August, 2007
Real time Traffic in Google Earth
Today Google launched a new feature in Google Earth that provides that same real time traffic information that people have come to rely on in Google Maps. By enabling the “Traffic” layer in Google Earth, you can see a real time picture of traffic conditions to help plan a route or just check out how [...]
Yahoo! Added Inline Audio Samples To Audio Search
The Yahoo Search Blog announced they have added inline audio samples to their audio search feature: “Now on Yahoo! Audio Search you can play samples of millions of songs. The new inline player provides instant playback right next to the search results. There are no intrusive pop-ups or multiple browser windows to manage — only [...]
More Universities Announce Google Apps on Campus
Today, at a gathering of education leaders and decision makers at the Google campus in Mountain View California, five new universities announced they are launching Google Apps Education Edition on their campuses. University of North Carolina Greensboro, Clemson University, University of Texas San Antonio, Kennesaw State University and Arkansas State University will all implement Google’s [...]
Philly.com Joins Yahoo! and the Newspaper Consortium
Yahoo! today announced that it has expanded its growing network of newspaper partnerships to include Philly.com, online home of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. With the addition of Philly.com and four other newspaper partners since April, the Newspaper Consortium now includes 19 publishing companies representing nearly 400 daily newspapers reaching a total [...]
How Dreamweaver Courses for Your Marketing Staff Can Cut IT Payroll Expenses
So many companies overload their IT staff with work that other department staff could be handling! With the IT staff generally being among the high paid staff members in the company, it just doesn’t make sense to bog them down with rudimentary tasks that others could be handling before they pass their projects on to [...]
Ask.com Sets Record Rise in American Customer Satisfaction Index
Ask.com achieved the highest percent increase in customer satisfaction of any online company, according to the University of Michigan’s annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) released today on www.theacsi.org. While the market share leader and search category as a whole declined this year, Ask.com’s level of satisfaction grew from a rating of 71 in 2006 [...]
Yahoo! Receives Award for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Yahoo! today announced that Dr. Usama Fayyad, chief data officer and executive vice president of research and strategic data solutions, has been awarded the 2007 Innovation Award by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM’s SIGKDD Innovation Award is the highest technical award in the fields of data mining and knowledge discovery. This award recognizes [...]
Ask.com And Dell Partner For A Better Planet
Ask.com and Dell today announced collaborative efforts to help protect the environment with custom, energy-efficient servers and the planting of thousands of trees to offset carbon emissions. Ask.com and Dell’s Data Center Solutions Division (DCS) have developed an environmentally friendly plan that includes a combination of hardware and services to further Ask.com’s data center efficiencies. [...]