Sometime I honestly wonder who is in charge over at Yahoo. Yahoo apparently has purchased Maktoob for around 75 million dollars, or a few hundred thousand barrells of oil. The Jordan based technology portal is one of the biggest in the Arab world. I don't think this really fits into what Yahoo...
Although the entire technology world thinks that Microsoft finally succeeded in killing Yahoo search to become the only major competitor to Google, Microsoft's chief Steve Ballmer thinks otherwise. Today, Steve Ballmer sounded upbeat on this new search deal and defended it saying that it's a great...
We all have seen the television and online ads for dating sites. One site, eHarmony, spent over 100 million alone in advertising in 2007 and, even with the rest of the advertising market flagging, seems to still be going strong. Part of this is because of the widespread popularity of paid dating...
Tech bloggers are nervous at the prospect of Google and Microsoft gaining real time access to the thoughts of Twitterers, but it's pretty apparent that Twitter has already been licensing the data to certain smaller startups all along. Twitter is in "advanced talks" with both Google and Yahoo. This...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg is expected to release details regarding a new email feature at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Fransisco, California, today. The new Facebook Email Service will function much like Google's Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail in a web based format available to over 500 million...
In 1700, barely a decade after the invention of the modern newspaper, the first matrimonial service was created. These services ran ads on behalf of single men and women who were desperate to find a good husband or wife. At the time, being single past 21 carried with it a deep stigma and turning...
Serena Williams now famous outburst video has landed her as the subject of an investigation. According to Yahoo! Sports, Williams will be asked to explain her actions and comments toward a female line judge at the end of her semifinal defeat to Kim Clijsters on Saturday night. A source revealed...
Officials from Italy, France, and Switzerland are searching for missing twin girls after their father Matthias Kaspar Schepp commits suicide. The six year old Swiss twins, named Alessia and Livia, went missing on January 30, 2011. Schepp's body was found near a railway station in Bari, Italy,...
Some communication is up close and personal—such as when you’re talking face to face with someone. However, it is possible to “speak” to somebody who is far away (sometimes right across the world). This “distance communication” is called telecommunications. Today, there are many gadgets and mediums...
Michael Jordan has chosen Denver Nuggets legend David Thompson to usher him into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, which shocked even Thompson, who is friends with Jordan. I would have only been more suprised if Jordan had chosen Doug Collins. I kind of half expected Jordan to have Phil Jackson...
