August, 2007
Microsoft to Acquire Enterprise Group Chat Provider
Today Microsoft announced it has agreed to acquire Chicago-based Parlano, maker of MindAlign, a leading application for enterprise group chat. Microsoft expects to add Parlano’s group chat functionality as a new feature of Microsoft Office Communications Server and Microsoft Office Communicator, Microsoft’s server and client software for presence, instant messaging, conferencing and VoIP. “Parlano has been [...]
George Reyes To Retire As Google CFO
Google announced today that George Reyes has informed the company of his intention to retire as Chief Financial Officer. Reyes indicated that he will remain to assist in the search for a new CFO and to assure an orderly transition, which Google expects will occur by the end of the year. “I’ve known and admired George [...]
CNN.com Inks Multi-Year Advertising Agreement with Google
CNN.com and Google announced an agreement today that enlists Google’s AdSense™ advertising program to deliver site targeted advertising to CNN.com. Through this collaboration, the AdSense service places contextually relevant ads alongside CNN.com content, allowing both small and large advertisers to target CNN.com specifically and connect with high quality content and traffic. Under the terms of [...]
All-New Yahoo! Mail Gives People Worldwide More Ways To Connect
Yahoo! today announced the general availability of the new version of Yahoo! Mail, one of the world’s most popular Web mail services, providing people with more ways to connect to their friends and online contacts. The new service includes two real-time communication features that are the first of their kind from a leading Web mail [...]
Google is Introducing Sky in Google Earth
Google announced the launch of Sky, a new feature that enables users of Google Earth to view the sky as seen from planet Earth. With Sky, users can now float through the skies via Google Earth. This easy-to-use tool enables all Earth users to view and navigate through 100 million individual stars and 200 million [...]
Microsoft Starts Beta For New Webmaster Portal
Microsoft today posted an announcement for their new Webmaster Portal on the Live Search Blog: “Shortly after that day in March when we had to take the “link:†operator offline, a small team was formed in Redmond. Its singular focus: to build the next-generation set of tools, content and resources for SEO professionals and webmasters [...]
New Simple Way To Embed Google Maps
Starting today, Google Maps users can add a map to their website or blog just by copying & pasting a snippet of HTML. This new functionality enables Google Maps users to share and disseminate geographic information in the same way that YouTube users share videos. Bloggers and webmasters no longer need an API key or [...]
Yahoo! Adds Dynamic URL Rewriting Feature in Site Explorer
Yahoo! today announced the Beta launch of ‘Dynamic URL Rewriting’ in Site Explorer. The new feature provides the ability for site owners to alert Yahoo! of the dynamic parameters in URLs that they’d like Yahoo! to ignore, which Yahoo! will then automatically rewrite accordingly. Try this out for all the cases where you’d want to use [...]