Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube — So far, YouTube has been a free, advertising-supported service, but Google plans to build payment mechanisms into its video-sharing site. — “With respect to how it’ll get monetized, our first priority is on the advertising side. Tweet
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Evernote + Twitter = Instant Memories
Evernote + Twitter = Instant Memories — Now you can send your tweets directly into Evernote. Why is this cool? Because Twitter is chock-full of great stuff. Your ideas, thoughts, and experiences mixed together with all of the content from the people you follow: journalism, storytelling … Tweet Source
IE8 via Automatic Update for users running IE6 or IE7
Microsoft plans to distribute Internet Explorer 8 to computers running previous versions of IE (IE 6 or IE 7) via Automatic Updates starting from the 3rd week of April. The update will be rolled out gradually from a small user base to large number of users. The update will be a ‘high priority’ update for…
Microsoft: 3% of e-mail is stuff we want; the rest is spam
Spam makes up close to 100 percent of all e-mail traffic on the Internet, according to Microsoft. In a new security report, Microsoft said that 97 percent of e-mails sent were destined for the junk folder, though most never made it to their destinations thanks to server-side filtering. As usual, the latest waves of spam…
Google CEO Warns Newspapers Not To Anger Readers
“Google CEO Eric Schmidt has hit back at newspaper bosses, warning them that they risk alienating readers in their war against news aggregators such as Google News. ‘I would encourage everybody to think in terms of what your reader wants,’ Schmidt said at a conference for the Newspaper Association of America. ‘These are ultimately consumer…
First screenshots of build Windows 7 build 7077 leak
First screenshots of build Windows 7 build 7077 leak — As you can see above, screenshots of Windows 7 build 7077 have started to appear around the Web. There are also reports that the 32-bit version has been leaked and is readily available on various websites. Tweet
FriendFeed lifestreaming goes real-time for better and worse
FriendFeed has unveiled a new beta that brings some rather drastic changes to its lifestreaming service. Users have always been able to import and share their activity from dozens of other communities and create content on the site. Now, FriendFeed is adding granular messaging features and the holy social grail: real-time, automatic updates. Registered users…
Think Microblogging is Hip? Try Nanoblogging!
Think Microblogging is Hip? Try Nanoblogging! — With all the hype surrounding Twitter these days, it was only a matter of time before someone tried to outdo them and come out with an even faster and more efficient method of communication. — Enter Flutter. Flutter claims to be a nanoblogging service. Tweet Source
Google Gmail Now Has Search Autocomplete Function
Google reports it has added a feature to Gmail called Search Autocomplete, which suggests possible terms after the user inputs a few letters into the search bar. Gmail will also automatically input a collection of advanced search operators, allowing Google users to more efficiently search through the company’s expanding array of communications features with increased…
Microsoft announces single-version Windows 7
Microsoft today announced that the forthcoming version of its operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, would come in just one single version, despite rumors that there would be five versions of the software. The operating system will simply be called "Windows 7." The company found that offering multiple versions of Windows Vista confused customers, and generated…
