Latest Web News and Merry Christmas!

Dear Readers,

With the run up to Christmas entering it's final week, we here at Tippabush HQ felt that you all probably needed something light on the brain and easy to digest. So welcome to our first web news update. We intend these to keep you up to date with the things that could affect you and your business on the internet, so read away...

1) Google tests radio adverts - 8/12/06

Not content with dominating the online advertising market with it's Google AdWords technology, G has now completed a test that uses similar technology to broadcast advertisers ads across US radio networks. Complete with an online system to create and manage your adverts, it's set to shake up radio advertising as we know it. It's only US at the moment, but it's a useful insight into the future...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/12/07/google.radio.reut/index.html

2) ICANN Meeting produces interesting results - 11/12/06

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) have agreed amongst other things the introduction of a new top-level domain (.co.uk, .com) for the Asia markets to start using. The new extension is .asia.

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7906/53/

3) Google launches US Patent search - 14/12/06

You can now search through all US patents by year, keywords, or patent number to find patents that might interest you or your business.

http://www.google.com/patents

Well, that's about all for now. All that remains is to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all from us folks here at Tippabush.

Please remember, we are closed between Xmas and New Year, but please contact us on the usual email addresses and we'll action anything as soon as we start back.