+ IAC Signs Deal With Brightcove for Video (via News.com)

From the article:

IAC/InterActiveCorp has signed an agreement with online video syndication service Brightcove to create and distribute video on the Web for IAC’s brands, the companies said Wednesday. Under the agreement, any IAC business will be able to use Brightcove to publish video content to their Web sites, manage the syndication of the video, and integrate advertising with it…Ticketmaster, Citysearch and 23/6 are the first among the IAC businesses to use the service, the companies said.

Ask.com offers video search using the Blinkx database.
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Note: Gary is Director of Online Information Resources at Ask.com.

+ Facebook tries to save its Beacon (via The Australian)

SOCIAL networking giant Facebook has marshalled its army of software developers to create ideas for the lucrative electronic commerce world, potentially tipping the company beyond its$US15 billion ($17.4 billion) valuation.

But users are likely to tread cautiously with any attempts by Facebook to collect credit card details following the recent privacy debacle involving its Beacon advertising program.

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