NYT Orkut User Loses in Indian Supreme Court The Supreme Court of India has denied legal protection to a 19 year old computer science student facing a lawsuit for comments left on a group page he created on the Google owned social network Orkut, according to The Times of India. Local press has identified the young man by the name Ajith D (a common name) and report that his alleged offense… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Politics Just Work Please: Mainstream Media Meets the Fail Whale The online world is an imperfect place. Gmail goes down, chunks of blog posts disappear, and users are deceived on a regular basis. Most of us who spend time online are aware of - and have come to expect - these foibles and hiccups. But now, throngs of mainstream media outlets are entering the fray with a bit of naivete, rushing to use online… Social Rick Turoczy View comments
News Updated: Google Talk Worm Origin Found? "Hey check out this video! http://tinyurl.com/xyz,"; says an old friend by Google Talk IM. Well sure, you think, I'd love to see a video from you - it's been a long time! Maybe you got an IM like that this afternoon, too. Maybe you got six. There's nothing wrong with clicking on such a link, but when the site that loads as a result, Viddyho.com… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
NYT Hitwise: Search Queries are Getting Longer According to Hitwise, search queries on all the major search engines are starting to get longer and longer (PDF). While the average search query is still around two words long, queries that are longer than four words have become increasingly popular over the last twelve months. Hitwise's latest data also confirms that Google's market share in… Frederic Lardinois View comments
enterprise The Other Decoupling Theory A lifetime ago, before the market meltdown, when it was just an ordinary recession, there was a theory that the big emerging markets (BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, China) were "decoupled" from the US economy. According to this theory, when America had problems due to subprime mortgages, these countries would only be affected marginally. Well, that… Enterprise Bernard Lunn View comments