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May's biggest online splashes receive a cool reception

As May gets off to a flying start, the internet evolution sped on leaving a trail of unforeseen inventions and new radical developments in its wake. But progression doesn't always run smoothly and it's not unusual for online visionaries to encounter trouble when they try to sail into uncharted waters. Dive into the ever buoyant bigmouthmedia newsletter and discover the trials and tribulations facing the internet's bold voyagers this week.

A new blow rained down on Google as its Book Search service faces renewed adversity in the form of antitrust woes. Meanwhile, attention has been drawn to the relationship between the Mountain View giants and Apple as some question whether the two powerful companies have the ability to drown out competition.

Undaunted, the internet whizz kid reminded us that search can be a public service too, as Google Flu Trends was extended to Mexico to aid swine flu tracking. The week also saw bigmouth reporters investigating the belief that Google is moving towards publishing and the idea that Google could introduce websites that would allow users to transact within search results.

In other news, Twitter proved it isn't leaving innovations to third parties by revealing its universal integrated search function and AOL received a staff overhaul at the hands of new CEO Tim Armstrong. A new annual report from internet research firm Econsultancy also revealed sun on the horizon for affiliate marketing - always welcome news in these stormy economic times.

No matter what the future holds for the internet, you can dip a toe into the water with the bigmouthmedia newsletter where we plumb the online depths to bring you the biggest, freshest and best internet news every week.

Google and Apple's relationship called into question
U.S. regulators investigate the sharing of board members between Google and Apple.

Google extends Flu Tracking to Mexico
Google's Flu Trends service shows its mettle as swine flu fears spread.

Twitter unveils universal integrated search
Rumours about an integrated Twitter search function have been circulating for a while, but now those dreams have become a reality

UK Affiliate Marketing generates £3.82bn in 2008
Econsultancy have just released their annual report on affiliate marketing which estimates that the UK affiliate market was worth £3.82bn in 2008, an increase of 22% compared to figures reported in 2007.

Who the AOL's that? An internet services-staff shuffle
New CEO of AOL Tim Armstrong hasn't left much time before making rapid changes to the personnel of the ISP giant. So who's hired and who's firing themselves into a new line of work? Bigmouthmedia finds out.

Google to become publisher? Old news surely
The latest innovations by Google may indicate that Google is moving towards acting more like a publisher but is this really anything new?

Transact within the Google search results
A bigmouth reporter investigates the fact that Google could introduce websites to transact within the Google search results.

Copyright concerns turn to antitrust woes in Google Book Search saga
Google Book Search receives a new blow, this time in the guise of antitrust concerns.