Archive for the 'Internet' Category
Live Search Maps Tries To Turn The Heat On Google
Friday, October 3rd, 2008The Virtual Earth team at Microsoft has updated their platform and also added some interesting and useful new features to it in an attempt to improve the Live Search Maps offering and make it more competitive with Google Maps. (more…)
Google Has The Best Maps
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008According to the results of a survey conducted by analysts, Cowen & Co., which were released on Monday, Google Maps has left its competitors far behind in the race. (more…)
Yahoo! Talking Merger With AOL
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Following all the hullabaloo after the Yahoo! board of directors refused Microsoft’s offer to buy them over, and the threats led by investor Carl Icahn, to replace the entire board of Yahoo!, the headless chicken that is Yahoo! is now looking at merging with another collossal sinker, AOL. (more…)
Google Improves Internet Access In Developing Nations
Thursday, September 18th, 2008In keeping with their goal to make information available easily, all over the world, Google has decided to invest in a O3b Networks, an organisation that aims to provide Internet connectivity all over the world, especially to people in developing nations. (more…)
Internet Advertising On The Upswing
Thursday, September 11th, 2008If forecasts made by various media communications companies are to be believed, the amount of money spent on internet advertising is poised to increase considerably. (more…)
New U2 Songs Leaked Via YouTube
Monday, August 25th, 2008U2’s first studio album in over 4 years is rumoured to be scheduled for release on November 18, 2008. However, some tracks from the album have already been leaked over the Internet. (more…)
Intel + Yahoo! Innovate With Interactive TV
Thursday, August 21st, 2008There is some good news, for those who cannot decide between watching their favorite TV program and surfing the World Wide Web. Connected TV, from Yahoo! enables users to access the Web on their television sets, while also continuing to watch their favorite TV show. (more…)
Live Search Cashback Now On eBay
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Only last month Microsoft Live Search had announced a ‘cash back’ programme for its customers. They have now tied up with eBay to offer this facility to their customers. (more…)
Google To Monitor Broadband Connections
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The internet giant Google, has announced that their engineers are working, on a project, to make tools that will monitor broadband network connections, so that users can identify any discrimination by their internet service providers. (more…)
CBS + CNet, IAC + Lexico and Comcast + Plaxo
Monday, May 19th, 2008In a coincidence of sorts, 3 different mergers were announced around the same time last week. The popular U.S. based broadcasting company CBS will buy web publisher CNET networks for $1.8 billion. IAC, owners of Ask.com will buy Lexico for $100 million in cash and Comcast will buy Plaxo. (more…)
Open Mobile Broadband Expected In The USA In 2010
Friday, May 9th, 2008Some well known and forward-looking Internet companies have decided to jointly invest $3.2 billion to buy Clearwire and form a new wireless data network in the U.S. The companies involved in this project are Google, Comcast, Intel Capital, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Trilogy Equity Partners. (more…)
Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo! Offer
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008In a sudden turn of events Microsoft has decided to withdraw the offer they made to takeover Yahoo! After over 3 months of fruitless discussions, and even threats of a hostile takeover bid, the head honchos at Microsoft have concluded that it does not make economic sense to raise their bid beyond the final offer of $33 per share or nearly $46.5 billion. (more…)
Microsoft - Yahoo! Battle Gets Heated And Complicated
Monday, April 14th, 2008This was never going to be a straightforward acquisition and we all knew that. However, Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo! has just turned more complicated with a whole new set of competing factions coming out of the woodwork. Google, AOL , News Corp. and Time Warner have all re-emerged as significant players. (more…)
Yahoo! Courts AOL In Bid To Make Microsoft Jealous
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008The board of directors at Yahoo, have not taken very kindly to Microsoft’s unsolicited takeover bid of $45 billion or approximately $31 per share, which they feel is too low. In an attempt to shield themselves from Microsoft, Yahoo! executives have reportedly revived merger talks with AOL Times Warner. (more…)
Microsoft Bids USD 44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo!
Friday, February 1st, 2008TechCrunch report that Microsoft has made an official bid to acquire Yahoo! The offer of $44.6 Billion values Yahoo! at $31 per share, a 62% premium on Thursday closing price. (more…)
Online Marketing Predictions For 2008
Monday, January 7th, 2008We have looked at some of the leading tech blogs and heard what search marketing professionals had to say on popular forums. Based on the collective brain power of all the professionals and contributors at ReadWriteWeb, ValleyWag, TechCrunch, SearchEngineWatch and WebProWorld we have compiled a list of our favourite predictions for 2008: (more…)
Radiohead: A Study In Music Download Behaviour
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Radiohead, a famous English alternative rock band, reached the height of their popularity in 19992 with their single “Creep”. They recently made the news when they released an album titled “In Rainbows”. The album was only available to fans for download direct from their site: (more…)
Most Popular Websites In UK and France
Friday, October 5th, 2007Google leads the pack once again this month, as the most popular website in both France and the UK. ComScore’s latest report tracked the top Internet properties visited by Internet users in the UK and France during the month of August 2007. There are no surprises in the top 10 either side of the channel. Facebook, though, is rising in popularity very quickly in the UK and might become one of the top 10 visited sites very soon. (more…)
Growth Of Online Commerce Fuelled By Over-65’s
Monday, September 3rd, 2007APACS (The UK Association Of Clearing Services) has revealed a five-year snapshot of online banking, telephone banking and Internet shopping in the UK. The surprising results of the study have shown that the growth in online banking has been fuelled by silver surfers. (more…)
Internet Content Censorship In Europe
Monday, August 13th, 2007Swedish newspaper DN reported last Friday that Internet providers in Sweden and Denmark are currently blocking sites with child pornogrpahy, and Google Germany blocks Nazi websites. The greater fear, though, lies in the possibility of widespread censorship of the Internet by EU lawmakers. (more…)
