DoubleClick acquisition held up for review
New York Times Nov 14, 07 7:29 AM CST
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European antitrust regulators have put up a roadblock to Google’s $3.1 billion bid for internet ad giant DoubleClick, ruling that it needs to be reviewed before approval. The US has yet to approve the deal, though Brazilian and Australian regulators signed off on it. Google already controls 70% to 80% of the paid search ad market, reports the New York Times , and DoubleClick dominates banner ads.
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Internet giant wants everyone to do everything online
Washington Post Nov 13, 07 10:57 AM CST
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Google has hands in a lot of pies, from maps to email to spreadsheets and now, with Android and OpenSocial, to cellphones and MySpace. But it all relates to one strategy, the Washington Post says. Google wants to make the web so useful that everyone does everything online. In this “cloud computing” paradigm, laptops and cellphones are just gateways to an ever-present database.
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'Android' handset plans fit with firm's other risk-taking moves
Wall Street Journal Nov 12, 07 5:29 PM CST
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T-Mobile plans to release a cell phone based on Google software next year, making it likely to be the first US carrier to bring out a Google-powered phone. The bigger carriers are wary as the Internet giant moves onto their turf, but T-Mobile relishes the chance to offer Google apps, reports the Wall Street Journal , in hopes of gaining market share.
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Some fear huge profits from search deal make Mozilla a Google proxy
New York Times Nov 12, 07 3:54 PM CST
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The image of the Mozilla Foundation is that of Internet underdog—an open source, non-profit network of developers whose Firefox browser has nabbed 15-20% of the market from Microsoft's Internet Explorer. But as the New York Times reports, a Google tie-in deal has enriched the foundation's for-profit Mozilla Corporation subsidiary to the tune of $74 million in total assets, making it more like a typical Silicon Valley startup.
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Is 'social search' worth banking on?
VentureBeat Nov 12, 07 10:19 AM CST
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With a new option allowing users to search for advertising pages, Facebook has crept another step closer to a search engine. Will the social networking site take the ultimate plunge in its battle against Google and roll out a full-fledged search engine? VentureBeat 's Doug Sherret explores how this engine would look and how it could succeed.
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Early shareholder muscled into ranks of 1000+ workers worth millions
New York Times Nov 12, 07 9:15 AM CST
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Google’s first in-house masseuse has cashed out the last of her stock options and joined the ranks of the company's multimillionaires, reports the New York Times . Bonnie Brown joined Google when it had just 40 employees in 1999, and when she retired 5 years later, her stock options were worth millions. Her financial adviser suggested selling—but she held on to a few.
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Bloomberg Nov 9, 07 3:44 PM CST
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The Dow dove 223.55 today to 13,042.74, its lowest close in 2 months, as investors reacted to rough news about tech and retail stocks. The S&P 500 wrapped up its its worst 3-day fall since January 2003, losing 21.07 to close at 1,453.70, and the Nasdaq dropped 68.06, finishing at 2,627.94.
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In quest for traffic, will give away t-shirts and games for using its site
MarketWatch Nov 8, 07 9:54 PM CST
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Google this or Google that, the website that’s also a verb dominates the search engine market, but Microsoft is trying to increase its foothold in the search market with its “Live Search Trial Program”—which rewards users every time they use the MS engine. MarketWatch reports 4,000 participants will earn tickets each time they search, which can then be turned in for t-shirts or video games.
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Tim Wu pioneered net neutrality, inspired new smartphone initiative
BusinessWeek Nov 8, 07 4:39 PM CST
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Google’s newly revealed Open Handset Alliance, which gives smartphone developers and consumers new freedom to match phones, carriers, and apps, found inspiration in the philosophy of cyberlaw trailblazer Tim Wu. The Columbia Law professor is on the vanguard of the net-neutrality conversation, arguing that Internet providers and wireless networks should act like neutral public utilities, barred from prioritizing or denying access, BusinessWeek reports.
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Ballmer says Google is 'welcome in our world' of smartphone software
PC World Nov 8, 07 4:08 PM CST
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The announcement of Google's forthcoming 'Android' phone software and its revolutionary open source philosophy has impressed many, but decidedly not Steve Ballmer. PC World reports the Microsoft CEO declined to share his thoughts on Google's initiative, saying it was hard to compare the Windows Mobile system with "some words on paper."
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It's the last big
acquisition in new restructuring plan
Reuters Nov 7, 07 4:15 PM CST
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AOL will purchase online advertiser Quigo, its final acquisition on a major restructuring agenda. The Time Warner unit has had poor ad growth recently—13% this past quarter, down from 40% percent levels—and is seen as trying to stay competitive with Google and Yahoo. The purchase, reportedly valued at around $340 million, is the latest in a “buying frenzy,” Reuters reports—on the heel of Microsoft’s $6 billion buy of aQuantive.
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'Windows Live' suite to integrate e-mail, photo, blogging and IM with Vista
Reuters Nov 7, 07 11:20 AM CST
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Microsoft took its latest stab at marrying Windows and the web yesterday, debuting “Windows Live,” a new take on web applications that aims to complement Microsoft’s bread-and-butter Windows and Office offerings, rather than competing with them as other web services strive to. The company plans to heavily promote the suite, which includes programs for e-mail, blogging, photo sharing, messaging, and event planning.
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‘Android’ software will be free, open source; profit to come from ads
New York Times Nov 5, 07 1:05 PM CST
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Google dove headfirst into the world of wireless phones today, premiering a long-awaited Internet software rival for Apple and Microsoft—and revealing that the so-called Android would be free and open source. In announcing a broad alliance of mobile phone operators and chip makers, the young company showed the inroads it’s already made in the industry, the Times reports. Google’s profits will come from targeted advertising.
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Inside Google's unique program to find its future innovators
Newsweek Nov 5, 07 7:30 AM CST
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They're brilliant young men and women just out of college, and they're handed more responsibility than many executives enjoy in a lifetime. They're the elite associate product managers of Google, parachuted into top management—like running Gmail or Google Reader—before they're tainted by anyone else's corporate culture. Newsweek tags along on a grueling around-the-globe training trip for the team, and gets an inside look at the Google premise that experience is overrated.
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