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  • June 2008

    • Google Phones Running Behind Schedule

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 23, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Google Phones Running Behind Schedule

      (Newser) - It turns out revolutionizing the mobile-phone industry isn’t as easy as Google thought it would be. The first phones to bear the search giant’s much-anticipated Android platform won’t ship until the fourth quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports, because carriers are having trouble customizing the software. Many despair of having Android offerings at all in 2008. More »

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      Google  • Sprint Nextel  • T-Mobile  • Google phone  • Google Android  • mobile platforms

    • Amazon Kept Laughing After Dot-Com Bust

      Economist  |  Jun 20, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      Amazon Kept Laughing After Dot-Com Bust

      (Newser) - Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon emerged from the dot-com bust as a mighty triumvirate, but only Amazon has kept its mojo in the decade's latter stages, the Economist reports. Yahoo, the oldest of the lot at 14, shooed away Microsoft, surrendered part of its business to Google, and failed to stay current. It survives, “but on the web’s equivalent of life support." More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Yahoo  • eBay  • Jerry Yang  • Amazon  • Jeff Bezos  • John Donahoe

    • YouTube Trying Longer Videos

      CNNMoney  |  Jun 18, 08 5:56 PM CDT

      YouTube Trying Longer Videos

      (Newser) - YouTube is testing some long-format videos for its site, anxious to increase the amount of ads they can display per view, CNN Money reports. The site has only a few videos longer than an hour, but is reaching out to independent directors at the Los Angeles Film festival this week. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Los Angeles  • YouTube  • online advertising  • ad revenue  • revenue

    • Networks Social Indeed, But Ad Dollars Remain Elusive

      New York Times  |  Jun 16, 08 10:07 AM CDT

      Networks Social Indeed, But Ad Dollars Remain Elusive

      (Newser) - A makeover planned to begin Wednesday for MySpace is the latest sign of the continued struggle to make social networking the cash cow many thought it would be when News Corp. bought the site three years ago, the New York Times reports. MySpace's user base has grown from 16 million to more than 118 million since—but still falling short of profit targets. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • News Corp  • Internet advertising  • Bebo

    • Tech Firms to Fix Monster They Created

      New York Times  |  Jun 14, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Tech Firms to Fix Monster They Created

      (Newser) - Google, Microsoft, Intel, and IBM are partnering are on a new initiative to help workers distracted by emails and instant messages improve their productivity, the New York Times reports. The Information Overload Research Group, a nonprofit launching next month, will devise cultural and technological solutions to reduce the digital deluge that’s costing firms $650 billion a year in productivity. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Intel  • email  • IBM  • work  • instant messaging  • office  • productivity

    • Yahoo and Google: It's All Up to Yang

      CNET  |  Jun 13, 08 10:08 AM CDT

      Yahoo and Google: It's All Up to Yang

      (Newser) - As Yahoo and Google prepare for a new search-ad deal, it’s all up to CEO Jerry Yang, writes Charles Cooper for CNET. Will Yang be the next Steve Jobs, pulling a struggling company back to the spotlight—or will he fade like his Yahoo predecessors? The afreement "may turn out to be a clever move if it fosters the two companies' respective strength in search and display advertising," Cooper writes. More »

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      Google  • Yahoo  • Jerry Yang  • investors  • antitrust  • regulation  • search advertising

    • Yahoo Strikes Deal With Google on Search Ads

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 12, 08 8:10 PM CDT

      Yahoo Strikes Deal With Google on Search Ads

      (Newser) - Yahoo struck a deal today with Google to display its rival's search ads, just hours after announcing the end of talks with Microsoft on a possible merger, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal with Google, which still faces months of federal scrutiny, could bring in $800 million a year for Yahoo and have a profound effect on Internet advertising. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Internet advertising

    • Microsoft, Yahoo End Talks, Rule Out Merger

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 12, 08 3:32 PM CDT

      Microsoft, Yahoo End Talks, Rule Out Merger

      (Newser) - Looks like a Microsoft-Yahoo marriage is off—for good this time, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a meeting last weekend, Microsoft representatives stated “unequivocally” that the software giant was not interested in purchasing all of Yahoo for any price. Yahoo then ruled out an alternative of selling Microsoft only its search business. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • mergers and acquisitions  • search engine  • ad revenue  • search advertising

    • Google CEO Says Saving Media Is a 'Moral Imperative'

      CNET  |  Jun 12, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Google CEO Says Saving Media Is a 'Moral Imperative'

      (Newser) - Search engine giant Google wants to maximize online ad revenues for traditional media, CEO Eric Schmidt said yesterday, not work against them. CNets reports that with so many traditional media companies struggling to make online ads work, "it's a huge moral imperative to help here," Schmidt said. More »

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      Google  • YouTube  • online advertising  • Viacom  • Eric Schmidt

    • Startup Site Wants to See Your Paycheck

      TechCrunch  |  Jun 11, 08 2:06 PM CDT

      Startup Site Wants to See Your Paycheck

      (Newser) - Ever wonder how much people at Google or Microsoft really make? Just-launched Glassdoor.com wants to tell you, TechCrunch reports. Essentially, the site collects self-submitted compensation reports and reviews for as many jobs at as many firms as possible. Open to everyone are full details for Googe, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Cisco; users can get dirt on other outfits by submitting their own details. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Apple  • Yahoo  • Cisco  • Cisco Systems  • compensation  • employer

    • Google's Brin Books Flight to Space Station

      New York Times  |  Jun 11, 08 9:03 AM CDT

      Google's Brin Books Flight to Space Station

      (Newser) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin is turning space tourist, plunking down a $5 million deposit with Space Adventures for passage to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket in 2011, reports the New York Times . Space Adventures is planning to buy two of the three seats aboard the mission, whose sole agenda would be tourism. More »

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      Google  • NASA  • International Space Station  • Sergey Brin  • space tourism

    • 'Lifestreaming' Challenges Traditional Social Networking

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 10, 08 4:47 PM CDT

      'Lifestreaming' Challenges Traditional Social Networking

      (Newser) - A new kind of open social networking is gaining a foothold with online leaders. “Lifestreaming” services like FriendFeed—launched in February by ex-Google employees—let users bring online social activities from various sources together in one feed. Leader FriendFeed is logging 150,000 visitors a month, but the big players won’t cede ground without a fight, one VC told the Financial Times . More »

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      Google  • Facebook  •