Google is demoting commercial mug shot websites in search results, the New York Times reports, and MasterCard, PayPal, American Express, Discover and Visa have all stated they are in the process of terminating payment services to the owners of such sites. This mass revolt started when influential reporter David Segal called the search engine and […]
Society’s focus on reducing environmental impact is improving, and it is an even greater priority when the people engaging in environmental programs get something out of the deal. In order to encourage commuters to reduce their environmental impact, Bejing has started to accept an unusual form of currency in exchange for their transportation services. The Bejiing Subway System is introducing a program that has been coined Recycle-to-Ride (pun intended) to encourage citizens to reduce their waste, or at least what they do with it when they produce it. Because, the subway system, which is used extensively by commuters in Bejiing, accepts plastic bottles and other recyclables in exchange for subway tokens.
In a speech given to this year’s International Journalism Festival in Milan, Italy, Google Chief Economist Hal Varian explained that the newspaper industry has been in decline since 1972 and that online journalism as a threat to newspapers is only a continuation of broadcast journalism’s inexorable encroachment, but that newspapers have a new opportunity to […]
Pirates, you have scholarly advocates in the London School of Economics. The LSE’s Media Policy Project has published a report entitled “Copyright & Creation: A Case for Promoting Inclusive Online Sharing”, and it argues that copyright infringement is not harming the creative industries nearly as much as is common believed. The authors even go so […]
BlackBerry has been under a preliminary agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings, its biggest shareholder, but is reportedly entertaining a backup plan in case the current bid falls through. The information comes from sources who spoke to Reuters, claiming that Google, Cisco, Intel, SAP, LG, and Samsung are all considering potential bids for BlackBerry or parts […]
We’ve all watched a child tear through wrapping paper with excitement to get through the gift it contains, only to discover that they find more entertainment value in the wrapping then the gift itself. This is often disappointing to the gift-giver as it was the gift, and not the wrapping paper, that they selected with care. But who says it has to be that way? Certainly not Gift Couture – a business that designs wrapping paper that is as fun as the present it contains.
Samsung has revealed its estimated third quarter earnings, showing a record profit that beat analysts estimates. The final numbers won’t be in until later this month, but the preliminary numbers show that the operating profit will fall between 9.9 trillion won and 10.3 trillion won, while the sales numbers are higher at 58 trillion won […]
Serving up advertisements can be tricky business, and depending on how it is achieved, could land companies in hot water. Such was the case with Google earlier this year over issues with email scanning, something that had prompted it to say that emails sent to Gmail addresses had no expectation of privacy. Following a judge’s […]
Just a moment ago, Twitter’s filing for initial public offering went live at the SEC. This filing and the hype surrounding it include a variety of facts provided by the company to show potential buyers of their stock once it comes time to invest. In addition to the stock being made public here, Twitter went […]
As Instagram is, as they say, “a growing business”, they’ve decided that it’s finally time to take charge of their own destiny with a variety of advertisements throughout the feeds of users. In an announcement this week, the folks at Instagram responsible for letting the public know what’s going on in their free and publically […]
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