Here’s a prime case of you just can’t please everyone. Upon announcing that Google’s near-term advertising revenues might experience some negative effects from efforts to reduce accidental clicks, shares of Google dipped slightly on Tuesday. A SEC filing on Friday revealed that Google was taking steps to improve the relevency of ads on its sites …
Google recently confirmed that they had hired the CodeWeavers team to make improvements to Wine so that Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 would work better on the Linux desktop. With the help of Google, users can now run Photoshop on the Linux machine with few hassles. Software users around the web have already begun applauding the breakthrough. …
Microsoft, it seems, is hell-bent on taking control of Yahoo, and isn’t about to let a little thing like Yahoo rejecting their unsolicited $31 per share bid get them down. According to a report published Tuesday in The New York Times, Microsoft is about to launch a battle to take control of Yahoo’s board this …
WebsiteGuru.com, a new discussion forum for web professionals and those looking to make it in the online world, is celebrating their recent launch with an amazing $5,500 competition. With a top prize of $4,000, and 12 runner-up prizes, this competition is just the first of many monthly contests to come. Launched February 4th, already the …
Last week an Ohio company filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and Google, alleging infringement on a patent related to paid search methods. The lawsuit was filed by Paid Search Engine Tools of Liberty Township, Ohio. In the lawsuit, the company claims that Microsoft adCenter and Google AdWords infringe upon patent no. 7,043,450, “Paid Search Engine …
Last week in Atlanta, Georgia, contract worker Jonathan Cobb filed a lawsuit, claiming that Google stole his idea for Google Sky. He is seeking $25 million in damages. While high-profile, multi-billion dollar companies tend to attract frivolous lawsuits, what’s interesting about this case is the fact that Cobb actually worked at Google as a contractor …
Hitwise recently released some new data, which suggests that those in different income brackets have a tendency to use one search engine over another. What the data reveals is that those who are financially well-off are more likely to use Google, while the poor and working class have an affinity for Yahoo. The results also …
Today the Yahoo Video Blog announced not just an update to Yahoo Video, but a complete overhaul and all-new site. Some of the new features include a 16:9 widescreen video player, increased file sizes, lots more content, embeddable videos and playlists, and a whole lot more! Most noticeable is the focus on social networking type …
On Wednesday, the world’s largest legal vertical search engine – Public Library of Law – launched in partnership with legal research provider Fastcase Inc. According to Fastcase CEO Ed Walters, “It makes first-time legal research as easy as using Google.” Working in a library, this intrigues me. I’m always looking for new sources, and faster …
You know how Google puts up a special, stylized logo on their homepage for various holidays and occasions? Well today Google announced a new competition, “Doodle 4 Google”, which will give aspiring young artists the opportunity to get their own Google Doodle on the homepage and in front of billions of eyeballs. U.S. students in …
