It was only as recently as 1996 that Yahoo opened their search engine directory in Germany. Now, less than 15 years later, that is shutting down, as well as search directories in several other European countries. According to AnteZeta: Yahoo! has closed some of their European directories sometime this year – their Italian and German [...]
Yahoo’s European Directories Closing,One by One
June 20th, 2010YouTube Launches Secret Project – Using Bloggers.
June 19th, 2010…making it not so secret after all. According to a blogger with the SF Appeal, YouTube sent out a letter asking for help with a ‘super secret project’: On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:20 PM < [Redacted]@youtube.com> wrote: Hi xxx, I am leading a project at YouTube and I thought you might like to [...]
Why YOU Should be Using HTML5
June 18th, 2010Over 2/3 of all video on the web is now HTML5 compatible. Eric Papczun at Search Engine Land has great post about why everyone should already be switched to HTML5 with a video you should watch if you have a chance. Basically, HTML5 is rapidly being adopted across the web, as as it has the [...]
EU Objects to Google Data Retention – Then Does a 180
June 16th, 2010According to the most recent reports, the Eu is hamstringing its own campaign to reduce the amount of time search engine’s keep data. According to the EFF: The Directive 2006/24/EC, more widely known as the European Data Retention Directive, is an unpopular framework that compels telecommunications service providers operating in Europe to store all communications [...]
Google Earth Updates
June 15th, 2010Google Earth is finally on iPad! In addition, expansive changes and upgrades have been made to PC and mobile versions. According to the Google Lat Long Blog: Today we are proud to announce the latest version of the Google Earth desktop application, Google Earth 5.2. With this release, we are bringing exciting new features to [...]