iTunes Plus DRM-free tracks expanding, dropping to 99 cents  —  It’s been a while since Apple launched iTunes Plus, its version of DRM-free tracks sold through the iTunes Store.  Only EMI tracks were sold as 256kbps, DRM-free AAC files through the iTunes Store in May, and in June …

Source:   Infinite Loop
Author:   Jacqui Cheng
Link: […]

Google unveils YouTube antipiracy tool  —  BURLINGAME, Calif.—Google says it has a new system for identifying pirated video on YouTube as it gets uploaded, but the system puts the burden on movie studios and other content owners to provide YouTube copies of the content first.

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Elinor Mills
Link:   http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9797622-7.html

Hatebook Embraces the “Evil” Side of Social Networking  —  We all have bad days (or weeks/months) but many of us may be wary of venting our frustrations online using Facebook, especially since our parents and bosses can now see our status updates and wall posts.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Mark Hendrickson
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/15/hatebook…

Google’s sneak attack?  Adsense for Facebook  —  Is Google-the-Goliath sneaking into the Facebook building — via the basement?  —  Google is actively recruiting third-party developers with applications on Facebook to run Adsense ads within applications pages, VentureBeat has learned.

Source:   VentureBeat
Author:   Eric Eldon
Link:   http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/15/googles-sneak…

Google Reader Stats are Bulls**t (With Proof)  —  Google Reader stats, in case you don’t know, are bulls**t.  In fact, all Feedburner stats for most top blogs are bulls**t due to the effect of default feeds.  Want 80,000 free subscribers?  How about 200K or more?  Read on.

Source:   Mashable!
Author:   Pete Cashmore
Link:   http://mashable.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats…

Latest content ID tool for YouTube  —  A few months ago, we announced the initial development of a highly complicated technology platform — content identification tools for YouTube.  Today, we are pleased to launch, in beta form, YouTube Video Identification.

Source:   Official Google Blog
Author:   David King
Link:   http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/latest-content…

Led Zeppelin to Make Its Songs Available Digitally  —  It’s been a long time, but Led Zeppelin, one of the last superstar acts to refrain from selling its music online, is finally offering its catalog to digital-music fans.  —  The shift by Led Zeppelin, whose reunion concert in London next month …

Source:   New York […]

Is Scribd a Porn Document Network?  —  Please note that this post is NOT SAFE FOR WORK (NSFW).  While I have not embedded any offending images, some of the content and links is objectionable.  —  One of the most popular services for bloggers is called Scribd, a so-called “YouTube for Documents”.

Source:   CenterNetworks -
Author:   […]

Caterpillar: Web 2.0 giant  —  There may well be a time when Facebook, YouTube, Digg, and the other Web 2.0 fashion plates make some real money, but for the moment their results pale in comparison to those of the most unexpected beneficiary of the web’s recent evolution, the industrial-age stalwart Caterpillar.

Source:   Rough Type: Nicholas […]

Google Tops Feed Reader and Social Bookmark Rankings  —  Some interesting audience-engagement data just came out from AddThis.com, which ranks the top feed readers and bookmarking services by how actively they are used.  These rankings are based on how many times people across the Web add …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Erick Schonfeld
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/15/google-tops-feed…