Google isn’t the only one concerned about a Microsoft takeover of Yahoo! Inc. After Microsoft announced on Thursday that they had sent a $44.6 billion offer to Yahoo’s board of director, privacy groups are already vowing to fight any such move. This is before the deal even comes under the intense scrutiny of U.S. and …
According to TechCrunch, they’ve been tipped off that Yahoo! will be making an announcement sometime in the next day or so that they’ve acquired a video start-up company for somewhere around the $100 million range. Companies such as MetaCafe and Brightcove were initially speculated to be the targets, however, as it turns out, the company …
The quest for the next big thing in search is never-ending. Existing search engines are constantly revising and updating, and new search engines are popping up every day. Today I’d like to introduce you to a new socially connected search engine by the name of Delver, which was discussed at Demo 08. Delver will be …
It’s good news for Google and others who backed open access policies for the winner of the largest block of wireless spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission’s auction which is currently on-going. Bidding has reached beyond the magic number of $4.6 billion for the most desirable portion of the spectrum, the so-called “C-Block”, which means …
Yahoo! Inc. and AT&T Inc. announced Tuesday that they have signed a multi-year deal to share revenue from advertising on mobile phones and personal computers. This deal expands upon a pre-existing alliance the companies have shared since 2001, and will bring Yahoo advertising to approximately 70 million AT&T customers. Terms of the deal, which includes …
Wednesday morning, Google announced that they had done an overhaul on their Korean-language search engine, adopting universal search for the Korean site. Google is attempting to gain significant ground in South Korea, which just happens to be one of the world’s most wired countries. Lee Won-jin, director of Google Korea, said that the results-blending concept …
Word around the web is that Google is preparing to launch an offline version of Google Docs through Google Gears, a rumor which has been fueled even more now by what look to be screenshots of Google Docs in offline mode. To date, the only official integration for Google Gears is Reader. Google Blogoscoped, however, …
According to Silicon Alley Insider, a source close to Yahoo is confirming that Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang will indeed press on with plans for an aggressive round of layoffs. The source has indicated that the layoffs will likely be announced at Yahoo’s conference call scheduled for later this week, and that roughly 1,500 to 2,500 …
UK property search engine Dothomes is expanding its range of coverage to now include the lucrative U.S. market. Slightly less than two years after the initial founding of the search engine, the site’s parent company, BytePlay, indicated that they were ready to launch a concerted effort to break into the US market and challenge established …
According to DomainTools, Google is about to stop monetizing domains that are less than five days old, effectively killing the practice of “Domain Tasting“. There is a huge amount of money involved in domain tasting, where AdSense for Domains ads can be thrown up on domains during their free five-day grace period. Potentially, one could …
