Amazon.com has launched a public beta of "Amazon MP3," a new digital download store with DRM free music.

It’s been a couple of weeks since it became apparent that Google was penalizing link directories – at least a few of them – knocking them out of the SERPs even for their own business names. There’s still no official word from Google on this, but there is plenty speculation that it wasn’t algorithmic.

Yahoo said today that all of its worldwide, mobile properties will comply with new mobile advertising guidelines announced by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) EMEA.

Canadian people have visible faces, and Canadian cars have legible license plates.  But when Google Street View offers images of Canada, these features will be blurred or otherwise blocked out in order to respect privacy concerns.

Enterprising hackers have found ways to unlock the Apple iPhone, so it can be used on networks other than AT&T. Apple will undo that work shortly.

Microsoft may be ready to exchange up to $500 million for a 5 percent stake in Facebook, while New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants the site held accountable for the actions of sexual predators.

Color us with the ‘unsurprised’ crayon, neither Yahoo nor global advertising power WPP want to see Google walk away with the queen of the ad network homecoming ball.

When portable media player owners choose which videos to buy they want compelling video content that will look good on their small screens, according to Parks Associates, "Portable Multimedia Players: Analysis and Forecasts" report.

The average person may or may not have heard of Healia, a health search engine.  But since two new search tools have been added on, he (or she) is now about three times as likely to become familiar with it.

The Nielsen Company today began the public beta testing of Hey! Nielsen, an online social network site focused on allowing pop culture fans to express and share their views.

Google’s market cap is currently hovering around $177 billion, and although that sum can’t perform magic, it is a powerful motivator – construction on the search giant’s Lenoir, North Carolina facility is apparently moving along at a surprising pace.

If a social network user is dedicated enough to use two social networks concurrently, it might not be all that surprising that those same networkers spend, on average, more time at both sites. Networkers are networkers after all.