Google Makes Changes to Google Checkout

PayPal’s lesser-known counterpart, Google Checkout has made some changes to its features. Google Checkout announced the launch of the new Google Checkout Store gadget in Google Labs. Essentially, anyone can create an online store. Users can keep track of their inventory through Google Docs’ spreadsheets. Users can then add the store gadget [...]

Microsoft and Yahoo! Come Together

A year ago, a Microsoft-Yahoo! deal was rumored for months on end. The rumors eventually died out, but resurged recently, and have become official. Neither search engine will be taken over by its counterpart, this is a collaboration between the two search engines. While Google tops the two, they are hoping to foster some innovation [...]

Blip.tv Partners with Mainstream Media and Social Web

Blip.tv, which is a video startup company made many announcements today. The site, which is known for its emphasis on independent television, has partnered with several big name sites. ReadWriteWeb states, “Thanks to all the new partnerships announced, including those with YouTube, Vimeo, Roku, and NBC, content creators can send their videos straight to [...]

Twitter Positions itself as a Place for Business

Twitter has quickly taken the world by storm. Whether it’s friends, colleagues, celebrities or institutions everyone knows the importance of the microblogging tool. And while other social media sites such as Facebook have created a space first for college students, then all users and finally businesses, Twitter is taking the business world head on.
Today, [...]

Facebook Changes URL Policy

When Facebook announced that it would allow users to choose a custom username, they were warned that they could never change it, so they had to be sure on what name to pick. This has since changed and Facebook is allowing its users to change their usernames. However, users can only make the change once [...]

Yahoo!’s Homepage Gets Social

Almost a year ago, Yahoo! announced its plans to redesign its homepage. The new homepage has gone through several changes, and is supposed to go live today. Users have the option of converting to the new page from a series of tabs on the left-hand side of the page. Once at the new [...]

Increase Conversions with Google Website Optimizer

When designing a website, it is important to create pages that are user-friendly and lead to conversions. Sometimes deciding on the best possible design can be difficult, and once a website is live it the design might not be as effective as originally thought. Google’s Website Optimizer is a tool that assists in finding the [...]

Response Key in Successful Social Media

It is impossible to escape social media these days. However, many companies hold back on social media for fear of getting negative feedback. One thing is certain: people are talking about your brand or product whether or not you are engaged in social media. It is up to you to respond to the [...]

Location-Based Search comes to iPhone

Google added location to Google Maps for Chrome and Firefox browsers recently. Today, Google introduced location-based search to the iPhone. Users with the new iPhone software can go to the Google homepage and choose to try the new ‘My Location’ feature. TechCrunch writes that from here, “the iPhone will pop open a [...]

Bing on the Right Track

Last year, Microsoft failed to buy Yahoo! and many thought that this signaled that the end was near for the lesser-used search engine. This year, Microsoft has made a splash in the search engine space when it unveiled Bing in early June. While many of Microsoft’s attempts to make a dent in the search [...]

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