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'Little joy' in today's mobile search
News Mobile search remains in its infancy leaving most people disappointed with user interface and accurate results, notes Ovum report.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Search, Ovum, mobile, Internet search, Mobile Device, mobile search, London, senior analyst
Malaysia gets its own Google Maps
News Localized site helps Malaysian business community better connect with customers as companies can add relevant corporate information, says search giant.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Web 2.0, SMB, Google Inc., Cell Phone, Small And Medium Business, Malaysia, local search, phone
Web 2.0 an innovative boost to IPTV?
News Web 2.0 content and services bring benefits to Internet protocol television, but there are challenges in implementation, says an industry player.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Web 2.0, TVs, CommunicAsia 2008, IP Television, Facebook, CTO, TANDBERG Television, Web 2.0, vice president
CNET announces partnership with Yahoo
News CNET will provide Yahoo with technology news stories and reviews, and the two companies will be able to cross-sell ads.
Tags: Content management, Business Strategies & Functions, Business models, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, Environment, hedge fund, marketing, revenue, partnership
Creative is latest to tackle e-book readers
News Maker of Zen MP3 players is said to be readying an e-book reader, tentatively named the MediaBook, that will harness videos, pictures, text, and services for a "media-rich experience".
Tags: Consumer Technology, Handhelds, Peripherals, Zen, Creative, e-reader, Amazon.com Inc., Bridgestone Corp., E-book Reader, Video
Utopic world of free-for-all content
Blogs Hi, my name is Eileen Yu, and I'm a Barry Manilow fan. All right, there, I've said it. I'm a huge, big, out-of-this-...
Thailand's DTAC tightens SMS scrutiny
News It responds to complaints that customers were automatically subscribed to services without knowing service rates or content, after replying to marketing messages sent by providers.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Personal broadband, Message, Mobile, Thailand, DTAC, marketing, SMS
Google on trial in Italy
News Should Google have to get consent from a subject before a video is uploaded? That's one of the issues at stake in a lawsuit focused on privacy violations.
Tags: Web sites, Video, Lawsuits, Google Inc., TV, Officer, prosecutor, Internet content company, Milan, Cajani
Google's Brin: Time to speed up Web
News Even though the Web is becoming the dominant development environment for applications, online performance still has a way to go, says Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Digital media, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Web Application, Advertisement, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., performance
Kachingle to 'sprinkle' dollars to online publishers
News Startup will help people distribute, say, US$5 a month automatically among favorite Web sites, hoping the idea will catch on now that content providers are "desperate enough".
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Site, micropayment, online publisher, economist, Facebook, CEO, Canada, founder
European IT chief backs Net neutrality
News In a speech made to a global forum on Internet governance, the EC's Viviane Reding says the Net neutrality debate is a 'political question to be answered by the people'.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Security, Net Neutrality, Internet economy, British Broadcasting Corp., network, European Commission, online piracy, Internet
Philippines: Mobile TV still in limbo
News Local carrier Smart Communications has not earned any revenue from its mobile TV service because the government has yet to issue policy guidelines on the technology.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Regulations, TVs, Mobile, Mobile TV, TV, Philippines, phone, cable television
Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace 'channels', kill cable?
News Will living room of the future be centered around a Web-connected, iTunes-powered Apple-branded TV--a 50-inch, high-def, wall-mounted iPhone?
Tags: Digital media, Music, Video, Media players, Multimedia, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., TV, Apple iTunes, Cable
M1 prepares for OpCo position
News In anticipation of Singapore's National Broadband Network, MobileOne is moving from a single-play operator role to multi-play, it said.
Tags: Financial statements, Sales/revenue, Service Revenue, IP Television, Mobile TV, Dip, Sales, chief marketing officer, handset sale, M1
Forget the mobile Web: One site should work for all
Insight perspective Some pundits argue you should have special versions of Web sites for mobile users and disabled people, but that's plain wrong, argues a Web guru.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Mobile, Site, Web Browser, Jakob Nielsen, Media Query, Mobile Device, Developer, mobile browser
