Google Google Labs Cooks Up Two IE Toolbars When Google has an idea for a fun or useful project based on one of their established properties, they will often categorize that project under the heading of Google Labs. Google Labs have been created on everything from search, to Gmail, to Picasa. And today, a new Labs opens its doors: Google Toolbar Labs. Limited to the Internet… Phil Glockner View comments
Conferences Kevin Rose Talks Digg, Ads, Dead Trees and Cool Hunters Digg, which has spent four years trying to level the playing field and democratize media, will soon receive a facelift. According to Kevin Rose, Digg's founder and chief architect, the site, which hasn't changed much since its inception, will be putting a "stake in the ground this year and making some big changes." Speaking to the Ad:Tech… Lidija Davis View comments
News WordPress.com Turns On Comment Reply-By-Email Support WordPress, on their official blog, made a short announcement that Wordpress.com blog owners could now enable reply by email support for comments made to their blog. With a couple of simple configuration changes, blog owners can get the convenience of being able to directly reply to new comments via their preferred email address instead of through… Phil Glockner View comments
Analysis GeoCities Closure Signals End of an Era - Will Others Survive on Freemium Model? Yahoo has announced that its website creation service GeoCities, which it acquired for $4.5 billion in 1999, will close later this year. Existing customers are being encouraged to "upgrade" to Yahoo! Web Hosting, which offers a site-building service and a personalized web address. The closing of GeoCities is the end of an era. Last… Richard MacManus View comments
NYT Nobody is Making Money Online from Susan Boyle Video (Yet) Unless you lived in an exceptionally dark cave in the last two weeks, you probably weren't able to escape the Susan Boyle phenomenon. According to some metrics, over 100 million people have watched the immaculately edited video of the 'frumpy' 47-year-old's performance on Britain's Got Talent (BGT) by now. While this is most definitely an… Frederic Lardinois View comments