Since last week anyone can sign-in to Google’s free webmail. Until now you needed an invitation from an user. Brasil accounts for second largest number of Gmail users, boosted by Orkut.
Following the roll-out in 19 countries, Yahoo introduced banner ads on its mobile-specific Web site. According to Click Z “The ads on Yahoo’s mobile sites are part of a new publishing platform built to better deliver both content and marketing messages to the company’s mobile users. According to Yahoo, the
São Paulo State Superior Court through its PR office said today that the decision is not to take YouTube off the air in Brazil, but only filter brazilian users to avoid the exhibition of “Cicarelli’s sex tape”. Of course, defense attorney still wants to take the whole website off the
Yes, more problems for Google in Brazil: last year a paparazzi filmed Daniela Cicarelli, Brazilian model and former Ronaldo (Brazilian football star) wife, during a torrid love scene in Ibiza. A Brazilian Justice ruled that all websites must take the video off air or pay US$175k per day as a
Yahoo Answers was launched less than a year in Brazil, but the country already accounts for second largest number of answers in the world.
After a year full of controversies due to Orkut, Google opened its new office to celebrate the first anniversary. 2007 may be a new begining for Google, since there are some important changes in its team: Google Brasil #1 employee and former sales manager was fired. And to improve the
Google Brazil got a court order overuling the previous decision which jeopardized its operations in Brazil. It’s still a provisory decision, but it’s good news for Mountain View at last. Google recently implemented several upgrades in Orkut, in order to provide better control against ilegal activities and communities.
Orkut is no big deal for anyone than brazilians: we account for 62% of Google’s social network. Now Google integrated GTalk with Orkut and you can know and reach all of your friends when they’re online. It will definetly boost GTalk audience and challenge the so far onipresent MSN Messenger,
Google Brazil presented this week its Click to Call system to a selected group of marketers. Launch is scheduled for early September.
Google Book Search was launched this week in Brazil. Its the first version targeting South America. The publishers already involved are: Senac, Callis, Boitempo, Planeta, Grupo Oceano, UIA, Editorial Norma, Random House Mondadori, Longseller, Iteso e Editora Pedagógica e Universitária. Google didn’t disclose how many publications are available for search.