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Bing equals ka-ching?

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Tuesday June 9, 2009 )

Microsoft’s new search engine, aka “decision engine” or “results engine” as they now like to call it, is turning out to be an interesting beast.
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Premium content model rush

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Saturday May 30, 2009 )

Where Rupert leads, others often follow. Mr Murdoch’s plans to have Internet users pay for premium online newspaper content among his brands have set others considering the same.
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Microsoft’s machine that goes “bing”!

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Friday May 29, 2009 )

Apologies to Monty Python fans. Microsoft is revving up the spin machine for it’s new search engine, called Bing.
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Google - the $100 billion brand

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Monday May 4, 2009 )

Google is the world’s first $100 billion brand and number one brand for the third year running.
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Farewell Geocities

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Friday April 24, 2009 )

The free web hosting service Geocities has been around for what seems forever and it practically has in terms of Internet history - but it won’t be for much longer.
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Yahoo’s revenue woes

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Thursday April 23, 2009 )

Yahoo’s profit has dropped 78% compared to the same period a year earlier; and the axe is about to be swung among its ranks again.
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A reputation nightmare

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Friday April 17, 2009 )

The old saying goes the pen is mightier than the sword, but in the online world, a video camera is probably the more modern equivalent. The recent Dominos incident is another good example of why we need to closely monitor our online reputations.
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Spam’s carbon footprint

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Thursday April 16, 2009 )

While the meat product would likely have a sizeable carbon footprint, email spam doesn’t get off lightly either.
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97% of email is spam: Microsoft

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Friday April 10, 2009 )

According to Microsoft, over 97 percent of e-mail messages sent over the Internet are unwanted.
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AP gets tough on content reproduction

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Wednesday April 8, 2009 )

As old media continues to suffer an often undignified demise, one of the world’s oldest and largest newsgathering organizations is about to come out swinging against content theft.
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