October 2010 News

eBay Beats Forecasts, Sees Stock Jump
This afternoon, eBay delivered its third quarter earnings report, and it's a good bet that the company was eager to do so.  eBay beat analysts' forecasts for the third quar...
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Apple Fans Get All Kinds of Good News Today
Apple made a series of announcements today, including a new MacBook Air, a sneak peek of Mac OS X Lion, the Mac App Store, a public beta of FaceTime for Mac, and the introductio...
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Facebook Photos Goes Drag-And-Drop
Three weeks ago, Facebook took several steps to improve its handling of photos, introducing a streamlined tagging and uploading process, a better photo viewer, and support for h...
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Microsoft Lands Huge NYC Cloud Computing Deal
The most populous city in America has decided to turn for Microsoft for a cloud computing solution.  New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer m...
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Watch: Live at Facebook HQ – How Businesses Can Best Use Facebook
Facebook has been running a series called "Building Social for Business". Past entries can be viewed here...
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When Tweeting with URL Shorteners Goes Wrong
Former eBay President and CEO Meg Whitman is of course running for Governor of California. A spokesperson working for her has provided u...
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Keeping Your Brand Relevant
What do you do when your brand is on the verge of losing relevance? Former Kodak CMO Jeffrey Hayzlett had to take on that challenge....
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The Intersection Of Marketing And Real-Time Search
Thanks to Bing and Google, the concept of real-time search is going mainstream, with content created just seconds ago showing up in search results on a regular basis.  A se...
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RIM: Customers Tired of Being Told What to Think by Apple
Apple and Google have become known for taking shots at one another during announcements and presentations. We talked about this at length...
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Yahoo Delivers Passable Earnings Report
The third quarter was not unkind to Yahoo, judging from a just-released earnings report.  Yahoo managed to meet or beat analysts' forecasts in most respects, and its stock...
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The Future of Search Looks a Lot Like the Present (on Steroids)
Another Search Engine Strategies conference, another conversation about the future of search. It's a regular topic, but one t...
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Commissioner: “Google Contravened Canadian Privacy Law”
This isn't at all Google's week when it comes to international regulations and the company's collection of sensitive WiFi data.  First came the news it might be fined $3.3...
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Chrome Gets a New Stable Version (No Instant Yet)
Google, in keeping with its strategy of releasing a new stable version of its Chrome browser every six weeks, has released a new one today.  "In this s...
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Spain Weighs $3.3M Fine For Street View Data Gaffe
For better or for worse, the Spanish Agency for Data Protection isn't ready to forgive Google for collecting sensitive WiFi data along with Street View photos.  Indeed, it'...
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Avinash Kaushik Delivers SEM Advice
Earlier today, SES Chicago 2010 kicked off, and Avinash Kaushik, Market Motive's cofounder and Google's analytics evangelist, got it o...
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