Jun 26, 2007 | business, Google
In April, Google announced its $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. It was treated as Big News and generated lots of press but I found it hard to understand what the deal meant to Google and its competitors. Clearly it meant a lot to Microsoft, which paid $6...
Jun 19, 2007 | audio, business
If you listen to online radio – Yahoo! Launchcast, Pandora, Live365, streaming radio stations, smaller webcasters – be prepared for a Day of Silence on June 26, when thousands of webcasts will go dead as a dramatic illustration of the likely effect of...
May 4, 2007 | business, Microsoft
The press is full of speculation that Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to strike a deal. The New York Post and the Wall Street Journal have both reported that discussions are going forward, assisted by investment bank Goldman Sachs, about some kind of link –...
May 2, 2007 | business, Internet, web_services
LinkedIn is the hot web site of 2007, getting lots of press and growing fast, fueled by a new infusion of investment capital and a big promotional push. Here’s a few articles to give you more details: Red Herring, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Business Week, and...
Apr 23, 2007 | business, Google
Only two years ago, Google and Yahoo earned the same revenue and it wasn’t obvious which one would predominate for Web searches.You probably saw the business news. Google’s first-quarter revenue was more than twice Yahoo’s, and the gap is widening....
Apr 14, 2007 | business, Google
A prediction of things to come:MAY 12, 2017 – BUSINESSWIRE. Mountain View-based search giant Google Inc today announced they’ve acquired the internet for the astounding sum of $2,455.5 billion in cash. The deal had been rumored in various search blogs since the...
