e dot dot dot 08 2010

Google Snags Angstro, DoJ Still Mulling ITA Buy

Search giant continues to extend social offerings with the purchase of startup app incubator Angstro, while another, much larger acquisition in the online travel sector has drawn more scrutiny from the Department of Justice.

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Bing, Yahoo Post Modest Gains in Search Share

Microsoft and Yahoo managed to eke out small gains in overall search traffic in July but the modest improvement belies bigger issues for both companies.

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Date Selection Form

This handy script lets you auto-generate the day and year in a drop down selection as well as validate the date. Add it to your pages that require date validation.

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Craigslist Takes More Heat From State AGs

Attorneys general for 18 states are calling on the online classified site to drop its 'adult service' section which they say have are inundated with solicitations for prostitution.

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Booking Travel Gets Social; Cisco, Sabre Team Up

Delta is the first to offer travel reservations on Facebook. Meanwhile, Cisco announces a partnership with travel reservation king Sabre, but it has nothing to do airline reservations.

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Link Listing

Display a list of the links on your Web page. Using CSS, you can select which ones to display. The list includes the URL and link title. Useful as a cross-reference listing. You will need to add the 'title' attribute and 'class="link"' to each link you want displayed.

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Simplified Analytics Improve CRM, BI Tools

Once the purvey of the hard-core data geeks, new business analytics applications have become mainstream online, making them easier and more accessible to today's workforce.

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