Content, Once King, Becomes A Pauper

Up until very recently, perhaps as recently as six months ago, the prevailing wisdom among analysts who covered the media industry was that “content is king.” It is an inexact way of looking at what editors, photographers, actors, producers, and reporters create. Movies, TV shows, magazines, radio programming and high-quality internet content were viewed as having a significant intrinsic value. The best content can be moved from one medium to another, increasing its value even further.

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Microsoft readies smartphone assault on Apple

Microsoft is gearing up to take on rival Apple in the smartphone market. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Microsoft is getting ready to launch an online marketplace akin to Apple’s App Store. Microsoft is also readying a more sophisticated version of its mobile operating system called Windows Mobile 6.5, the Journal reported.

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New Advanced API and Implementations with Popular Mapping Platforms

HopStop.com Introduces New Advanced API and Implementations with Popular Mapping Platforms HopStop.com, today announced the full release of HopStop FreeAPI, a free service for developers. The Company also released code samples of HopStop’s mass-transit routing integration with Google, Yahoo and MapQuest maps. Using HopStop’s proprietary routing and mapping platform, web developers can now seamlessly integrate […]

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Google search inoperable, reporting unfounded errors

Google search inoperable, reporting unfounded errors Chicago (IL) – TG Daily observed significant problems with Google’s servers today. Whereas Google News was affected yesterday, today it is the main Google search engine at www.google.com. Users searching for anything will find that all returned pages include a warning that the site may harm their computer. This […]

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Google flags entire Web as ‘malware’

A major hiccup at Google this morning caused the entire Internet to be flagged as malware. The problem appears to be centered around the Google Safe Browsing API — even that returned a “This site may harm your computer” warning (see screenshot below) — the security diagnostics service that powers Firefox’s malware blocking service. There […]

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Google taking security a little too seriously?

Google taking security a little too seriously? It looks like Google is marking all of its search results with the warning “This site may harm your computer.” If you click on a Google result link in spite of the warning, you get an interstitial page with an additional warning: “Warning – visiting this web site […]

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Google Malware Warnings in Every Result?

Google Malware Warnings in Every Result? There seems to be a problem with Google (News – Alert) today. I started my Saturday morning browsing the Web and couldn’t open any pages from Google’s search as a “Warning – visiting this web site may harm your computer!” message continually came up. After moving over to Yahoo! […]

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