Quick Take: “TPB might change owner”, thats the blog entry on official Pirate Bay blog, in their own unique style. The hint is clear.
Quick Take: Facebook has introduced events creation details in its publisher module, through which users can post what, where and when of the event. Facebook also launched “Celebrity and organization” updates for users attached to them.
Facebook Blog: Get Updates on Your Favorite Celebs and Organizations Across the Web; Event Planning Through the Publisher
Quick Take: The long pending rumour and wait is over, Google has announced the launch and first formal thoughts on Operating System for personal computers, they will release a Crome OS beta for netbooks, which will be available by mid 2010, Microsoft here it comes!!
Google Blog: Introducing the Google Chrome OS
Quick Take: Facebook will now allow advertisers, to set timeslots, for the advertisements to show on facebook. This will help advertisers target better, for set of target audiences and time zones.
Quick Take: Google has launched a “directions gadget”, this allows “webmasters to add customized Google Maps directions to their business locations”.
Google Latlong Blog: Help customers find their way with new Google Maps gadget
Quick Take: Google takes off the beta stamp off, Google Apps, which they claim is now used accross 1.75 million companies. There are some new features launched in Google Apps, like email delegation.
Google Official Blog: Google Apps is out of beta (yes, really) ; Google Enterprise Blog: Paving the road to Apps adoption in large enterprises
Quick Take: Yahoo announced the launch of “Search Pad” in February, as per sources, it is going to be launched on Tuesday, July 7th, 09. The feature allows users to take notes on search results, and also save them.
WSJ: Yahoo to Formally Launch New Research Tool; PC world: Yahoo Enhances and Broadens Access to Search Pad Tool
Quick Take: BBC has report that “Australia is to use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to give people early warning of bushfires”
BBC Tech: Twitter to give bushfire alerts
Quick Take: Comscore has reported, UK online video views to be 4.7 billion, a 47% growth year on year. The report also adds “that 21.8 million U.K. Internet users viewed a total of 971 million online display ads on multimedia sites during the month”
Comscore PR: Number of U.K. Online Videos Viewed Approaches 5 Billion in April [...]
Quick Take: ABC content has launched on Hulu.com, as part of relationship closed few months back. They are starting with Grey’s Anatomy, and will soon have Desperate housewives and Scrubs.
Hulu Blog: Paging Dr. Grey
