News Nielsen: Online Video Continues to Gain Momentum In a new report, Nielsen Online takes a closer look at how social media and video sites have reshaped the web and the online advertising market over the last few years, especially in the context of the current economic crisis. According to Nielsen, since 2003, the time spent on video sites has increased by over 2,000%, and the number of Americans… Social Frederic Lardinois View comments
mobile Google Product Search Finally Useful as Mobile Service Google announced this morning that Google Product Search is now tightly integrated with mobile search results on the iPhone and Android. The new interface should make it easier to find price comparisons and customer reviews while on the go. I'm not a big shopper but I have struggled while standing in stores to find product reviews on my phone… Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
enterprise IT Consolidation Blues: CHOI Does Not Spell Choice Oracle is buying Sun, and bankers are looking forward to the next wave of consolidation. To somebody who remembers the innovation and excitement of earlier enterprise hardware and software start-ups, this is a bit gloomy. CHOI (Cisco, HP, Oracle, IBM) does not spell "choice" for buyers, employees, or investors. Choose your behemoth. If… Enterprise Bernard Lunn View comments
Identity How Would You Like Google To Describe You? Vote Today Yesterday, Google made a major change to the search results page that appears when you search for a person's name. Google Profiles, for people who have set them up, now appear on those pages. Today, Google opened a discussion about Google Profiles and called for voting on ideas about what they include. Profile options are already being… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Conferences A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity After delivering her report to President Obama last Friday, Melissa Hathaway, the Acting Senior Director for Cybersecurity for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils, today gave RSA Conference attendees in San Francisco a glimpse - what she called a "movie trailer" - into the state of U.S cybersecurity. According to Hathaway's 60… Lidija Davis View comments