Singapore gets Google Street View, finally
Google's ground-level imagery feature called Street View, is at last a go in the island state.
PayPal eyes Asian SMBs' e-commerce moves
Citing study it commissioned, PayPal says small and midsize businesses in region are looking at e-commerce to power growth and enter new markets in year ahead.
New Google search UI brings color, search options
Search results user interface being tested highlights different options in eye-catching color, a nod to rivals trying to dent its lead with presentation improvements.
Amazon paces holiday tech discount drive
Deep, early price cuts on tech gadgets by electronics makers and retailers may be good for consumers and bad for profits.
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.
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.
LinkedIn's platform loosens up
Professional networking site now lets developers access its application programming interface to import LinkedIn features into external sites.
Report: Microsoft may help News Corp. delist sites
The media empire is talking with tech giant about having its Web sites removed from Google search results, according to a Financial Times report.
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.
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.
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.
Firefox-syncing Weave updates to beta
Mozilla's homegrown tool for synchronizing Firefox across computers and devices graduates to beta and introduces incremental syncing and a more streamlined, less obtrusive experience.
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.
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.
Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
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