Hi everyone, Beth Strobel here again to give you an update on holiday shopping based on PayPal's data from Cyber Monday â?" the most well-known online shopping day of the year. Most shoppers returned from the long weekend of eating turkey and watching football to shop online. And this year is .

Lately I have been hearing a ton about outer space, space travel, life in space, space hotelsI think I could go on and on. Anyway s , Bing and Microsoft have been doing some interesting partnership in the science /outer space sector. The first project that I absolutely love is called Captain Mikes Mars Adventure. Bing has partnered with Seattles Pacific Science Center (PSC) to bring an online Mars experience to 1 st - 8 th graders. If your kids are home for the holidays,

Once again, we are proud to be a blog partner for the SMX London 2010 event next May. In order to receive a 15% discount, just enter the code KEVING010 when signing up online . If you attended the conference last year you probably won't be surprised to see it has now become an advanced event, which is great news for those looking to pick up as many useful and new tips as possible, without the long journey to the states. If you didn't attend last year,

Susan Smith Ellis is the CEO of (RED) , a brand that helps raise awareness and money for the fight against AIDS in Africa. The organization works with some of the world's largest brands like American Express, Apple, Starbucks and Nike to produce (RED)-branded products, where a portion of the profits go directly to the Global Fund to invest in AIDS programs in Africa. In honor of today being World AIDS Day,

In most pie charts that feature Google, the search giant dominates the circle, and a new one from the Fair Syndication Consortium follows that pattern. Unfortunately for Google's reputation, the chart's titled "How unlicensed use of U.S. newspaper content is monetized." According to the Fair Syndication Consortium , newspaper articles are getting copied left and right, with about 112,000 having been more or less duplicated in full in the last 30 days.

CNBC reports that the deal between GE and Comcast over a majority stake in NBC Universal is complete, and will likely be announced officially Thursday morning. This comes from what CNBC attributes as a "source close to the merger". According to the report, GE and Comcast are waiting on Vivendi to sign an agreement, selling its 20% stake, which is worth about $5.8 billion.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have committed nearly $3.4 million in grants to improve Internet connections for libraries in five states. Nationally, libraries report that demand for high-speed Internet access is growing faster than their ability to provide increased bandwidth. An American Library Association study found that 60 percent of all libraries say their current Internet speed is insufficient. In addition to the grants,

Social bookmarking has become a part of an every day routine for many online marketers (social bookmarking websites such as: Digg, Stumble Upon, etc.) But search marketers submit content to social bookmarking sites for different reasons. Some online marketers, I've noticed, emphasize the search engine optimization benefits of social bookmarking. Others, on the other hand, emphasize the social connectivity aspect of the practice. Which is right? To be sure,

We've been looking at Twitter's growth on a monthly basis, in terms of new user registrations and number of tweets. In October, new Twitterers were down, but tweets were up. November's numbers paint a similar picture. Matthew Daines, the lead developer of Twellow, has shared a couple of new graphs for last month. "It looks like new registrations continue to decline, yet tweets continue to increase," he says.

AdSense is an important fixture in a lot of people's lives; it can represent anything from spending money (hey, little splurges do the heart good) to what pays the mortgage. And now, individuals have a chance to shape it more to their liking, as a new Product Ideas for AdSense page has launched. Try not to get your hopes up; as word spreads and more people contribute ideas, the odds of any one suggestion making it in front of an important Googler will decrease. Also,