Running a contest on Facebook? That'll cost you
Social network tightened rules for companies running contests on its platform, and sources say those companies will be required to buy ad space, too.
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Google-AdMob acquisition 'a good fit'
Internet giant's purchase of mobile advertising firm will "bring benefits to both sides" but shouldn't be made exclusive on Android platform, say Ovum analyst.
Find more stories in: Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Ovum, AdMob, advertisement, mobile, Mobile Advertising, monetization, Google Android
Three-strikes piracy deterrent not for S'pore
Anti-piracy law won't be implemented in Singapore as existing laws are sufficient, and will also be difficult to implement, say industry watchers.
Find more stories in: Digital rights management (DRM), Regulations, environmental scan, Sledgehammer, Survey, Piracy, Music, Singapore, intellectual property, e-mail
With IE 9, Microsoft fights back in browser wars
By showing first glimpses of technology in Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft also showing it's serious about building competitive browser.
Find more stories in: Web browsers, Acceleration Feature, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Microsoft Internet Explorer, performance, Hardware, JavaScript
Private-sale shopping sites are hot
Saddled with unsold merchandise amid the recession, makers of luxury goods are selling their wares through members-only shopping sites.
Find more stories in: Business plans, Business development/management, E-business, Shopping Site, GSI Commerce Inc., home furnishing, Business, Business plans, Vente-Privee.com, Site
Google set to promote Chrome extensions
One of the standout features of Chrome 4.0 is customization through extensions. Google appears on the brink of launching a gallery to showcase them.
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Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal
Under fire for running misleading ads on social networks, offers-and-surveys broker now says publishers can choose how "conservative" they want to be with ads.
Find more stories in: Gamer, Games, Facebook, Social Networking, Media One, Offerpal, Survey, advertisement, network, Class Action
Google, Bing continue gains at Yahoo's expense
Over last several months fewer and fewer searches have been performed on Yahoo's sites, with market leader Google and upstart Microsoft seeing the benefits.
Find more stories in: Search, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S., Internet search, Asia-Pacific, ComScore Networks Inc., Yahoo Search, barrier
A new set of rules for social games
Playfish's US$300 million sale to Electronic Arts seems to spell good news for other makers of social-network games, but this is a fast-growing and messy niche filled with one plot twist after another.
Find more stories in: Games, Gamer, Facebook, Offer, MySpace, Playfish, Zynga, Playdom, cell phone, advertisement
New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6.
Find more stories in: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., File, Web-based Application, Web Browser, Photo-sharing, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application
More on mobile payment front: Boku steps it up
Competing for market share with rival Zong and a few others, start-up says new partnerships give it access to 200 million new user accounts.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Facebook, Snap, PayPal, Boku, Phone, mobile, Web 2.0, game company, payment
Google Translate now helps with pronunciation
It's one thing to translate a word, but it's another thing to know how to correctly pronounce a word written in an unfamiliar character set. Google Translate just added that feature.
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How will you use Google Wave?
Google's Wave collaboration platform is already attracting attention from businesses, according to one of the key architects of the service.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Google Inc., SAP AG, TechEd, software, Web 2.0, Vienna, IM, decision-making, collaboration
O'Reilly: Web is at war, and it's making me sad
In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the "punditocracy" by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Web sites, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Checkout, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Tim O'Reilly
LinkedIn's platform loosens up
Professional networking site now lets developers access its application programming interface to import LinkedIn features into external sites.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Web sites, Software engineering/development, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter Inc., network, Web sites, Web 2.0, API
Mozilla not interested in building Firefox OS
Does Firefox backer want to turn its open-source browser into the basis for an operating system a la Google's Chrome OS? Not for now at least.
Find more stories in: Browser, Web browsers, Google Inc., Mitchell Baker, Operating System, revenue, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Internal Revenue Service, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Google buys Teracent to boost display ad push
Google's latest acquisition is a startup that helps advertisers format and target display ads to particular groups.
Find more stories in: Internet advertising, Acquisitions, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Teracent, advertisement, Internet Search Advertising, Stock, DoubleClick Inc., leader
Yahoo stopping mobile 'Go' app in 2010
Yahoo to pull the plug on a mobile app it cannibalized with the introduction of Yahoo Mobile, its optimized site and mobile app.
Find more stories in: Yahoo! Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Web Browser, product marketing, Apple iPhone, strategy, Web
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
Find more stories in: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., DirectWrite, Bas Schouten, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Mozilla Corp.
Firefox faces browser clone war in China
Mozilla hosts outreach programs to drive Web standards and has special version of Firefox for China, where browser landscape features IE clones.
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