Arrington and Bartz cut adrift: Who's rocking the digital boat?

A week of shock sayonaras and surprise releases reminds us that the digital domain demands a constant supply of innovations. Keep pace with the latest social media mash-ups to the hottest hirings and firings by jumping on board the bigmouth round-up.

Things don't always run smoothly on the good ship search, and news that Yahoo! said goodbye to CEO Carol Bartz suggests troubled waters for the site. The same could be said for AOL, thanks to the recent departure of TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington - allegedly due to a spat with AOL editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington.

Other controversies rocking the online boat include the lawsuit microblogging master Twitter launched against third party site Twittad and Google's determination to outbid all competition for Hulu, a video streaming service it didn't want falling into rival hands.

But both companies also proved their gaze is on the horizon, as the search seraph beefed-up its local potential with the acquisition of restaurant review site Zagat and the social media whizz revealed plans for an October launch for UK Twitter ads.

Smooth sailing doesn't appear to be on the cards for the smart phone market either - Dell is set to build smartphones for Baidu Yi, impacting Google's mobile potential in the Chinese search market. The industry is also ablaze with rumours Apple is plotting an October launch for the iPhone5.

The online ocean also throws up plenty of surprises, such as the runaway success of smart phone game Angry Birds, which now has its own theme park in China, and the revelation that UK adults care about Facebook more than their toilets.

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