’s Center would be [...]
China Slams Door on Google
June 29th, 2009China is really cracking down on Google and associates, period. The Chinese government has apparently used the “Great Firewall” to block Google, YouTube and Gmail for a couple of days this week, according to a report from Fox News. Access to Google both in English and Chinese was blocked for part of Wednesday and Thursday in [...]
No Amazon for Tar Heels
June 28th, 2009Amazon Associates who reside in North Carolina are having a bad week. Their accounts were officially closed yesterday pending the passage of a state budget that is expected to include a provision requiring companies with affiliate programs to pay an internet sales tax. Under this proposed proviso, affiliates are considered representatives of the organization whose products they [...]
CHORUS Initiative Concludes
June 27th, 2009After of two and a half yearsof dedicated research, project CHORUS concluded its work and presented at a conference in Brussels. The conference looked at the status and challenges of multi media search engine technology. The different challenges, gaps, commonalities, difficulties, targeted/expected impacts and success criteria related to search initiatives were also examined, and a summary givven [...]
Michael Jackson’s Death Results in Massive Surge in Traffic in All Major Search Engines
June 27th, 2009The news about the sudden demise of Michael Jackson came out yesterday. Michael Jackson seems to have suffered a cardiac arrest that resulted in his death or at least that is what we are told by the media. It is also reported that the actual reason for the death of this legend is unclear and [...]
