For example, following Michael Jackson's death in the early hours of the morning, Amazon very quickly updated its Amazon Store to make a tribute to him and cater toward the huge demand of people looking to purchase his music.
Six of the top 10 most searched people in 2010 fell off this year’s list: Sandra Bullock, Jesse James, Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods, Barack Obama, and Kate Gosselin. Michael Jackson trial/Conrad Murray year anniversary
When a big news story breaks (think of death of Michael Jackson or Japan's recent earthquake) where can we turn to see fresh images? Nachofoto, dubbed the world's first "Semantic Real Time Image Search Engine" (try and say that with a mouth full of...
Take, for example, Michael Jackson's unfortunate demise. At the time of his death, and for a significant amount of time thereafter, people were interested in updates on what might have killed him, but they were also interested in his songs and...
Take, for example, Michael Jackson's unfortunate demise. At the time of his death, and for a significant amount of time thereafter, people were interested in updates on what might have killed him, but they were also interested in his songs and...
You'd think it was almost as important as the 24-hour coverage of Michael Jackson's funeral or something. It's being touted as the death knell for Microsoft, a redefinition of the operating system, and a torpedo being fired at Microsoft and Apple.
Moments like Michael Jackson's death or the Iranian election revolt bring in other elements that topic-specific forums lack. The world may be all a-Twitter, but it seems the inordinate amount of time now spent there is costing other places traffic.
