Today, another nine exhibits from the Viacom-YouTube were released, and while Google will no doubt get around to spinning the documents its own way, Viacom has already had a go.
Tags: before-google, business model, copyright policy, enabler, Eric Schmidt, excerpt-comes, from-the-viacom, Legal, nature, sergey brin, user experience, viacom youtube, viral-premium, youtube
Google Buzz has captured a lot of the buzz around services with “Buzz” in the title (of which there are a few ), but before Google Buzz was even announced, AT&T Interactive had already launched a beta version of its latest take on local business search at Buzz.com . Buzz.com has only been available on an invitation basis so far, and will remain that way until some bugs are ironed out, but you may find AT&T’s Buzz becoming a bigger part of your life than Google’s simply, because it will be coming at you from your Facebook friends. We spent close to an hour talking to AT&T about the product, checking out a demo of the service, and getting a feel for just what AT&T plans to do with Buzz.com. Right off the bat, Charlie Hornberger, director of product development told WebProNews it’s not as much about getting in front of people on Buzz.com, but getting in front of them on Facebook. That’s just for now anyway, it’s already integrated with Facebook, and Twitter is next on the list, he says. Then they’ll figure out what other networks to integrate, whether that be Gmail contacts, instant messenger lists, or anything else. Buzz.com is focused on only positive reactions to businesses. Users can “favorite” businesses and recommend them to their friends. So as far as reputation management goes, there shouldn’t be too many issues here from the standpoint of monitoring negative commentary. Although if your competitors are getting a lot of “buzz”
Tags: bugs, Buzz, buzz.com, Facebook, instant messenger, nature, Review and Story, thoughts
China’s standing in the scientific community might be damaged if Google leaves the country, according to the results of a new survey.
Tags: China, community-might, country, journal, make-it-harder, nature, percent-said, Search, search engine