Chicago-based company LimitNone is claiming Google’s partnership with them, as a third party developer brought on to enhance Google products, went awry when they decided to just steal the small software company’s technology. This technology was rolled into a Google Apps product that basically allows users to migrate their MS Outlook email and cont

This seems like a distinct possiblity and is a common occurance in big enterprise business but who knows. He said, she said… It all will be settled eventually and cost Google a bit, simply because they can be sued. A cool $1B though? I doubt…

Digg competitor Mixx just launched an extension to its groups feature that founder Chris McGill describes as Ning for social media?.Users can now set up Mixx community sites on their own subdomains.Administrators have the power to brand them visually, post editorial content, and even make some revenue off advertisements.

I think this is a great new feature and will help go along way to providing new features in this space. I have seen the work that Kerry Parkins, VP of Products did when I was at AOL, and she has a great reputation of listening to the customer. The…

Just in case you were interested to know how your company’s logo looks in different countries, take a look..

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Did you know that online retailers will pay you to review new software, websites, services or even electronics you have at home. With some effort you can make hundreds of dollars doing so

Digital Journal is a frequently updated news site where all articles are submitted by users of the site, known as “citizen journalists”. Users also comment and vote on which articles make the front page. Digital Journal shares…

The Essential Guide to Social Media is a “quick start” overview of how to listen and participate in social media and new media marketing. Assembled and published by Brian Solis of PR 2.0

Participant-Observation Fieldwork - When Margaret Mead studied in the field, she set out to both observe people and also participate in the life of the community. It was her belief that it was the only way to more fully understand the…

It was 1998. My Heart Will Go On? blared over the radio, a White House scandal revealed President Bill Clintons affinity for chubby interns, and Americans watched in awe as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa battled it out in MLBs who can take more steroids? cage match. Aside from a few die hard computer geeks, nobody cared about Apple Inc…

The companys Think Different? slogan suddenly made sense.? Different meant a cool design with translucent blue plastic, and a fun attitude.? Even though computers were mainstream consumer products, they had no mainstream appeal.? They…

As if the Google Reader on the IPhone wasnt already awesome they just made that much better.

This new version is designed to offer many of the same features as the desktop, while making it quick and easy to act on items. If you've used list view, then it should be familiar to you. Scan the titles for an item that interests you, tap…

Yahoo’s first-quarter earnings were good enough to trump Wall Street estimates. Now the question is whether they’re good enough to get Steve Ballmer & Co. to bump the price they’re willing to pay for Yahoo.

Will consumer electronics marketers be prepared for a rush of millions of analog TV owners who will lose their TV signals in February 2009? It's a major issue at CES.

“How Starbucks is using a special brown logo to evoke the chain’s beginnings and restore some goodwill for the brand…”

Tapping a logo change to convey a corporate strategy is not a fresh idea. In 2000, then-Ford CEO Jacques Nasser took the Ford Blue Oval logo off the headquarters building in Dearborn, Mich., and replaced it with a script rendering of…

It is what it is.

Each of these different classifications of marks has its own design challenges and clichs. Using these marks effectively is a combination of experience and research. For more great examples of logo design be sure to check out faveup.com…

Today, Red Hat took a public stand challenging the standards for patenting software.

Open source software is one of the most dynamic, innovative sectors of the U.S. economy, but the U.S. patent system is a costly hindrance to open source innovation. We believe that although the patent system was created to foster innovation,…

After Bell Canada started throttling P2P traffic during evening hourse, even for its resellers, several protest groups have launched and the issue has escalated to the floor of the House of Commons.

But the throttlers continue to throttle, and Bell has even asked the CRTC to get out of the business of requiring it to lease wholesale access to other ISPs at all. (The US removed this requirement years ago after the Brand X decision that…

The Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world’s consumers, while Microsoft and the image of the United States (as a brand) are those considered most in need of a remake, a survey showed on Monday.

“Apple has clearly captured the hearts and minds by leading across most categories. Others, such as the USA nation brand, which ranks highly as most in need of a rebrand, requires help according to our readers,” said brandchannel editor…

It’s no secret that Apple seems to have a fantastic brand identity. New survey results lend more support to Apple’s brand impact by asking customers how they feel about different companies. Microsoft, unfortunately, did not fare so well.

"An overall love of Apple?" Well, the questions in this survey weren't exactly scientific, but attempted to gauge an overall subjective response to the companies. For example, the first question was "What brand…