Monday, October 18, 2010

Headlines of the day 10/18/10

(From the New York Times)

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Google likes to have its finger on the pulse of the Web, and that’s becoming harder to do as users increasingly use closed networks like Facebook.
By MIGUEL HELFT
Apple’s PC-versus-Mac battle almost put it out of business. Is it creating a similar one in the smartphone field?
By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF
The good will that Carol Bartz had when she took over Yahoo two years ago is wearing thin. Her turnaround plan has yet to produce significant results.
By MIGUEL HELFT
In FameTown, a new game modeled after the popular FarmVille and Mafia Wars, users play aspiring actors trying to make it big.
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN
Google, using a carrot-and-stick approach of negotiation and music blackouts, is beginning to root out the legal hurdles to YouTube’s growth in Europe.
Think about how some technological products/ services have affected your life: Google, iPhone, iPod, Yahoo, Facebook, Youtube ...

Can you list other technological products that have a big impact on your life?

Can you share some experience of a particular technology?

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