Twitpay it’a a new service built on top of Twitter by a third party developper. It is interesting both on its own right and as an example of the way the Twitter ecosystem continues to grow. You may remember a number of attempts to launch micropayment services a few years back - none of which ever got much traction. Well, Twitpay layers a micropayment service on top of Twitter. (more…)

Free SEO evaluation service is looking to set new benchmarks in SEO. Graphic SEO has been establishing trust, results and proven performance in just 7 months of starting operations in Baltimore, Maryland. This Search Engine Optimization (SEO)/Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Agency consists of a young motivated ethical staff that helps their clients with the ability to reach local, regional, national and international clientele via SEO and marketing methods. These methods are derived from utilizing past marketing efforts, current efforts or creating unique campaigns that yield a stellar Return on Investment (ROI). The methods come from in depth competitor analysis and competitor strategy analysis. (more…)

With good technology, there is also bad technology. The internet has proven to become a useful tool in our everyday lives, but it is exploited for bad reasons by irresponsible people. In the United States, white collar crimes are increasing and it becomes even worse during the approaching holiday season when focus is directed towards shopping and preparation for the holidays. Individuals and business entities need to protect themselves from being victims of identity theft; identity theft protection services, technology, and identity theft prevention and detection information. (more…)

AOL is on a product-cutting spree. In addition to the shuttering of XDrive, AOL Pictures, MyMobile And Bluestring, the company will also be shutting down the AOL Video Uploads service starting this week, says Michael Arlington on TechCrunch. AOL is recommending that users transfer videos to Motionbox, a New York based video sharing and editing startup that we first covered in 2006. (more…)

Online consumers intend to spend less in stores this holiday season than last year, The Conference Board and TNS report, but slightly more online. Consumers will be expecting free shipping and deals not available in stores when they shop online. The Consumer Internet Barometer, a quarterly report produced by The Conference Board, the global business research and membership organization, and TNS, a global market insight and information group, surveys 10,000 households across the country and tracks who’s doing what on the Internet. (more…)

A woman is divorcing her husband after discovering his Secon Life character was having an affair with a virtual woman in the fantasy world.  Amy Taylor, 28, said her three-year marriage to David Pollard, 40, came to an end when she twice walked in on him watching his online character, Dave Barmy, “having sex with other virtual women”. (more…)

AUSTRALIA’S mandatory net filter is being primed to block 10,000 websites as part of a blacklist of unspecified “unwanted content”. Some 1300 websites have already been identified by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Communications Minister Senator Conroy revealed details of the Rudd Government’s proposed web filter as he called for expressions of interest from internet service providers (ISPs) for a live trial of the technology, the Courier-Mail reports. (more…)

Ninety-eight percent of iPhone subscribers use at least one mobile data service according to market research firm The Nielsen Company’s Q3 2008 U.S. iPhone Executive Overview. Seventy percent of iPhone users listen to audio tracks on their device, with 39 percent downloading music directly to the handset–66 percent of users download software and applications, and 35 percent screen video content, which Nielsen says makes them seven times as likely as the typical mobile subscriber. (more…)

Nokia Siemens Networks is now putting the power of bringing advanced IPTV applications and services in the carriers’ hands with its latest IPTV software release, Home Entertainment Release 3.0.  The new offering will allow for full User Interface (UI) customization, flexible third party application integration and powerful management tools and verification processing. Operators can differentiate their services and overcome the constraints of proprietary vendor development timelines that is typical in today’s IPTV environment, and leverage a more open model that allows for development by the operators own staff, third party developers or a more open vendor community. At TelcoTV 2008, Nokia Siemens Networks will share its vision of the future connected digital lifestyle and IPTV’s role as a driver of change. (more…)

Twitter, the wildly popular microblogging service, may be forced to charge companies for access to its users, founder Evan Williams told Bloomberg News. Williams, who recently replaced Jack Dorsey as CEO, said he wanted to start weaning the company off venture capital, especially as the economic climate sours. (more…)