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Podcasts Help Radio Listening In UK

One of the reasons I often hear as to why podcasting took off in the US is because of the poor choices available from radio. Homogenized content and script-reading presenters wherever you listen are among the anecdotal statistics thrown about.

Google Has To Give Up Personal YouTube Data

Just yesterday, I had a conversation, agreeing that the only thing that could topple Google, would be privacy. The same day, a judge presiding over the Google/Viacom case issued a court order requiring Google to turn over your personal data.

Google Changing Name Of Picasa To 'Google Photos'

The Google Operating System blog reports that Google is likely changing the name of their Picasa photo sharing service to “Google Photos”. A few other features are due to rollout as well, including licensing options, email photo uploads, and tagging of people in pics.

Online Advertising Spending Is On The Rise

As an internet marketer, any report of an increase in online ad spending brings a smile to my face. And a new forecast by ZenithOptimedia is the latest reason for happiness.

Presidential Candidates And Their Tech Policies

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which US Presidential Candidate has the best tech policy? I went off to Google to answer that question. Here’s the searches I did: McCain tech policy Obama tech policy

New Digital Music Service To Help Fight Aids In Africa

(RED), the nonprofit organisation co-founded by Bono, is starting a new digital music service (via NYT) in September that will contribute a share of profits to

Traditional Media vs. Bloggers

OK, so the headline is admittedly a bit sensational, but it got you reading, didn't it? I've been meaning to share some observations and thoughts on the changing media landscape for a while, but just haven't gotten around to it. Until now.

Facebook Wins Lawsuit

Social networking site ConnectU sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their idea. They allege he used the source code they hired him to create for their site.

Legal P2P Might Be Coming To The UK

 The UK may have legal music via P2P licensed at the broadband ISP level by the end of the year, according to the Register. The British government apparently pushed for talks between ISP's and the music industry as a preferred solution to legislation.

Search Marketing for Non-Profits

Jim Evans contacted me a while back hoping I could help him with his master's thesis on search marketing for non-profit organizations. I helped him a little bit, and he graciously agreed for me to post his work for my readers. It's long (about 70 pages) but it's a great overview of search marketing research. The most interesting part to me, however, starts on page 37, where Jim talks about Google Grants, a program that provides non-profit organizations with free advertising in the paid search listings.