Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

New Google YouTube mobile site an end-run around Apple

Following our note on Monday regarding the battle over the idle screen and keeping customers in one's commercial zone, Google premiers its mobile YouTube site, complete with Android programming, accessible through Safari from any iPhone! Link to article.

Monday, July 5, 2010

The battle over the idle screen

Seen from the perspective of the home screen or phone top, the legal wrangling between device and software giants -- such as Google, Apple, and BlackBerry -- is about capturing and holding customers in their commercial zone. Link to article.

Can Yahoo's algorithms democratize the news?

Factoring user queries in content delivery could serve as a means around editorial censorship under the right conditions, but whether Yahoo meets these requirements remains to be seen: Link to article.