Facebook ousts Google in US popularity

Facebook has become the most visited website in the United States as millions
of people turn to the social networking site to play online games.

The social networking site has seen phenomenal growth around the world and for
the first time surpassed Google.com for a whole week in the US last week,
according to the web analytics firm Hitwise.

The [...]

March 17th, 2010 | Posted in general | 1 Comment

Netflix Cancels Contest After Concerns Are Raised About Privacy – New York Times

Netflixs $1 million contest for the best method to improve its movie recommendations was such a research and business hit that, when the winners were declared last September, the company immediately announced plans for another one.

But it turned out that letting very smart computer scientists and statisticians dig through the video rental sites data had [...]

March 13th, 2010 | Posted in general | No Comments