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Globe’s Oldest Blogger Dies At 97

A Spanish great-grandmother known as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 97 in the northern Spanish province of La Coruna. Maria Amelia Lopez, who started blogging after being introduced to it by one of her grandchildren, grabbed readers attention with a mix of memories and humor about her long life that included living through Spain's Civil War and years of dictatorship under General Francisco Franco.

Nearly Half Get News Online in Spain

Research from comScore found that out of the total Spanish Internet audience of 18.3 million people in February, 8.4 million or 46% visited an online newspaper site.

Google Street View Expected To Launch In Spain

You know the routine: small cars weighed down with large cameras are spotted in some city.  Then, without any warning, a Google Street View update occurs weeks or months later.  But it looks like photos of Spain should become public in the very near future, and a more comprehensive international release schedule may also have been made known.

YouTube Try's To Shakeup Spain Election

Voters in Spain have been using YouTube to connect with the two main candidates running in a parliamentary election on March 9.Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has avoided potential embarrassing moments by responding to just a small number of bland clips selected by Spanish television.

Google Earth Adds New Images In Spain

Google Earth has added some new imagery in Spain according to the Google Earth Blog.Frank Taylor writes," There's a noticeable new area of imagery on the eastern edge of Spain covering Barcelona, which is copyrighted "Institut Cartogrfic de Catalunya". This imagery is not particularly high resolution - I would estimate about 1 meter/pixel. Not as good as Digital Globe, which is 60 cm/pixel."

AOL Launches In Spain

AOL Europe today announced the launch of AOL.es, a new portal service for Spain. AOL.es will be free to anyone using the Web and will offer email, instant messaging, photo and video services, along with tailored content including local sports, entertainment and celebrity news.

Yahoo Builds Support Center In Spain

Barcelona is known for its architecture, its museums, and its sports teams.  Now it will be known as the home of Yahoo’s new customer support sales center, as well.  Granted, this status may not draw quite as many visitors to the Spanish city, but Yahoo still seems quite proud of the development.

Spain Goes After Anorexia Sites

Yeah, if in the US, it would be a freedom issue. But it's in Spain, and most of us won't mind. The same crew that made no bones about stripping too-skinny fashion models from the runway has now gone after pro-anorexia websites.

Baeza-Yates Plans Knowledge For Yahoo

Ricardo Baeza-Yates joined Yahoo from the Center for Web Research in Chile in January 2006 and chatted about his plans for Yahoo Research on Yahoo's Search blog.

Yahoo! Spain Threatens Blogger Over Piracy How-To

Yahoo! Spain didn't take too kindly to Spanish blog network Weblogs SL when they posted a third party tip on how to illegally download videos from Yahoo! Launch on their software blog Genbeta. After threat of legal action, the post has since been removed.