Mozilla will soon be releasing the newest version of their popular open Web browser, Firefox and will be adding an option for users that prefer to NOT have Google as their default search engine. With Firefox 4 will come the ability to make Microsoft’s Bing you’re go-to choice for conducting searches. Users will be able …
Looking to not only maintain its rank as the “most successful force in display advertising”, Yahoo has a signed a deal to acquire Dapper, a technological platform that assists in display ad creation. The deal that is said to be completed by the fourth quarter this year, will help to make display ad creation and …
As of Tuesday, Android is the most popular operating system among recent smartphone buyers. According to The Nielsen Company’s blog from the six month time period ending in August, the percentage of Android purchasers rose from 14% to an impressive 32%; surpassing both Blackberry’s RIM and Apple’s iPhone OSes. Blackberry and Apple are neck and …
In December Google Goggles was released for Android. The feature allowed users to search in the Google Maps for Mobile by using a picture they took on their mobile device. It highlights recognized objects and then all you have to do is click on it to find out more information. Also, it can help with …
Today Google announced that the state of New York will be joining the ranks of Colorado, Iowa, Maryland and Oregon by becoming the fifth state (and the largest) to implement Google Apps for Education into its K-12 classrooms. With this program, all public school districts, non-public, and charter school across the state will now have …
Today I’m very happy to announce that BlueGlass Interactive has entered into an acquisition of 3 Dog Media which includes the additions of Greg Boser & Dax Herrarra to the BlueGlass team! I’ve known Greg for a long time and always respected him as a thought leader in SEO, an incredible business person & all …
Twitter launched Promoted Tweets in April of this year, to allow businesses to highlight ordinary tweets that they would like to reach a wider audience. These tweets appeared at the top of search results pages that have something to do with what users were looking for. The tweets were labeled as promoted is the business …
There is an on-going battle between Web users and the amount of access advertisers have to their information. A new program is going to be implemented to help protect people’s Internet privacy by allowing them the opportunity to opt-out of being tracked by companies for user specific advertising. Some 5,000 companies will be affected by …
In September I posted about Google TV launching in the fall. With this new feature, televisions will be outfitted with the ability to surf the web as usual, but also search and record programs, browse an app gallery right on a TV screen, the ability to view TV and the web simultaneously, and use a …
Touch screen technology startup, BlindType, announces that they have been acquired by Google. If you are unfamiliar with BlindType, the short and long of it is that you are suppose to be able to type anywhere on your touchscreen device and the technology will KNOW what you are trying to say and automatically correct it …
