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Posted late last night by Adam M. Smith, Google Print Product Manager, on the Google Blog: “As with many ambitious ideas, Google Print has sparked a healthy amount of discussion…Today I’d like to mention two new features that reflect these discussions and which we feel will considerably improve both programs. If you’re in the Publisher …
The first excerpt from John Battelle’s new book, The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture, is available on his blog.
Reading Between the Lines of Used Book Sales. Related references from the article: Ghose, Anindya, Smith, Michael D. and Telang, Rahul, Internet Exchanges for Used Books: An Empirical Analysis of Welfare Implications and Policy Issues (August 25, 2004). Goolsbee, Austan, and Chevalier, Judy, Are Durable Goods Consumers Forward Looking? Evidence from College Textbooks, (42 pages, …
Financial Market Organizations Have Taken Steps to Protect against Electronic Attacks, but Could Take Additional Actions, GAO-05-679R, June 29, 2005. “We found that all seven of the selected financial market organizations are taking steps to prevent their operations from being disrupted by electronic attacks. Each of the organizations had implemented the five major elements of …
“The focus of this white paper is to describe the basic workings of a new capability, the Microsoft® Phishing Filter, that will be included in the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7. The Microsoft Phishing Filter will not only help provide consumers with a dynamic system of warning and protection against potential phishing attacks, but …
Forbes Best of The Web Directory includes recommendations on more than 3,000 websites and blogs, on topics that include investing, health, e-commerce, management, travel and careers.
July 25, 2005: The Customer Respect Group Announces Third Quarter 2005 Results of Online Customer Respect Study of Largest Airline, Travel Firms: “Competitive Pressures Seen Driving Overall Improvements; But 38 Percent of Firms Continue to Share Personal Data.”
Largest High Tech Firms Ranked on How They Treat Online Customers in Second Quarter 2005 Online Customer Repect Study Related reference: Survey: Corporate Web sites low on customer respect
“Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to send queries as text messages over your mobile phone or device and easily get precise answers to your questions. No links. No web pages. Just text and the information you’re looking for…local business listings…driving directions…movie showtimes and theater locations of movies currently playing near you…weather conditions …
From EPIC: In a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC urged the agency to investigate online data brokers, companies that promise to sell phone calling records, the identities of people who own private mail boxes, and the identities associated with AOL Screen names, Match.com profiles, and Lavalife profiles. The complaint argues that this information …
A press release on the new Pew Internet and American Life Project Report released this afternoon: “Spyware and the threat of unwanted programs being secretly loaded onto computers are becoming serious threats online. Nine out of ten internet users say they have adjusted their online behavior out of fear of falling victim to software intrusions. …
This New York Times article discusses the growing interest in, and testing of, delivering adverts to consumers via RSS feeds, which may in some measure be an inevitable result of the hype the technology has been receiving from both the blogging and MSM communities. Despite a strong current of opposition in some quarters to using …
