It's been another seismic week in the digital industry. Ranging from major stories that have had an immediate impact on the sector to coverage of slow burning innovations, this week's bigmouthmedia newsletter is packed with the news you need to know.
The recent bashing of Yahoo! on the stock market - as well as in the press - made it clear that something was going to have to give. And give it most certainly has: co-founder Jerry Yang is quitting as Yahoo! CEO to return to his former post as 'Chief Yahoo!'. The search engine is sure to be hoping that a fresh face will help the public forget the ins and outs of the rejected Microsoft bid and ill-fated advertising deal with Google. We're waiting with bated breath to see who might be tempted to step up to the plate.
Meanwhile Google continues to climb new heights; the Mountain View giants released a slew of new products and services this week, including on-demanded indexing for Site Search subscribers - a new tool allowing a quicker way to index fresh pages.
Google also flexed its vocal chords this week and encouraged Gmail users and iPhone customers to do the same with a new voice and video chat function for its Gmail chat program and an exciting new Search-by-Voice iPhone app. Sure to be a popular move for both Google and the ubiquitous iPhone, this news seems to make recent rumours that Apple could be on the brink of dabbling in search even more unlikely.
Here in the UK, the sniffeling syptoms can be heard over the whirr of our computers. However, we aren't the only ones with flues and fevers on our minds: the last seven days saw the announcement of Google Flu Trends, a system that sees the titans employing its huge swathes of data to predict the spread of flu.
Don't let the thought of illness dampen your spirits; read on and warm your cockles with investigations into potential future ventures - such as the use of microformats in Affiliate Marketing - and the latest digital news in the big dose of virtual-lemsip that is the bigmouthmedia newsletter.
Facebook offers application verification program
Facebook has announced a verification program for applications which will separate the wheat from the chaff in the world of Facebook apps.
Jerry Yang steps down as Yahoo! CEO
Search pioneer to go from Yahoo! chief to 'Chief Yahoo!'
Presidential campaign reveals YouTube to be primary political source
During the recent United States Presidential campaign, YouTube was recognised by candidates and voters alike as an important medium to reach voters
Google introduces new iPhone Search-by-Voice app
Google has introduced its new search engine application for the iPhone.
Google adds on-demand indexing for Site Search subscribers
Google's new tool offers websites using Site Search a quicker way to index new pages
Could search be heading for an Apple makeover?
Could the driving force behind the iPod and iPhone responsible for revolutionising our pockets be planning to try and stylishly take over search too?
Microformats in Affiliate Marketing
A bigmouthmedia newshound discovers ways that Google Base could use microformats to populate itself.
Dr Google, I presume
Google is employing its huge swathes of search data to predict the spread of flu.
Gmail is getting chattier
Google has launched a new voice and video chat function for their Gmail chat program.
