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A lot of Google’s products and services die quiet deaths in dark corners, but on the other hand, there are times when the company seems to have a Midas touch.  New reports indicate an appropriately golden future for Google’s newspaper and radio ads.
That’s not to say there aren’t some hurdles remaining.  Nat Ives and Andrew [...]

The court-ordered ban lasted two days, but it’s over now - YouTube is once again accessible in Turkey. But in order to appease the court, the video-sharing site removed a certain clip; hard feelings remain among both freedom-of-speech supporters and those who were offended by the video.
If you didn’t hear why the ban was [...]

The Weather Channel has become the latest company to announce the creation of a virtual headquarters in the popular virtual world Second Life. "Weather Island" will be available to gamers starting today.
The island will be the headquarters for The Weather Channel and offer an extreme sports park as well as a destination to screen episodes [...]

Almost two months ago, Yahoo India was accused of redistributing a woman’s recipes without her permission.  Now the company is apologizing (in a corporate-speak kind of way).  Yahoo is also blaming the incident on another business.
To be fair, Yahoo’s claims pretty much mesh with our past coverage of this story; its official statement today, as [...]

As the debate continues about YouTube’s impact on Big Media, Google CEO Eric Schmidt made it quite clear where he falls on the issue: “The growth of YouTube, the growth of online, is so fundamental that these companies are going to be forced to work with and in the Internet.”
Never mind the copyright battles in [...]

What’s different about the Japanese mobile market is that innovation is moving toward business models and marketing tactics instead of technical features and functions.
"The explosion of non-official mobile content Web sites is causing the sun to set on the i-mode business model of a dominant mobile carrier selling incremental content and services to its user [...]

Yahoo Video has teamed with the San Francisco Film Society for the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival GreenWorld Contest powered by Yahoo’s Jumpcut. The two will also launch a branded video channel featuring content from the San Francisco Film Society.
In short films of two minutes or less contestants will answer the question, "What [...]

Jupitermedia has ended talks with Getty images concerning a possible merger. In a press release from February 22 the company confirmed they were in discussions with Getty Images only after speculative articles had been written in the business press about the proposed deal.
Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler wrote in his blog about the termination of the [...]

A disclaimer: This article will in no way disparage Turkey, “Turkishness,” or the Eurasian country’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. It turns out that doing that sort of thing can get you banned in Turkey, which is what YouTube discovered for itself on Wednesday.
As reported by the Times Online, it seems that some Greek and [...]

Picasa is owned by Google, so it’s always been a bit vexing that the site’s search function lagged behind Flickr’s. Google is apparently taking steps to remedy the situation, as a new update allows users to “[d]iscover and explore public photos posted by others in the Picasa Web Albums community.”
There are still some unresolved [...]