Digital Inspiration – Yahoo launched Yahoo Desktop Search software in January 2005 using technology from X1.
Yahoo’s search program was definitely superior than competing products from Google or MSN because it supported many more file-types and would let you preview files even without the associated application.
Yahoo’s desktop tool was good enough that it won the editors’ choice award [...] read more
InternetData Center Knowledge – AT&T has confirmed that it is entering the content delivery market in a bigger way, ending months of speculation about its plans. Here’s an excerpt from Dan Rayburn at the Business of Online Video: Since December, AT&T has been busy working on the build out and expects to spend between $70-$80 [...] read more
Googlified – The Google LatLong Blog announced several updates to the images of Manhanttan used in Google Street View. Among the updates, I find their new move to blur out people’s faces to be quite interesting.
We’re also taking this opportunity to test our new face-blurring technology on the busy streets of Manhattan. This effort has been a [...] read more
Appletell – There are reports that within the next couple of weeks iTunes will be host to some of Time Warner’s HBO content. What’s interesting about this deal versus any other iTunes content agreement is that Apple has supposedly agreed to a different pricing structure than the rest of their deals. According to an article at Portfolio.com, “One possibility is that HBO programming will have a higher retail price than the flat $1.99 fee Apple currently charges for video content. [A]nother is that HBO will receive a larger cut of the same flat rate than other iTunes content providers receive.” However, as usual, Apple [...] read more
