paidContent’s Quick Hits 9.22.09
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A bonus double edition of paidContent’s Quick Hits since we missed yesterday ...
» The de-centralization of information is what will ultimately stop the micropayments frenzy. [Nieman Journalism Lab]
» Location-based services like Foursquare are a risk to people who want a little privacy. [Broadstuff]
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) isn’t using the Meta Keyword tag for ranking purposes. [SEO And Tech Daily]
» Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has snapped up Interactive Supercomputing, which will stop developing its Star-P interactive parallel computing platform. [PE Hub]
» Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has awarded their $1 million prize for creating a better algorithm to use in their movie recommendation system. [San Jose Mercury News]
» Through its new Distribution Manager, Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is getting into the ad business with widgets and advertising-distributor Gigya. [Download Squad]
» Thanks to their efforts cultivating their fashion space, NYMag.com clocked 28 million page views during Fashion Week, the site’s second-biggest traffic influx. [MinOnline]
» Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) has inked deals in Iowa and West Virginia to begin VOD services. [Video Business]
» The best way to get a VC to listen to you is by already having traction in your company, not just an idea. [Adventures In Capitalism]
» Google is slowly reverting back to “GMail” in the UK—instead of “Google Mail” that it used because of a trademark dispute with another company. [The Next Web]
» “Newspaper junkie” President Obama is all for bailing out newspapers to combat the “all-opinion”-heavy blogosphere. [Slate]
» Is the Wii going the way of the other two major gaming systems and preparing for a price cut? [Kotaku]
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