Apparently not every service offered by Google is a success as Google found that its Google Health did not catch on as expected. So Google Health will be retired January 1, 2012 with data available through January 1, 2013. Google Health’s goal was “to create a service that would give
June 2011
Apple – Most Valuable Brand in the World, But Loses its Retail Guru to J.C. Penny
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Google was the most valuable brand name in the world for 4 years, and now Apple has finally surpassed Google as the most valuable brand. Rounding out the top 10 are very familar names:
1. Apple
2. Google
3. IBM
4. McDonald’s
5. Microsoft
6. Coca-Cola
7. AT&T
8. Marlboro…
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Is Internet Privacy Possible?
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A new lawsuit against Google for Internet location tracking highlights my recent eCommerce Times column that Internet privacy may not be possible. The new class action lawsuit brought by Jon Pessano and others asserts that Google uses its location marketing database to generate billions of dollars in location based…
Apple Announces iCloud and While the FBI Admits an Internet Breach
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Steve Jobs’ predicts that Apple’s freeiCloud will allow everyone store all of their music, video, photos, and documents on the Web, which is no surprise in today’s hot cloud world. But many alarms went off around the world with the FBI’s announcement that the hacker group LulzSec breached…
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Courts Give Mixed Signals about Privacy in Social Media
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Two recent Pennsylvania State Court rulings only make things more confusing as Social Media privacy disputes become more prevalent.
Bucks County Common Pleas Court Judge Albert J. Cepparulo ruled in Piccolo v. Paterson denied a motion to require the Piccolo to accept Patterson as a Facebook friend. In this…
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