Fortune Interactive http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/ Fortune Interactive Corporate Blog en-us SEO Nucleus v3.2 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog//nucleus/nucleus2.gif Fortune Interactive http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/ <![CDATA[Microsoft to Release a Beta Web Analytics Tool]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=112 General http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=112 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:21:06 -0600 <![CDATA[Africa Barely on the Information Superhighway]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=111
There is, therefore, a tremendous opportunity for other nations to help Africa catch up with the rest of the world to help Africa become more of a part of the global economy and academic environment.

Romain Murenzi, the minister of science, technology and scientific research in Rowanda, says, "We have almost no natural resources and no seaports in Rwanda, which leaves us only with trying to become a knowledge-based society". But costs still remain high, and outside the reach of many citizens. The cell phone market, on the other hand, is growing much more quickly than the Internet in Africa, and has about the double the number of customers.]]> General http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=111 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:19:26 -0600 <![CDATA[Google to Bid $4.6 Billion on Auctioned Airwaves]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=110 General http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=110 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:41:15 -0600 <![CDATA[Google and Michigan Work Together to Improve Search]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=109 General http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=109 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:37:28 -0600 <![CDATA[Google Under Fire Again In Doubleclick Deal]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=108
On Tuesday, Scott Cleland, founder and president of Precursor LLC, an industry research and consulting firm, released a 35-page white paper addressing his reasons for concern over what he believes to be a monopoly in the making if Google merges with DoubleClick, claiming that Google/DoubleClick would have access to huge amount of personal information and banks in both the United States and United Kingdom.

Google has pointed out in addition to recent acquisitions by Yahoo!, AOL and other companies, their acquisition of DoubleClick, "...will benefit consumers, improve privacy, and promote competition, and that it will ultimately be approved by the Federal Trade Commission." But Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy, disagrees, suggesting that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may block the merger of Google and DoubleClick, despite Yahoo! finishing its own purchase of Right Media, which is not being blocked or apparently addressed by those who oppose Google's acquisition.]]> General http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=108 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:22:40 -0600 <![CDATA[Yahoo! New CEO Jerry Yang Open To Change]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=107 General http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=107 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:46:12 -0600 <![CDATA[Google is Launching Fee-based Hosted Site Search Engine for Small and Medium Businesses]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=106
Pricing is $100 a year for sites up to 5,000 pages, $500 for up to 50,000 pages, and $15,000 and up for sites with 1 million or more pages.

"We have transformed the market with our Google Appliance," says Matthew Glotzbach, director of product management for Google Enterprise. "This is a leap forward in the site search market."

Google seems to going head to head with Microsoft's own version of enterprise search, not to mention Google having its own Google Apps, Google Maps, Google Analytics, Google Check Out, Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Spreadsheets.]]> General http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=106 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:07:28 -0600 <![CDATA[Researchers use Google-Type Technology To Analyze Photos]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=105 General http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=105 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:44:09 -0600 <![CDATA[New Google Mashup Editor Debuts Today]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=104


Here's a brief overview of Google Mashups:



Google services mashed up
  • Take some AJAX UI components, data from your users and Google services like Google Base and Google Maps or external feeds and mash them all together using our simple framework. We make it easy with the Google Mashup Editor.


Common web technologies doing uncommon things
  • The Google Mashup Editor allows you to use HTML, Javascript, CSS and XML to create an infinite variety of applications with technology you are familiar with.


Simple tools for sophisticated apps
  • Using the Google Mashup Editor you can create, debug and deploy your application in one interface.



Go ahead and take the Google mashup tour yourself (http://code.google.com/gme/tour/tour1.html) or sign up to be notified if you want in (http://code.google.com/support/mashupeditorsignup).]]> Search Industry http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=104 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:09:30 -0600 <![CDATA[Search Engine That's Out Of This World]]> http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=103


"Send your zip or postal code and the name of something in the sky. Try the Sun or Moon; naked-eye planets; constellations; bright stars, star clusters, galaxies, or nebulae; or bright satellites. Ex.: 11733 sun, 90210 venus, cb3 0ha big dipper, 20009 hst, sw16 5np iss pm.



The abbreviation "hst" stands for "Hubble Space Telescope", and "iss" stands for "International Space Station".


The big search engines certainly have the capability of giving you lots of relevant astronomical information, but EZipSky sends it right to your cell phone in text format, based on easy-to-enter abbreviations.]]> Search Industry http://www.fortuneinteractive.com/blog/index.php?itemid=103 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:42:15 -0600