Archive for October 2010

Digg Removes BP America Sponsored Submission From Front Page

UPDATED: 10/8/2010 – 2:07 p.m. CST Digg removed a BP America sponsored submission from their front page after determining it “crossed the acceptable threshold” of negative community feedback, the company stated on its official Twitter account. The submission — Offshore world looks good after Gulf oil spill, scientists say (with video) –  attempted to downplay [...]

The Drill Down 156 – Shrimping? Get my Sister.

This week, we look at Facebook’s new Groups and Download features, Twitter’s new CEO, CNN’s Rick Sanchez vs. Jon Stewart, Apple hit with $625.5 Million patent violation, Android moves ahead, Apple preps an iPhone for Verizon, Google TV gets more real, Goo.gl gets a website, an alternative to JPEG, Google goggles comes to the iPhone, [...]

Search Terms Google Instant doesn’t want you to see

Google Instant is Google’s search enhancement that shows results as you type. Before Instant, when you’d type a prurient term such as ‘nipples’, you’d be shielded by the final ‘Press Enter to search’ before Google would give up its nipply bounty of links and images.  But with Instant, those results show up right away.  So [...]