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German Search Web Site Rankings
More than 34 Million Germans Searched Online in July
comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, reported online search activity for July 2008 in Germany based on the comScore qSearch 2.0 search measurement service. qSearch, …
More than 34 Million Germans Searched Online in July
comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, reported online search activity for July 2008 in Germany based on the comScore qSearch 2.0 search measurement service. qSearch, …
Is Twitter a good marketing tool?
Twitter has evolved into something much more than just instant messaging. It is increasingly becoming a valuable viral marketing, communications and customer service tool.
It’s not just lonely youths using Twitter. Established experts and big business …
Amazon buys AbeBooks
Amazon today announced that it will acquire AbeBooks, the online marketplace for used and rare books. Given the breadth of Amazon’s product line, it is sometimes easy to forget that, at its core, Amazon is …
Streaming Video on demand service for Amazon
Amazon will launch a new streaming video service to select customers on Thursday called Amazon Video on Demand. The service is different from its year-and-a-half old Unbox download service, which offers downloads of movies and …
PayPal helps eBay to increase income by 20%
EBay, based in San Jose, Calif., reported that net income in its second quarter rose 20 percent to $568 million, or 43 cents a share, compared to the year-ago quarter. The company said revenue climbed …
Why Some Succeed Wildly
Malcom Gladwell’s forthcoming examination of how mega-success is achieved will not be out until November, but judging by the buzz already surrounding it, “Outliers: Why Some People Succeed and Some Don’t” promises to be this …
Airline tests in-flight Web access
American Airlines says customers will be able to test in-flight Internet access on two flights beginning Wednesday, with broader service expected to begin in the following couple of weeks. Besides the paid service, passengers will …
Kosmix Search Engine Goes Horizontal
Kosmix, until now a vertical search engine for information about health, automobiles and travel, transformed itself into a universal search engine for all subjects earlier today during a general redesign.
The move has been anticipated since …
Amazon sues New York about new tax
Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit challenging New York State’s new law forcing online retailers to collect sales tax on shipments to state residents. On Friday, Amazon filed a complaint in State Supreme Court in Manhattan …
