Diginews - Newsoftheworld goes pay - Facebook Bing social search - AOL buying newspapers? - Sony launches Google powered TV
Ramakrishnan Laxman
A new, cleaner News Of The World website went live with prices of £1 ($1.58) per day or £1.99 ($3.15) on a four-week renewal, and a free £2 ($3.17) credit; there is even an option to pay via mobile carrier rather than via debit card.
Reader account authentication is handled by the same Times Plus platform which now powers the websites of its News international stablemates The Times and Sunday Times, which introduced charges this summer. Subscribers must give over their postal address, too, of course. Microsoft, Facebook Introduce Integrated Social Search
Microsoft and Facebook moved to dissolve the barriers between social media and search Wednesday when the two companies announced tighter integration to create Bing Social. The announcement at Microsoft's Silicon Valley headquarters laid out features that will roll out this week, as well as in the near future. According to a report in PC World, yesterday AOL's chief technology officer said that the company would continue to buy more media properties, and might even buy some traditional newspapers.