Last night on "30 Rock," Alec Baldwin's character got lost within New York's subway system, and due to being covered in bedbugs, received no help from his fellow passengers. But if the same thing happened to him (or a non-fictional

With Thanksgiving just a few weeks' away consumers are already starting to search for deals online.Over the last seven days fifty percent of the top "Black Friday" related search terms include ads, sales and deals, according to Google Insights for

On September 15th, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook "now serves 300 million people across the world." It seems the site's growth hadn't exactly come to a stop, either, as about a month and a half later, stats indicate the number

I probably don't have to tell you that many businesses are still . Many simply can't find a good reason to use it at all, and many more find themselves using it but struggling to validate that use. They can't

Consumers are more willing to engage with and buy from brands on social networking sites, according to a new study by Performics and ROI Research.The study found thirty-four percent of respondents who have used a search engine to find information

There have been many articles written about why to use Twitter, and we've certainly published our fair share of them. However, the landscape is constantly changing. New trends, ideas, applications, and features come out, and they further emphasize Twitter's place

Despite all the gains other companies (Google, Facebook) have made, it's still Microsoft's world, according to new statistics from comScore. comScore found that, in terms of time spent on sites, the Redmond-based corporation continues to maintain a huge lead over

Google CEO Eric Schmidt while appearing on Fox Business made some interesting comments about Google's emergence as a huge Microsoft-like business power. I thought most interesting was Schmidt's statement about Google becoming like Microsoft, "Hopefully, we won't repeat the mistakes

Google has launched a new product that online retailers may find incredibly useful for improving the product search on their site, and potentially increasing sales and reducing bounce rates. It's called simply . Think Google Site Search, specifically tailored to

eBay said Friday that the investor group led by Silver Lake has reached a settlement agreement with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. that gives Skype ownership over all software licensed from Joltid and ends all litigation against the investor group

Webinars and podcasts are the most popular social media resources for business people, used by 69 percent of those who turn to such channels for business information, according to a new study by Business.com.Facebook is the primary social network on

Twellow has launched a new "Suggested Users" feature aimed at connecting Twitterers with similar interests. It should be much more useful to the common Twitter user than Twitter's own suggested list, which is one static list for everybody, and includes

Back in July Facebook updated policies for third-party ads on Facebook Platform. The company disabled two entire ad networks and over 100 more apps were suspended or brought into compliance over ad-related violations. Half of those had over a million

Google's music service in China hasn't achieved much so far; no one should look for Google's next quarterly financial report to say it's brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue or toppled Baidu. But neither has it failed,

LinkedIn is testing a new design. Only a select number of users will see it, however. New features include:- A global navigation bar at the top of the page that provides convenient access to all LinkedIn services.- Simplified local navigation

Initial sales of Microsoft's Windows 7 software outperformed those of Vista's first few days on the U.S. market, according to the latest analysis from The NPD Group.Windows 7 software unit sales in the U.S. were 234 percent higher than Vista's

As you may know, Google has been sending out invitations for a little while now. Many people are still finding these hard to come by, but others have been lucky enough to be selected and get their hands dirty.Those who

It looks like some lawyers representing cosmetics giant Mary Kay have removed their figurative war paint. In early July, Mary Kay sued Yahoo, alleging trademark infringement, but not long ago, Yahoo was able to settle the case.Mary Kay originally objected

Back in the summer time, Twitter that it intended to add a retweet option to its service and the API. Twitter is now rolling out the feature to a small percentage of Twitter users."You may remember that we shared the

Update: Cookie Monster himself is appearing in today's doodle at Google.com. Original Article: If you are a regular visitor to the , you have probably noticed that Big Bird's legs have taken the place of the ls in Google's logo