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Report: Apple Expected to Announce Newspaper Subscription Service

"Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a new source of profit as media companies struggle with declining print circulation and advertising revenue." So says MercuryNews.com….

How Will Google’s Speedy New Search Affect Users? Google Already Knows the Answer

Google’s newly unveiled quicker search design isn’t likely to result in users having plenty of extra time, says Quentin Hardy on Forbes.com. Instead, he says, it will probably just convince people to search more. The article hails the new search…

Google Instant Search: Some Marketers Are Saying It’s the End of Online Marketing As We Have Known It

Some in the online marketing community are saying that Google’s new instant seach spells the end of online marketing as we’ve known it, the Telegraph reports. According to the article, "Search Engine Optimizers, who try to get websites to the…

Bloom Off the Rose: The Sagging Economy Finally Catches Up With Wii and the Other Video Gamers

Video game hardware and software posted their worst August sales results in four years, with Nintendo’s Wii showing its worst sales month ever, reports MercuryNews.com. U.S. retail sales of game hardware, software and accessories fell 10% from a year earlier,…

Sports Commentator Avoids Criminal Charges

An ESPN sports commentator who was arrested in a domestic violence dispute last month will not be charged in the case, reports mediabistro.com. Jay Mariotti was suspended by AOL Fancast.com and has not appeared on ESPN’s "Around the Horn" since…

Wow: Justin Bieber Accounts for About 3% of All Activity on Twitter

"The social networking site has previously claimed that Bieber, a singer who shot to fame on YouTube, is mentioned 60 times a second on its website, which publishes 65 million tweets every day," reports Telegraph.com. According to the report, "The…

Google Logo Mystery Solved

The Google logo on its flagship search page and the mystery of what the company was doing with it all day yesterday and part of today, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, has been solved, CafeMom’s The Stir reports. It’s been Google’s…

Google Continues Puzzling Users With Gray Logo Today: Mystery May Soon Be Cleared Up

"After a bouncy-ball extravaganza yesterday, Google’s doodle today is more subdued, but still cool.  When you first land on Google.com, the logo is gray. As you type into the search box, though, colorful letters appear," Time reports The article adds,…

…Meanwhile Google’s Break-Apart Logo Tuesday Was a Mystery to Many

Google changes its logo often, and users just usually scroll over the modified logo to see whatever Goolge is honoring for the day. But not on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. For U.S. and U.K. users, the logo on the google…

AOL, ‘DeGeneres Show’ Join in Cross-Promotional Arrangement

In a deal in which no money is changing hands, AOL will become a promotion element for the syndicated "Ellen DeGeneres Show," reports TVNewsCheck.com. AOL will share Web traffic with and promote across its platforms the DeGeneres show’s Web site,…