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Julie Kent

Google Rolls Out Web Security for Mobile Enterprise

May 9th, 2008 by Julie Kent | No Comments

Google is getting serious about its push into the enterprise arena.  On Thursday the company announced the launch of a new comprehensive security offering geared towards the mobile enterprise environment - an mobile add-on to their existing Google Web Security for Enterprise product.
Google Web Security for Enterprise is an all-inclusive package designed to protect enterprise […]

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Google Founders Would Love to Expand Partnership With Yahoo

May 9th, 2008 by Julie Kent | 3 Comments

Google really wants to make sure that Microsoft won’t get their hands on rival Yahoo.  So much so that they’re willing to enter and expand an advertising partnership with Yahoo, that may prevent Microsoft from renewing any bids for the company in the future. 
By making sure that Yahoo does well, Google is ensuring that it won’t fall […]

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Google Comes Out On Top After Yahoo Microsoft Saga

May 8th, 2008 by Julie Kent | 2 Comments

Microsoft’s failed attempt at taking over Yahoo might be one of the best things that could have happened for one of both companies’ rival - Google.  Having wasted months of talking and negotiations, neither Yahoo or Microsoft is any better off today then they were when Microsoft first made their bid in late January.  Google, […]

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Google Joins Venture for Mobile WiMAX Next-Gen Wireless Internet Access

May 7th, 2008 by Julie Kent | No Comments

Google has teamed up with a number of partners investing in a new venture to develop and deliver high-speed WiMAX internet access for mobile devices.  The venture, which is being led by Sprint, also includes  including Clearwire, Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner, and Intel, amongst others.
Thus far, deploying a nationwide Mobile WiMAX network has proven to […]

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Yahoo Shares Tumble After Microsoft Pulls Bid

May 5th, 2008 by Julie Kent | 3 Comments

After Microsoft pulled their $47.5 billion takeover bid on Monday, shares of Yahoo plummeted more than 16 percent in late morning bidding, nearly wiping out half of the gains in the company’s stock price since Microsoft made its initial offer in late January.  Yahoo has been holding firm in their assertation that Microsoft’s bid significantly undervalues […]

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AOL, Yahoo, & RealNetworks May Be Forced to Pay $100 Million to Songwriters

May 2nd, 2008 by Julie Kent | 4 Comments

On Wednesday, a U.S. district court ruled that AOL, Yahoo, and RealNetworks must pay a percentage of their revenues derived from music-oriented services to the American Society of Composers, Artists, and Publishers (ASCAP).  However, the three companies were unable to agree on the rates owed the songwriters, and so a court stepped in and now […]

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Google Wants to Work with IBM to Sell Desktop Apps

May 2nd, 2008 by Julie Kent | 2 Comments

Search giant Google is now reportedly seeking a deal with International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) to help sell its desktop applications to large businesses. Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke with a gathering of IBM’s key partner’s on Thursday, revealing that working with IBM would be a very important part of getting Google’s desktop applications out […]

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Microsoft Reveals its Strategies for Yahoo

May 2nd, 2008 by Julie Kent | No Comments

On Thursday during a meeting with staff, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed that the company has three options available to them with regards to Yahoo, and that they would announce in “short order” which path they would decide to take.  According to Ballmer, the three options available were to walk away, complete a negotiated deal, […]

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Microsoft Raising Bid on Yahoo Takeover

May 1st, 2008 by Julie Kent | 1 Comment

After the deadline passed last weekend for Yahoo to accept Microsoft’s takeover bid, many were left wondering what Microsoft would do next.  This week, Microsoft has indicated that they are willing to raise their bid to as much as $33 per share, in an attempt to avoid a controversial proxy bid and hostile takeover that […]

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Google Board Member Ann Mather a Target of the SEC

April 30th, 2008 by Julie Kent | 1 Comment

Ann Mather, who has served on Google’s board of directors since 2005, is now coming under fire from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with a shady backdating scandal at Pixar.  Mather was the CFO at Pixar from 1999 to 2004.
Google disclosed in an SEC filing of their own that the LA office […]

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