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...
Mar 28, 2007 | business, Google
Google announced a new advertising program last week and the reports focused on a new Google policy that doesn’t affect us directly. (Briefly: Google sends money to advertisers when a web surfer clicks on a Google advertising link on a web page; the new program...
Mar 23, 2007 | business, news, Politics
On March 9 the Justice Department’s inspector general revealed that the FBI has been systematically abusing its expanded power to issue “national security letters” and obtain private information about US citizens and residents from telephone...
