Warning signs found in an earlier deal for a once-hot site
Wall Street Journal Sep 25, 07 11:56 AM CDT
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As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg contemplates a big Microsoft deal, the Wall Street Journal ’s Dennis K. Berman has a cautionary tale for him: GeoCities. The web community, once the third-most-visited site on the internet, fell into obscurity after Yahoo's huge buyout stymied its innovation. That’s relevant for Zuckerberg, who has already spurned one major, though smaller, buyout offer.
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Net mainstay will bring advertising to Britain's top networking site
Wall Street Journal Sep 12, 07 2:38 PM CDT
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Internet giant Yahoo and networking site Bebo will collaborate on advertising in the UK and Ireland, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bebo—launched in 2005— hasn't taken off in the US, but it's the top social-networking website in Britain. Yahoo will sell the bulk of Bebo's banner and video ads, which analysts say will boost Yahoo's advertising revenue and target younger surfers.
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New web companies follow Google's example and embrace goofy monikers
Los Angeles Times Aug 29, 07 2:19 PM CDT
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Following in the Google tradition of using a goofy name to stand out from the Silicon Valley pack, a new generation of internet startups is sporting wacky monikers that may rile investors and confuse consumers. Young companies resort to names like Tagtooga and Qoosa to carve out unique identities and snap up domains that aren’t already taken.
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Source accuses 1999
No. 1 draft pick of using performance enhancers
Yahoo! Aug 29, 07 3:19 AM CDT
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Former Jaguar Tim Couch ingested human growth hormone and anabolic steroids to recover from a shoulder injury and help him bounce back from a three-year hiatus with the NFL, charges a source close to the quarterback's former nutritionist . Documents outlining Couch's drug regimen were obtained by Yahoo Sports.
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Lawsuit accuses net giant of complicity in torture, human rights abuses
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 28, 07 1:05 PM CDT
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Yahoo asked a US federal court yesterday to dismiss a human rights lawsuit accusing the company of abetting the Chinese government. Two imprisoned Chinese journalists accuse the Web giant of passing along information about users that led to the arrest, imprisonment, and sometimes torture of writers and dissidents, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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USA Today Aug 27, 07 5:01 AM CDT
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Sending phone text messages soon won’t require a phone, thanks to an upgrade in Yahoo’s already leading email service, which will provide the new feature for free. The new system will integrate email, text messages and instant messaging, reports USA Today . Customers "don't want to bounce around to many different areas," said a Yahoo spokesman.
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Social-networking site to allow targeted ads based on user profiles
Wall Street Journal Aug 23, 07 1:30 PM CDT
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Facebook is at work on a way to sell ads based on information users and their friends post on the site, the Wall Street Journal reports. A basic version of the service could launch this fall, and the social-networking titan eventually might allow marketers to predict products and services users may be interested in before they specifically request them.
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CNET Aug 13, 07 3:30 PM CDT
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Microsoft completed the largest buyout in its history today, snatching up online advertising firm aQuantive for $6B. Microsoft closed the deal on Friday and will dole out $66.50 in cash for each share of the Seattle-based company, which will de-list from the Nasdaq after nearly doubling in value after its filing today, CNET reports.
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Sites, government
still have some work
to do, study finds
PC World Aug 9, 07 5:06 PM CDT
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Search engines are beginning to take user privacy more seriously, but stronger federal privacy legislation is still necessary, a new study says. In the online marketplace, privacy policies have become competitive factors, with sites one-upping each other to make surfers feel that they're safe and have control over their personal info, says the report by a prominent advocacy group.
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The WSJ examines the competition
Wall Street Journal Aug 2, 07 7:51 AM CDT
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Yahoo is shuttering its popular photo sharing site in September, but never fear—there are plenty of alternative places to dock your digital pics. The Journal surveys the field: Kodak Gallery is the easiest to navigate, but lacks editing tools and requires a yearly purchase commitment. Shutterfly is totally, no-strings-attached free, but it's simple to a fault. Users can't upload videos or submit images from a mobile device.
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User-generated custom atlases are becoming guides to everything
New York Times Jul 27, 07 2:16 PM CDT
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Taking a page from Wikipedia, Internet users are harnessing the collective knowledge of millions and applying it to maps. On the rapidly growing "GeoWeb," surfers create custom atlases using mapping technology by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others. The user-generated maps can highlight anything from stores to previously unavailable maps of endurance horse races, the Times reports.
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Online shenanigans draw board scrutiny along with SEC probe
Wall Street Journal Jul 18, 07 6:15 AM CDT
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The CEO of Whole Foods apologized yesterday for boosting his company and posting snide comments about a rival supermarket chain in Internet forums and said he "had fun doing it." John Mackey's actions over the last 8 years have already triggered an SEC investigation, and the company's board said yesterday it will launch its probe, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Giant buys company that consolidates all your phones, voicemail accounts
PC Magazine Jul 4, 07 6:49 AM CDT
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Google extended its recent buying spree by snatching up a cutting-edge internet service that consolidates consumers' phone numbers and provides unified voicemail access via a single web account. The acquisition of GrandCentral Communications is expected to lead to Google's own online phone service to rival Skype and Vonage, reports PC Magazine .
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