Archive for September, 2009
Google Acquires reCAPTCHA
Thursday, September 17, 2009 13:27 5 CommentsThe image above is a CAPTCHA — you can read it, but computers have a harder time interpreting the letters. We tried to make it hard for computers to recognize because we wanted to give humans the scoop first, but we’re happy to announce to everybody now that Google has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that [...]
Adobe to Acquire Omniture
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:23 5 CommentsCombined Company Will Deliver Comprehensive Solutions for Creation, Delivery and Optimization of Content and Applications SAN JOSE, Calif. and OREM, Utah — Sept. 15, 2009 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Omniture, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMTR) today announced the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Adobe to acquire Omniture in a transaction valued at [...]
What If Gmail Was Gone?
Thursday, September 3, 2009 11:13 1 CommentMany of the readers of Marketing Pilgrim likely had a rough 100 or so minutes yesterday when Googles popular Gmail application crashed and went dark via the web. Watching the Twitter stream of panic and rage caught in 140 character snapshots was amusing for a while but when everyone tries to out Tweet the next [...]