Microsoft, Yahoo may finally embrace with search, advertising deal
Update: Such a deal has just been announced.
Yahoo and Microsoft are close to a search and advertising deal that would finally bring them together in a fight against Google’s dominance, according to the Wall Street Journal. Yahoo would use Microsoft’s Bing search engine for its… Continue Reading
LightPole’s software mobilizes web sites and adds geo-context
Putting “geo-context” into information is a hot topic these days on the mobile web.
The phrase means making data more useful by putting geographic context behind it, like listing all of the wireless Internet hot spots nearest you on a map on the phone. Adding geo-context… Continue Reading
Roundup: Jajah attacks Skype, Nokia-Navteq, YouTube’s Adsense, Yahoo’s lag
Here’s the latest action:
–Jajah goes after Skype’s turf on eBay
–Nokia buys Navteq, what does Google do?
–YouTube intros Adsense
–Yahoo lags on universal search
–Viacom backs DRM
–Technorati’s new CEO
–Costs of a start-up
Jajah tries to exploit Skype dissatisfaction, releases button for eBay — Now that eBay has admitted the Skype… Continue Reading
Yahoo to acquire advertising company, BlueLithium, for $300M
Yahoo, the media portal that is under pressure to catch up with Google, has agreed to acquire BlueLithium, an online advertising company, for $300 million in cash.
Here’s the statement.
BlueLithium, based in San Jose, Calif, but with offices around the globe, is a large, fast-growing online… Continue Reading
Sedo, and the Boobtube.com problem
Sedo, the world’s largest domain name auctioneer, sold a popular URL, Boobtube.com, for $41,688 last week, but then turned around and canceled the sale because the seller didn’t really own it.
This auction had lasted more than two weeks, and was frenetic.
The cancellation raises prickly questions… Continue Reading
Yahoo just needs to fix one thing: Monetization
Everyone seems to be chapping Yahoo’s hide these days, including even Yahoo itself — or at least one very audible Jerry Maguire over there. However while many large companies could benefit from more focus and cost-cutting, neither issue is really at the core of the… Continue Reading
Googlogy, and how to avoid the Google Juggernaut
It used to be de rigueur in Silicon Valley to stay out of the way of Microsoft’s product road map • even areas Microsoft hinted they might pursue. Nowadays, venture folks more commonly ask, “What are you going to do about Google?”
The reality of… Continue Reading