Uncategorized ⁽²⁶⁵⁾

Jeff Jarvis on the inexorable slide of the local newspaper companies, who, he argues, have abandoned the small local advertisers and followed the large ones, only to find their market share slide in favour of the internet pure plays. A message here for b2b? Technorati…

Will open source Hadoop "cloud computing" software unthrone Google? Read on here. Technorati Tags: computing, Google

paidContent.org reports that the Economist is working on a new social networking site for "incredibly bright and influential" people to commune together. This is despite the inconclusive end of its Red Stripe Project. Technorati Tags: social media

The FTC which regulates all things media in the US has finally given permission for Google to acquire ad network DoubleClick. Google's own take on the decision is here. Technorati Tags: advertising, Google, m&a

Google has launched a competitor to Wikipedia. Called Knol or Knols - we're not quite sure - it features articles (or "knols" - units of knowledge - written by a single author but voted upon by readers. Lifehacker points out that, now Wikipedia makes up…