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Weekly internet update

The North East Regional Portal’s head of e-business, Pascal Fintoni, shares his take on the latest in the world of internet marketing…

In the news: Online classified advertising platform Craigslist has accused eBay of hypocrisy after the online marketplace, who are minority shareholders in the business, threatened to sue Craigslist for diluting their shares. Confused? Check out the Craigslist blog for their side of the story.

Parents are being encouraged to improve their computer literacy in order to better police the surfing activities of their kids according to WebUser. Schools Minister Jim Knight this weekend described children as digital natives, to whom using the internet is intuitive, the same does not apply to many parents however.

Microsoft/Yahoo update! - Yahoo’s share prices dropped dramatically last week after it was reported that Microsoft has begun preliminary talks with AOL, an obvious alternative to Yahoo. However, with Yahoo rumoured to be considering tie-up talks with AOL themselves, is this tug-of-war about to become a love triangle?

Plug of the week: The North East Digital Awards ceremony and celebration is just 10 short days away and with the judges meeting last week, the excitement is really building. Click here for a look at the awards up for grabs on 15 May at Newcastle’s Hyena Café.

Story of the week: The internet celebrated its 15th birthday on April 30, and it got me thinking about the first time I began using a resource that most of us now take for granted. I designed my first website in 1995, hard to believe that was 13 years ago! Why not tell us about your internet firsts?

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .