Any Yahoo-AOL deal unlikely before Aug 1: source
Any deal between Yahoo Inc and Time Warner Inc’s AOL division would be unlikely to be struck before Yahoo’s annual meeting on August 1, a person familiar with the negotiations said on Monday.Yahoo and AOL have been talking about merging their Internet operations for a few months, but the talks now factor in the expected [...]
Technology reshapes America’s classrooms
From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America’s classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves.Just ask 11-year-old Jemella Chambers.
She is one of 650 students who receive an Apple Inc laptop each day at a state-funded school in Boston. From the [...]
Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
A U.S. judge’s order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against [...]
Microsoft offered $9 bln for Yahoo stake, search deal
When Yahoo Inc turned down the latest offer from Microsoft Corp this week, it walked away from $9 billion in cash and $1 billion a year in additional operating profit, Microsoft said on Friday.In an e-mail to employees, Microsoft platforms and services division president Kevin Johnson said it had offered $8 billion for a 16 [...]
Google ad views up strongly in April: report
Google Inc showed strong growth in its ability to convert Web searches into ads viewed, according to a closely watched industry report quoted by analysts on Thursday, and its shares rose 2.5 percent.Web tracking firm comScore Inc’s monthly report on “paid clicks” showed Google’s U.S. growth at 19.6 percent in April from a year ago, [...]
Google reveals Google App Engine pricing plans
Web search leader Google Inc said on Tuesday that Google App Engine would offer additional computing resources for developers this year and announced pricing for the service.Developers using Google App Engine, which lets outsiders build Web applications on the same infrastructure that runs Google’s own applications, will have a free quota of 500 Megabytes of [...]
Microsoft proposes alternative deal to Yahoo
Microsoft Corp said on Sunday it proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo Inc rather than a full acquisition, but the move was unlikely to win favor with financier Carl Icahn, a person familiar with his thinking said.Icahn launched a proxy campaign on Thursday to replace Yahoo’s board with directors who would reopen talks with Microsoft, [...]
Google social network ad business “improving”: Brin
Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Thursday advertising on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace was getting better, but was still not perfect.“In general, it’s been improving but we still have a long way to go,” Brin told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Jerusalem to mark Israel’s 60th anniversary.
“Things [...]
EU says Google map images could be a problem
The ability of Google Inc’s map service to put detailed street-level images on the Internet could raise concerns in Europe if it was introduced there, the EU’s data protection agency said on Thursday.Google’s Street View offers ground-level, 360-degree views of streets in 30 U.S. cities. It has become popular among drivers but courted controversy over [...]
Google introduces brand-image ads for phones
Google Inc said on Wednesday it has introduced brand-image ads for mobile phones, in a bid to extend beyond the computer-based Web market into the emerging market for advertising on phones.In a statement on the Silicon Valley company’s Web site, the company said it had designed mobile images to look like standard graphical display ads [...]
