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Yahoo In Corporate Raider's Crosshairs
By Jason Lee Miller - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:12pm.
The sale of Yahoo to Microsoft isn't going away without a proxy fight. Billionaire Carl Icahn, the guy they made Wall Street movies about in the Eighties and had to invent the phrase "corporate raider" for, is said to have gathered up 50 million shares in Yahoo.
YouTube Begins Buzz Targeting
By Doug Caverly - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 3:17pm.
It must disappoint advertisers when, after putting their faith and cash behind a certain video, the thing completely flops. So a new YouTube product tries to keep them happy and successful by identifying clips already on their way to viral status.
Online Ad Rates Fall 23 Percent
By Mike Sachoff - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 2:56pm.
The economic slowdown in the U.S. is starting to impact the online advertising industry, with overall monetization down 23 percent according to ad optimization company PubMatic's second monthly Adprice Index.The index is based on data from more than 3,000 publishers and billions of ad impressions.
Street View Takes A Cue From "Cops"
By Doug Caverly - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 2:21pm.
Users of Google Street View will still be able to hunt for people hopping fences, losing their pants, and lying out in the sun. Users may not be able to see many faces, though, as Google's making them disappear.
eBay To Move To PayPal Only In Australia
By Mike Sachoff - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 1:41pm. 21 comments
After negative publicity about an eBay plan to require users in Australia to use PayPal-only, its online payment system, rumors about a similar policy in the U.S. were met with a forceful denial from the company."In the U.S., we are not mulling, planning, or otherwise seriously considering a move to PayPal-only," wrote spokesman Usher Lieberman on the company's eBay Ink blog. "There are U.S. market-specific reasons why PayPal-only is something we simply cannot do in the U.S."
Bill Would Require Captions For Online Video
By Mike Sachoff - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 12:32pm.
U.S. Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) is supporting a bill that would require major producers of Internet video to add captions and video description soundtracks to communicate to the blind what is happening on-screen.
HBO To Offer Shows On iTunes
By Mike Sachoff - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 11:05am.
HBO has reached a deal with Apple to offer half a dozen of its shows on iTunes.Programs that will be available from HBO on iTunes include "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City," "Deadwood," "Rome," "Flight of the Conchords" and "The Wire."
Report: Blinkx Achieves 1,000 Percent YOY Growth
By Doug Caverly - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 10:59am. 2 comments
Blinkx might not be up for sale; an official source denied acquisition rumors that started last week. But corporate statements don't necessarily mean much, and new Hitwise stats portray Blinkx as a tempting target.
Google and IBM Come Together for Cloud Computing
By Abby Prince - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:55am.
Google and IBM began their alliance a couple of years ago in a rather unusual way. IBM CEO Sam Palmisano called up Google CEO Eric Schmidt and asked about distributed computing. Google wanted no part in the matter, but something apparently sparked its interest since the companies began a partnership at that time.
Yahoo Looks At Geographical Relationships
By Doug Caverly - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:48am.
Yahoo's taking its geo services to the next level, and along the way, the company's offering everyone a preview. The Yahoo Internet Location Platform essentially figures out the relationships between different cities, states, and countries.
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