NewsTrove - Inaugural mashup* event...
about Users in Control was terrible I had to leave half way through
There was an overly long presentation of s identity lock in and personal information leveraging strategy Seems like a rip off of Douglas Rushkoffs book Exit Strategy Mildly interesting in telling us that the club Google Yahoo and are each buying and creating networks of interlocking apps and predictably trying to create lock in through closed identity systems...
NewsTrove - AOL Testing Chinese Language Portal
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While its not yet ready to officially enter the Chinese market like rivals Yahoo and Google has launched a beta test for a Chinese language version of its Web portal The site is designed to reach the Chinese speaking community in the United States rather than the growing number of Internet users in China
The new portal brings together Web search blogs email and news from North America Europe and Asia says and will be available in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters Video content will also be offered including fulllength movies and popular episodes from China...
NewsTrove - Google Weds Instant Messaging to E-Mail - NewsFactor Network
Online search engine leader Google Inc is wedding its instant messaging and email services in the same Web browser hoping the convenience will lure users from the larger communications networks operated by its chief rivals
The new chat feature to be unveiled Tuesday will provide users of Googles Gmail service with a list of contacts drawn from past email exchanges and then signal whos available for online conversations
Automatic status reports about the online availability of friends family and coworkers have been a hallmark of instant messaging services for years...
NewsTrove - Microsoft demos advertising lab
Microsoft on Friday debuted its AdCenter Incubation Lab providing a peek at some of the adbased technologies the lab is cooking up
As previously reported Microsoft has been developing its AdCenter tool for more than a year On Friday the company demonstrated 15 of 40 prototypes during its AdCenter Demo Fest at its headquarters in Redmond Washington
Offering a range of distribution options from video hyperlink ads to mobilebased ads AdCenter is being designed to deliver more personalised ads to users...