Ballmer shows interest in Yahoo deal again
The Microsoft Yahoo drama continues as Steve Ballmer has again shown interest in getting into a deal with Yahoo.
He said in a interview: “I think a search deal makes great sense for Microsoft, and Yahoo. I think I’ve been very open about that. I think good ideas are [...]
Google, Yahoo delays the implementation of ad deal
Google and Yahoo have announced that they are now delaying the implementation of their search advertising deal.
The deal was to be implemented this month. Google would be powering some of the ads which run on Yahoo search result pages in USA and Canada.
Google decided to delay the implantation [...]
Legg Mason Capital Management supports Yahoo Management
Investors Legg Mason Capital Management has announced that they would back the Yahoo’s Management in the upcoming shareholder’s meeting next month.
They own around 4.4% in Yahoo.
Yahoo is facing pressure from another investor Carl Icahn who wants the company to sell its search business operations to Microsoft.
He aims to [...]
France to provide funds for QUAERO multimedia search project
The French government has said that they have won EU approval to provide funds to the QUAERO multimedia search project in Europe.
This project aims to develop a search engine to counter the growing popularity of Google in this segment of the market.
QUAERO would work on developing technology [...]
Google India now has second largest employee base for Google
Google has been expanding their presence in the Indian market and now they have their second largest employee base here in this country.
The company has established bases in several cities in India including Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Google further admits that India has also emerged [...]
IAC/InterActiveCorp to break into five entities
Barry Diller owned Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp has said that they are now going to split into five different entities.
The company said that they are going to spin off their following divisions:
HSN home shopping network,
Ticketmaster ticketing service,
Interval time-share business and
LendingTree mortgage referral unit
Ask.com search engine, Match.com, Evite, Citysearch and Excite would [...]
Google rumored to come out with a mobile strategy on Monday
Market sources suggest that a big announcement is expected to come from the search engine industry giant Google.
The company is rumored to come out with a mobile strategy that might include the announcement of a mobile operating system.
Rumors in the market have been high related [...]
Google Stock crosses $700
Search engine giant Google’s stock price touched $700 yesterday. The company seems to have gained from the rumors that they are currently in talks with mobile service providers around the world to launch mobile devices powered with their services.
The Wall Street Journal had recently reported that the company was in talks with [...]
France Telecom denies talking to Google for a possible mobile device launch
Market reports suggested that search engine giant Google was in talks with several international mobile service provider to launch mobile devices powered by their technologies.
This included potential talks with France Telecom.
France Telecom has now officially denied any such talks with the US based [...]
Viacom open to working with Google in the future
Viacom is involved in a lawsuit against Google. They are claiming USD 1 billion from the search engine giant for copyright violation on their YouTube video sharing service.
However, Viacom Inc Chief Executive Philippe Dauman has now said in a statement that they are open to working with [...]
