Facebook Set to Introduce Major Ad Play  —  Social Network Could Unveil ‘SocialAds’ at NYC Event Next Month  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The invitation, sent to advertisers and agencies in New York, arrived carved onto a Lucite brick:  —  “You are invited to a discussion with Mark Zuckerberg …

Source:   AdAge
Author:   Abbey Klaassen
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Gmail gets IMAP  —  It appears that Google is working on integrating IMAP into Gmail.  Download Squad reader eD!  Thomas sent in a tip letting us know he came across the new IMAP setting while snooping around Gmail.  However, it is only appearing in select few Gmail and Google Apps for domains accounts at the […]

Yang: Being Yahoo CEO is a ‘lonely job’  —  HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—Being chief executive of Yahoo is “a lonely job,” says Jerry Yang, who co-founded the company in 1994 and was promoted to the top job in June in a management shakeup.  —  “It is a lonely job in the sense …

Source:   CNET […]

Another day, another key Googler departs  —  Salman Ullah, Google’s director of corporate development, has left the company to found a venture firm called Copper River Partners, we’ve learned from a source.  Ullah’s LinkedIn profile confirms he is an “owner” of the firm.

Source:   VentureBeat
Author:   Eric Eldon
Link:   http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/23/another-day-another…

Verizon Redefines ‘Fast’ With Groundbreaking FiOS Internet Service Featuring 20 Mbps Download and Upload Speeds  —  Service Is First of Its Kind Available to Consumers on a Mass Scale  —  Super-Fast Symmetrical Speed Enables Today’s Most Interactive Online Experiences and Encourages Future Web Innovations

Source:   Verizon
Link:   http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon…

Report: 7 Out Of 10 Americans Experience ‘Search Engine Fatigue’  —  A recent report issued by Autobytel, based on on findings from a poll of 1,001 US adults conduted by Kelton Research, examined “The State of Search” and how automobile shoppers interact with search engines in particular.

Source:   Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines […]

With FriendCSV, Data Sneaks Out Facebook’s Back Door  —  As we’ve suggested before, there is an underlying problem with many proprietary systems - such as Facebook - because information inside of them tends to get trapped.  Information flows in but not so easily back out.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Mark Hendrickson
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/with-friendcsv…

Huge pirate music site shut down  —  British and Dutch police have shut down a “widely-used” source of illegally-downloaded music.  —  A flat on Teesside and several properties in Amsterdam were raided as part of an Interpol investigation into the members-only website OiNK.

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7057812.stm

Coming soon: Make ad changes without replacing code  —  We’re very excited to let you know about an upcoming feature that lets you easily manage your ad units from within your AdSense account.  It isn’t live yet, but here’s a sneak peek so you’ll know what to expect in the coming weeks.

Source:   Inside AdSense
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Mapping The Southern California Fires  —  I’m back home (my original home) in Southern California for vacation, and to welcome me back, the Southland is on fire.  Ah, just like old times.  As I was keeping up with the news, I came across some maps online from Google Earth, Google Maps …

Source:   Search Engine […]