Analysis Google the Vote: How Google is Changing the American Political Landscape It's no secret that Google has influence. Being the most heavily used search engine, they in a very real sense control the distribution of information to much of the world. But Google has increasingly been peddling its influence in American politics (which, as the rest of the world is well aware, can have far reaching global consequences… Josh Catone View comments
Analysis Web Office Suite: Who's Leading The Pack? This morning Zoho will release their latest Web Office app, Meeting, as a public beta. It's a good opportunity to consider what progress each of the main Web Office vendors is making towards a full Web Office Suite. For this post, we'll consider Google Apps, Microsoft Office Live, Zoho, ThinkFree, and Zimbra. There are others of course, but… Richard MacManus View comments
web What Will MyStrands Do With $25M? Spain/US-based MyStrands announced today that it's raised $25 Million "to lead the social recommendation industry". MyStrands is a music discovery and social networking site that covers the PC, mobile and physical worlds. We wrote about MyStrands' technology in January, at which point it had announced a re-vamp. MyStrands is based on… Richard MacManus View comments
News Terry Semel Out at Yahoo! Yahoo! announced today that Terry Semel, who has been the company's CEO since May of 2001, will step down. Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang will replace him. Semel will become non-executive Chairman of the company and an adviser to the board, who also named Susan Decker, former EVP of the Advertiser and Publisher Group, as the company's president… Josh Catone View comments
Analysis Video Editing 2.0: 8 Ways to Remix Online Videos So you've shot your masterpiece, but it's a little rough around the edges. If you have any hope of winning that Oscar, you're going to need to do a little editing. But renting out an editing bay means thousands of dollars and figuring out what all the shortcut keys on the Avid keyboard do. But wait, you're in luck! Friday evening, YouTube… Josh Catone View comments