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Virtuality & Mortality: Who Owns The Online Content We Create After We Die?
Laws beginning to recognize virtual property as part of estate planning.
Ring, Ring Google Calling: Starts Telemarketing Local Businesses
Google has a 300 person phone room dialing for dollars, selling local businesses their Boost and Tag services, Greg Sterling reported. “The telephone reps…
Twitter, Google Maps Used In UK Student Protest
Seems protesters love using Twitter to coordinate their group movements — but the U.K. students who rioted over the large increases (up to tripling…
Microsoft, Twitter Breakfast Starts Rumors Of Merger
The CEOs of Microsoft and Twitter had breakfast Friday morning starting the rumor mills of what impact a merger of the two companies could…
Search Week in Review for Dec. 11, 2010
Here’s a roundup of this week’s columns and news stories for the week of Dec. 5 to Dec. 10, as reported by Search Engine…
Malware Found In Ads Served By DoubleClick
Online security company Amorize has found malware in ads served by Google’s DoubleClick ad serving platform, Wired reported. “The malware infects users who visit…
Online Advertising: The End of Cookies?
Regardless of how we track, it's what we do with the data that is the main issue. Privacy concerns aren't going away, so it's…
AG to Google: Hand Over Street View Data
After being stonewalled by Google, Connecticut’s Attorney General and Senator-Elect Richard Blumenthal is now taking legal action to force Google to reveal the data…
New Google Search Feature: Reading Level
Google has launched a new advanced search tool that filters results by reading level. Based on how Google evaluates the website, it will annotate…
Survey Finds Only 8% Of Online American Adults Using Twitter
Twitter has over 175 million members, yet a recent survey has found only 8 percent of American adults use the social network, ClickZ reports.…