The Department of Justice used blockbuster shopping event Cyber Monday to announce the blockbuster seizure of 150 websites that had been selling counterfeit goods, the agency announced Monday.
The seizure was a joint operation that united the DoJ more…
Salesforce people have already moved into Dimdim’s development centre in Hyderabad for due diligence.
World’s leading customer relationship management (CRM) software maker Salesforce.com is close to acquiring Dimdim, Inc., a US and India based web conferencing company. Salesforce people have already moved into Dimdim’s development centre in Hyderabad, according to sources, for due diligence. more…
On Sept. 22, Netflix began offering its streaming movie service in Canada. This was Netflix’s first venture outside of the United States, and because the company wasn’t offering its traditional DVD-by-mail plan to Canadians, its prospects seemed questionable. How many people would pay $7.99 per month (Canadian) for the chance to watch Superbad whenever they wanted? more…
Backpage.com, a leading online classifieds site, today announced the immediate suspension of certain areas of its personals and adult sections of the site while it continues to develop technologies, features and programs specifically tailored to prevent the misuse of the site and its services. Backpage also calls for the creation of a multi-stakeholder national task force to create best practices in the online classifieds industry to help stop the ability to advertise illegally. Backpage looks to work with its industry brethren like YellowPages.com, Twitter, Yelp, Youtube, and Eros.com, as well as state Attorneys General, law enforcement, and child advocacy groups in solving the challenges facing today’s online classified and personals industry. more…
TotalDubai.com – One of the distinct and most decent community websites for Dubai, UAE is now set to offer new services of everyone’s interest.
The website was initially launched in July 2005 aiming to serve everyone who wanted to get information about Dubai and explore its potential. more…
A dispute has broken out within the leadership of WikiLeaks, the website known for publishing classified documents including the Afghanistan war logs. In an interview with SPIEGEL, WikiLeaks’ German spokesman has said he will leave the organization as a result of rows with founder Julian Assange.
In a SPIEGEL interview to be published in the next issue, Daniel Schmitt, the German spokesman for WikiLeaks discusses the deficiencies within the whistleblower platform, criticizes internal fighting in the organization and announces his resignation. more…
The Salam Business Club (SALAMBC) has chosen the Bayt.com Network as its provider of full-fledged Recruitment and Classifieds technology and content solutions. The Bayt.com Network provides its member companies with a unique platform that includes state-of-the-art proprietary Recruitment and Classifieds tools, technologies more…
Australia’s second largest online auction site, OZtion, has been sold for the second time in just over two years, with online classifieds giant Carsales.com acquiring the business for $1.1 million.
Carsales.com bought OZtion from Melbourne-based listed media company Jumbuck Entertainment, which is now concentrating on mobile entertainment products, specifically chat services. more…
The title of this post kind of says it all. As pointed out by blockzuck.com, you can block anyone on Facebook except CEO Mark Zuckerberg. If you try to do it (we did), you’ll get a message saying “General Block failed error: Block failed.” more…
Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and the author of such books as “Free” and “The Long Tail,” has written a piece for the magazine with the provocative “” make that inflammatory “” headline: “The Web Is Dead: Long Live the Internet.” more…
Quikr – India’s leading horizontal classifieds website – today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the Global Silicon Valley. more…
Although they are slowly and steadily improving, a lot of work still remains. The key driver of the problem is that the majority are trying to solve the internet problem themselves. They impose print mentality on an entirely different medium. more…