The online film rental and streaming video company Netflix continues to expand. The company announced that it has extended its streaming TV and film service to Mac users, while noting that Mac customers would need to install a Microsoft software component in order to stream films and TV shows with the Netflix service.
Netflix Brings Streaming TV to Macs - With Microsoft’s Help
Microsoft Moves into Cloud Computing with “Azure”
Perhaps as an attempt to compete with Google, Microsoft is delving into the world of cloud computing, and reducing its current dependence on desktop-only software. Microsoft representatives introduced a new software platform known as Azure. The software is part of an overall strategy to shift the company’s presence to web-based software and services to compete with Google’s ever expanding a lineup of online-only products.
Google “Mail Goggles” Guard Against Drunken Emailing
It is a problem that many people never even realized existed: drunken e-mailing. Evidently, drunken late-night e-mail rants have become a problem for many people, so much so that even Google has stepped in to help out. The company has recently unveiled its new Mail Goggles feature on Gmail, to help discourage unfortunate late-night e-mails, fueled by alcohol and tiredness.
Google’s Gmail Continues to Have Sporadic Outages
Gmail, the free Internet based e-mail service developed by Google, has been suffering a series of outages over the last several weeks. A major outage last week left thousands of Gmail users without service to either the e-mail program or Google Calendars and Documents.
How to Make a Successful Digital Promotion
Digital advertising is increasingly being embraced by marketing moguls worldwide. While a bulk of marketing budgets are still allocated in traditional advertising, the shift of consumers, especially the younger generation, to spending more time online over television or other forms of media leaves marketers no choice but to “go fishing where the fish are.” With the increasing number of digital gigs in the worldwide web, comes the challenge for Digital Advertisers to not just be present but to make a difference in the online space.
CBS Brings Full Length Programs to YouTube
CBS has partnered with YouTube, the Google owned online video phenomenon, to broadcast some of the companies television shows online. The official announcement states that the selection of shows will be limited for the time being, but is expected to expand in the near future.
FBI Indicts European Hackers for 2003 Attacks
Two European hackers have been indicted by a US grand jury for a devastating denial-of-service Internet attack back in 2003. The indictments are part of the FBI’s ongoing “Operation Cyberslam,” which was established in 2003 after a series of vicious hacker attacks knocked both government and private Internet servers off-line in the west coast of United States. Losses resulting from the attacks are estimated at up to $1 million, according to an official FBI statement.
Ask.com Still Trying to Reinvent the Search Engine
Even though it appears that Google won the search engine wars years ago, alternatives to The Big G’s dominance online continue to exist. Yahoo search, for example, continues to attract a respectable (if not overwhelming) percentage of the market. But in the contest to design a more perfect search engine, it could be a California-based Ask.com that is the dark horse to win the race.
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