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[subscribe]Jan 19, 2009: Internet Retailer 2009 Web Design Conference at Fontainebleau Miami Beach [Full Story]
Upcoming.org Dec 30, 2008Redesigning Websites: The Magic that Turns Shoppers into Buyers Add A Comment »
Evolution demands more Facebook drunkfail (MSNBC) [Full Story]
Yahoo News Dec 30, 2008Just as Darwin predicted, humiliating photos will continue to appear on the Internet, posted by the very people being humiliated in the photos. And human nature says this behavior will continue long after your parents, college board and your human resources department cease to care. Add A Comment »
Multilingual Culture and Heritage Internet Search System Developed (Science Daily) [Full Story]
Yahoo News Dec 29, 2008European researchers say they are pushing online culture and heritage research way beyond Google by using a smart search system that is multilingual, multimedia and optimized for cultural heritage. Better yet, this promising system has wide application in other fields. Add A Comment »
Thanks for Proving My Point, Stupid [Full Story]
Technorati - Scoble Dec 29, 2008No sooner do I write a post castigating two of the biggest blowhards in social media when I get a present dropped in my lap in the form of an idiotic post from the internet's top idiot, Robert Scoble. To refresh (in case going back to yesterday is too much for some of you!), here's what I wrote Add A Comment »
INTERNET BUSINESS REVENUE PRO: Scobleizer [Full Story]
Google Blogsearch Dec 28, 2008Chabotc · Scobleizer · 16th Letter · Mike On Ads · N Post · Website Gear · Blogsessive · Photo Shop Support · Writers Write · Use It · I'd Rather Be Writing · Free Online Users · Text Link Ads · Project Wonderful · Clicksor Add A Comment »
Top 10 Most-Sought-After Gifts of 2008 [Full Story]
Digg Dec 18, 2008Here's what we all seem to be searching for this year. Unsurprisingly, the Wii is also the hottest product on the market this season. It ranks first among product searches on the Internet using. Add A Comment »
Is The Internet Killing Tradeshows? [Full Story]
Technorati - Scobleizer Dec 18, 2008Interesting blog post by Robert Scoble. He reckons blogging and social media are killing trade shows. Because tech companies are getting the attention - and return on investment - they want from online launches, they are increasingly reluctant to participate in trade shows. Some companies are reducing Add A Comment »
I'm done saying it nicely. Sign up for a Twitter account now! [Full Story]
Technorati - Robert Scoble Dec 17, 2008I can't emphasize this enough - if you are a professional, if you need to market anything, if you know anyone who is on Twitter, if you have a business or work for a company, if you use the Internet, GO AND SIGN UP FOR TWITTER TODAY. Here's the link: https://twitter.com/signup Just do it. Stop Add A Comment »
Wizard in world of search (PhysOrg) [Full Story]
Yahoo News Dec 17, 2008If Microsoft has to climb over or through Yahoo to get to Google in the Internet search business, there are few people better positioned than Qi Lu to lead the way. Named this month as president of Microsoft's Online Services Group, Lu brings with him practically the entire history of Yahoo' Add A Comment »
This story is a 'shoe-in' for YouTube [Full Story]
Google News Dec 17, 2008This story is a 'shoe-in' for YouTube Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago Now blogger Robert Scoble points out that late-night funny man David Letterman used the incident to lob Internet shoe vendor Zappos.com another kind of Add A Comment »
Scoble, say it ain’t so! at Hello, My Name Is… [Full Story]
Google Blogsearch Dec 16, 2008Robert Scoble is a personality in the tech industry who gained Internet fame after becoming a sometimes outspoken proponent *and* critic of his previous employer, Microsoft, on his blog. At the time he started writing about the Add A Comment »
Search for missing N.B. man in Guyana turns to internet (CBC) [Full Story]
Yahoo News Dec 16, 2008The ground search for a New Brunswick man missing in Guyana is stretching into its seventh week but the hunt for Patrick Murphy of Bathurst is now turning to the internet for its next phase. Add A Comment »
Google Slips From Most Trusted List [Full Story]
Digg Dec 15, 2008The Internet search giant previously stood at the 10th ranking last year, but slipped off into the ether this year as the 6,500 people surveyed by the Ponemon Institute and Truste may have put Google into the "big company syndrom," the Chronicle story reported. Add A Comment »
Holiday ornaments decorate Google search results (CNET) [Full Story]
Yahoo News Dec 15, 2008With icons such as candy canes and dreidels, Internet giant injects holiday-theme icon frivolity into its search results for Christmas, Hanukkah, and, yes, Festivus. Add A Comment »
Freezing cold, no internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0 conference! (Guardian Unlimited) [Full Story]
Yahoo News Dec 14, 2008Want to know how Britain should spend that billion pounds it has earmarked for internet startups? On a vodka-fuelled conference in a sauna in London. It would sure put LeWeb into the shade. Though almost anything would. Add A Comment »
SwissCom Tries To Deflect Criticism Of Le Web Internet Failure (via Backtype) [Full Story]
Robert Scoble - FriendFeed Dec 14, 2008Do You Remember What We Did On Our Computers When We Had No Internet? [Full Story]
Technorati - Robert Scoble Dec 12, 2008This week we have seen Robert Scoble accused of playing Solitaire on his computer while sitting as a judge in the startup competition during LeWeb conference in Paris. Later on Robert explained that he only played two games during the session where he was not even a judge of himself but I don't Add A Comment »
Web developer leaving corporate search tool online (The Guardian) [Full Story]
Yahoo News Dec 12, 2008An Internet search engine that allowed searches by shareholders of the P.E.I. corporate registry will remain online, even though the website's data cannot be updated. Add A Comment »
Baidu cuts outlook after search wrangle (Financial Times) [Full Story]
Yahoo News Dec 11, 2008Baidu, China's largest internet search engine, cut its revenue outlook for the fourth quarter by 14 per cent on Thursday, pointing to the economic slowdown in China and to changes in its customer base following controversy over paid search listings of unlicensed medical websites. Add A Comment »
Freezing cold, no internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0 conference! [Full Story]
Google News Dec 10, 2008guardian.co.uk Freezing cold, no internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0 conference! guardian.co.uk, UK - 40 minutes ago Meantime, in the startup competition room, Robert Scoble sat at the judges' table openly playing Solitare while yet another poor entrepreneur stumbled Add A Comment »
