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Yahoo
Blog Search To Be Continued
Although the blog results component for Yahoo News searches has vanished from
the site, it should return after some tweaking to it has been completed.
Are
Employers Liable For Technology Addiction?
The advent of the always-connected workforce has spurred a management researcher
to ponder the liability of employers who take advantage of employee's "propensity
toward workaholism and technology addiction" as employees remain on-call even
during leisure time.
Canada
Denies Request To Block Hate Content
Canadian telecom regulators denied the request of a Jewish human rights lawyer,
asking the government to allow Internet service providers to block access to U.S.-based
white supremacist's websites.
BellSouth
Rescinds DSL Fee
BellSouth had planned to continue collecting a $2.97 per month fee from its 3.2
million DSL customers, even though that fee had been originally collected for
the federal government's Universal Service Fund.
Google
Bestows Much Love Upon Webmasters
The revamped Google Webmaster Central has enough changes in place that it merits
a second look for our readers.
Rate
Hike Causes Sellers To Drop eBay
Frustrated customers often threaten that they'll never shop at a store again.
Now, a number of online retailers have become angry at eBay...
MySpace
Ponders Print
When in doubt about proper market exposure, flood it. Looking for every possible
way to profit from the purchase of MySpace.com, News Corp., like a good business,
is mulling over the profitability of a MySpace magazine aimed at the new generation
of hipsters.
Yahoo
Flickrs Photos Into Search
Image search isn't just for the Yahoo index anymore; images posted to the Flickr
photo sharing service will now show up in searches on Yahoo.
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Tuesday August 29, 2006 |
Google debuted its Apps for Your Domain as a hosted communications option for domain owners, and it is being touted in some places as a gauntlet being tossed down in challenge to Microsoft.
Editor's Note: Psst, c'mere. Need a free communications
suite? How about web pages? Got it all right here, all yours. All for free. Just
sign in at the dotted login... What are your thoughts about the new Google Apps?
Let us know in WebProWorld.
 The
headlines say it, so it must be true. Google has taken the fight directly to Microsoft
on the software front. Here are a trio of headlines sounding the call to arms:
Google to target software market - BC News
Google plans new challenge to Microsoft - MarketWatch
Google takes aim at Microsoft with apps bundle - Houston Chronicle
Yes, the headline copywriters are having an absolute field day with Google Apps for Your Domain, a mostly communication-oriented bundling of services that can be branded and managed for a domain from a web-based administration interface. Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and the Google Page Creator comprise the free service.
This gives a domain owner a way to get a group of people connected with email and instant messaging, It offers a method of keeping track of what everyone is doing on a given day. For domains that lack a website, the Page Creator provides an easy way to place some pages online.
All of the parts of the Apps package work very well, and Gmail has been especially popular. The services all feature very clean designs that focus on utility and usability. About the closest Google gets to frills is the feed display appearing in Gmail that scrolls through various customizable news items.
For startups or established businesses that do not want to incur the cost of either a Microsoft Exchange and Outlook installation, or to pay for hosted services delivering that type of functionality, Google Apps can provide similar functionality for free.
Similar, but not equal. For Google Apps to really be a contender on the enterprise messaging side, even for a small company, Gmail needs a little tighter integration with Calendar than just the ability to add events from the Gmail inbox to it.
Google does have a few other pieces of the productivity suite puzzle available. The Writely word processor recently opened registration to anyone who is interested. Google's Spreadsheets can do sorting and formulas, but not macros.
One part of Google's announcement has made a lot of tech writers very excited, though. From the statement: "A premium version of the product is being developed for organizations with more advanced needs. More information, including details on pricing, will be available soon."
In other words, stay tuned. Maybe the Microsoft Office competitor is just around
the corner.
About
the Author:
Jason is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business. |
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Podcasters'
Guide To Avoiding Lawyers
 By
Jason Lee Miller
Boston attorney Jeffrey P. Hermes asks the question: "Do podcasters know their legal obligations?" The answer to that is largely, well, probably, "no." Though cases involving Internet content and properties are becoming more regular in the courtroom, the podcast is still virgin territory. Hermes believes that will change, and probably soon.
"There is both a developing and still incomplete understanding in this area," said Hermes, a partner in Brown Rudnick's Litigation Department.
But not only are podcasts destined for court dates alongside other forms of Web publications, Hermes says to expect the rules that apply to traditional media to be applied to Web media.
This is an interesting time in the world of media as, for the first time in history, anybody can be a broadcaster, a journalist, an anchorperson, a publisher, a media mogul. Also, if not for the first time, but for the first time in ages, media is once again nebulous and unruly.
The content producer is often without formal training and education. Worse, he typically doesn't have teams of lawyers to slap him on the wrists before they end up in court. Instead he has a fool for a lawyer, representing himself in Web 2.0 as publisher and litigator, without the credentials for either.
That is, of course, unless he is a thief to begin with, which is just one of the perils of such an open media - anybody can publish, bad guys too.
WebProNews made Hermes talk until his voice was sun-baked gravel under brand new snow tires. By the end of his torture, we had garnered a lot of useful information.
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How Much Is Too Much Information?
How much information do you need to gather about site visitors before you've crossed
the line of market research into the invasion of privacy territory? This subject
was brought up by one of our WebProWorld posters in relation to a Google partnership
with a stat-tracking company. The agreement calls for Google's satellite mapping
technology to show an image of a site visitor's neighborhood, in case you'd like
to follow-up with them I assume. Is this too much information?
Let us know your reaction.
|| Chris||
Google
is Showing Where You Live...
I don't post here very often... I find it a place to learn and get critisim on
my site... and I don't feel as being in the "rule breaking" section of webmasters
I can offer the quality of advise that the rest of you professionals do...
That being said... I recently got an e-mail from my stat
provider informing me that they had partnered with Google to bring me visitor
maps... This is nothing new; I've had this IP tracing thing for years... tells
me what town they live
in... great thats fine and dandy... but no... wait this is different... now
it shows me where you live, and I
mean the street corner, the block, the whole thing.
So.... visit my website today, and I just might visit your house tomorrow? I know
I can find the user with in a 3 house spread. this scares me...
Is this not a privacy issue? should I not be disclosing to my visitors that I
am actually gathering personal information like their location? Precise location?
And if I did, would they want to continue their visit?
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Will Google penalize a website if it is submitted to [certain] advertising programs
just to increase the website traffic?
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