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Blinkx Rises And Falls On Mystical Google-News Corp Acquisition Chatter - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 06:41 AM PST

Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company…

Inside The Deals: Forget Yahoo—Microsoft Needs To Go On The Ultimate Corporate Diet - 3 Comments
Posted By Steve Rosenbush - Thu 08 May 2008 10:00 PM PST

Several years ago, I had the memorable experience of listening to Bill Gates defend the structure of the company that he built. It was during the height of Microsoft’s (NSDQ:…

Google Annual Meeting: Shareholder Proposals Fail, But Brin Abstains; Board Re-Elected - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 02:58 PM PST

Two non-shockers from the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) annual shareholder meeting: The entire board slate has been re-elected, and two shareholder proposals (doing business in China, board on human rights) failed…

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Industry Moves: Channel M; Facebook; NetShelter; Grey Global - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 08 May 2008 10:10 AM PST

-- Channel M: Peter Lee has been appointed CTO and chief strategy officer, focusing on building out the company’s digital distribution network. He joins from the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS)…

Google Execs ‘Divided’ On Yahoo Search Deal; AOL Talks Continue Without Urgency: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 04:37 AM PST

Where have all Yahoo’s Plan Bs gone? In the days before Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) withdrew its bid for the company, it put out word that it was on the verge…

Sprint-Clearwire: Google’s Role Too Big? Pay-For-Access Deal Raises Net Neutrality-Like Concerns - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 08:45 AM PST

Over the last year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its presence known in the wireless industry, not for its applications, but instead, for its position on open access. The internet…

Who Will Microsoft Buy Now With the $50 Billion Change Left? AOL? Facebook? - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 03 May 2008 08:36 PM PST

Despite the fact that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has withdrawn its offer to buy Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), the M&A machinery on all sides is still in full gear, and expect tons…

Microsoft Ready For Hostile Bid; Announcement Could Come Tomorrow - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 01 May 2008 09:56 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is now leaning towards a hostile bid to take over Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), and the announcement may come tomorrow morning, WSJ reports, citing sources. But the situation…

Yahoo May Do Full Rollout of Google Ads Next Week; Could Include Non-Exclusive Ads on Competitors - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 01 May 2008 05:08 PM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), which was waiting for the other shoe to drop, is still waiting, but it is moving ahead with its plans to deploy Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) search/text ads…

Google CEO Schmidt: Enjoyed Working With Yahoo; Microsoft Wants To Deprive Consumers Of Choice - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 30 Apr 2008 09:19 AM PST

Don’t wait until 4:00 PM (ET) to get Eric Schmidt’s views on Microsoft-Yahoo and Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) declining rate of growth. Schmidt was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo at the Milken…

Google Board Member Ann Mather In Backdating Action - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 28 Apr 2008 02:53 PM PST

Google board member Ann Mather has been eyed on backdating charges stemming from her tenure as CFO of Pixar, according to a filing put out by Google (NSDQ: GOOG). Mather…

MSFT-YHOO-GOOG: The Ball-and-Chain Weekend - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 26 Apr 2008 11:06 AM PST

All reports lead to this weekend, or maybe not; the game continues. As the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) deadline for a hostile takeover ends today, the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) board may…

Industry Moves: Google Taps Morgan Stanley Vet For CIO - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 24 Apr 2008 12:15 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has quickly found a replacement for Douglas Merrill, the company’s departing CIO, reports News.com. Benjamin Fried, a former managing director of Morgan Stanley’s Application Infrastructure group, will…

Updated: Justice Department Investigating Yahoo-Google Ad Test; Companies Say They Volunteered Info - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 23 Apr 2008 12:48 PM PST

The U.S. Department of Justice is looking at the Google-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) two-week ad test, according to Reuters. The wire service says it has been told by a source that…

In The Batter’s Box: Yahoo To Report Tomorrow - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 21 Apr 2008 12:45 PM PST

You could plausibly argue that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) will release the quarterly report of its corporate existence tomorrow. Without a strong showing, it would be nigh-impossible to argue that it…

ComScore: Defending The Google ‘Miss’; Value Of Third-Party Data Debated - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 18 Apr 2008 12:06 PM PST

After taking a beating last night, comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) is out defending itself from the charge that its Google (NSDQ: GOOG) paid click numbers were inaccurate. In a post on…

Google Earnings: ‘The Silence Of The Cynics’; Google’s One Day Surge Almost A Yahoo - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 18 Apr 2008 06:36 AM PST

Like the girl in the movie who turned out to be cute once she took her glasses off, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is feeling loved. Following last night’s report, shares are…

comScore Shares Sink After Blowing Google Call - 3 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Apr 2008 04:45 PM PST

More on the “gotcha mongers” theme: So who was the big loser from this evening’s Google (NSDQ: GOOG) report? It looks like comScore (NSDQ: SCOR). The traffic analysis firm had…

Earnings: Google Q1 Call: Third Parties Wrong On Clicks; DoubleClicker Layoffs; No Econ Pain - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Apr 2008 01:31 PM PST

Eric Schmidt is feeling good. While acknowledging difficulties in the broader market, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is well positioned for the year to come, Schmidt said in his prepared remarks. And…

Earnings: Google Q1 Beats Revenue And Earnings Estimates; Shares Surge - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Apr 2008 01:03 PM PST

Defying the skeptics who fretted about a slowdown in paid clicks, they turned in a solid beat: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has reported Q1 revenue of $3.7 billion ex-TAC, ahead of…

FCC Duped By Google In Auction: Republicans - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 17 Apr 2008 10:16 AM PST

There’s quite a bit being written on the remarks of some Republican senators that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) “gamed” the 700 MHz auction, and “duped” the FCC...Bloomberg has the quotes. Their…

Yahoo’s Google Test Positive; Moving Closer To An Alternative? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 16 Apr 2008 10:34 PM PST

Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) two week test of using Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) search ad technology is bearing positive results a week into it, thus possibly giving the belabored Internet giant some…

Fodder: YouTube Doles Out $1 Million In Ad Rev Share; CPMs Nowhere In Range - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 16 Apr 2008 08:25 PM PST

The “gotcha mongers” are having a field day with this: a little over four months after opening up its ad revenue sharing “partner program,” YouTube says that it has paid…

Earnings Preview: Google Q1 On Tap - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 16 Apr 2008 11:02 AM PST

Do you know what tomorrow is? Yep, it’s the day folks can stop trying to define the meaning of life from every scrap of Google-related data that comes out. Instead,…

Google Plans Social Networking, Mobile Investments In China - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Apr 2008 05:21 PM PST

With 26 percent search market share, up from 17 percent a year ago, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has done better than some other Western internet firms in trying to crack the…