“Actually, Copiepresse is suing Google for publishing and storing their content without permission, but what they obviously don’ t understand is that when Google News publishes your headline and a short excerpt linking to the original article, that’ s fair use, and it’ s a good thing because it sends you tons of traffic. This is an old [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Belgian Newspapers Sue Google For Sending Them Traffic – Again”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/28/belgian-newspapers-sue-google-for-sending-them-traffic-again/” });”
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Archive for May, 2008
Belgian Newspapers Sue Google For Sending Them Traffic – Again
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Amazon CEO Reveals Plans For Paid Streaming Video Service
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“As many of you might know, the D: All Things Digital conference is under way in Carlsbad, Calif. Earlier this week, Microsoft made headlines at the event, having spoken about its plans for its latest operating system, as well as other developments. Today conference-goers were witness to an interview conducted by Walt Mossberg with Jeff Bezos, [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Amazon CEO Reveals Plans For Paid Streaming Video Service”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/28/amazon-video-streaming/” });”
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Google Earth Comes To Your Browser
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“One of the most interesting things that happened at Google’ s I/O conference today was the launch of Google Earth browser plugin. This doesn’ t mean that Google Maps is on its way to the dustbin just yet. Google Maps will not serve Google Earth’ s imagery; it merely gives developers a way to build mashups using Google [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Google Earth Comes To Your Browser”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/28/google-earth-browser/” });”
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How to find new books to read
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“TLV, a loyal MR reader, asks: I’ve always been curious about how Tyler goes about choosing new books to read. Most people rely on recommendations from others, but Tyler seems like someone who generates a lot of recommendations rather than…”
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What should be an allowable non-profit?
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“In a ruling last December that sent tremors through the not-for-profit world, the Minnesota Supreme Court said a small nonprofit day care agency here had to pay propery taxes because, in essence, it gave nothing away. …Almost 88 percent of…”
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So You Think You Can be President? Revisited.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“Last year, I argued that instead of debates presidentidal candidates should have to compete in a series of games. The problem with debates is that most of the time voters don’t know what a good answer is. Thus… …what we…”
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Oil for Blood
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“In order to give blood donors a break from gas prices, the Red Cross [in Greensboro, NC. AT] is entering all volunteer blood donors, who give blood between June 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008, into a drawing for one…”
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PR Secrets for Startups
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008“Editor’ s Note: At a time when anyone can broadcast their opinions about your startup to the world, public relations requires a new level of engagement on the part of companies and entrepreneurs. But what are the new rules of PR? Guest author Brian Solis, who earlier this month wrote a post for [...]”
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Twitter!
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008“Crunch Network: MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.”
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Facebook To Open Source Facebook Platform
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008“Sometime soon, perhaps this week, Facebook will turn the year-old Facebook Platform into an open source project, multiple sources have told us. The immediate effect will be to allow any social network to become Facebook Platform compatible – meaning application developers can easily take their Facebook applications and have them run on those social networks. Bebo [...]”
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