It’s not all about the facebooks, myspaces and twitters out there. By focusing only on the mainstream social networks crammed down our throats by the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Google and other multi-million dollar giants, are we missing out on the last corners of the web that actually speak our language?
I at least assume that [...]
An investigation has been opened by the US Department of Justice into a possible breach of antitrust laws after Yahoo! announced Google Adsense would be implemented in limited trials on Yahoo! search results, in an effort to scupper Microsofts hostile ultimatum to accept a $44.6bn takeover bid.
Concerns were raised by regulators after a telephone call [...]
After Microsoft recently threatened Yahoo! with a 3-week ultimatum to “accept our offer or else” (the ‘or else’ being a hostile take-over), Yahoo! have responded with a bewidlering tactic to try and gain leverage in the bitter talks. For two weeks, Yahoo! will be implementing Google Adsense into Yahoo! search.
The move is said by a [...]
Google has responded to frequent speculation by news authors about how the service ranks news items for importance, and how timing, and the use of images affects the chances of being featured.
This unusually open response from the search giant differs from their one-size-fits-all response of “It’s all in the algorithm” they tend to dish-out to [...]
A wireless device submitted by Microsoft to the Federal Communications Commission for testing has been pulled after a disastrous failure. The prototype reportedly stopped working after tests by the FCC, which is the second such device submitted by the software giant, as part of the White Spaces Coalition, which involves a joint effort by Dell, [...]
In a move that’s set to send shockwaves across Google’s recently acquired DoubleClick, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has warned exsisting employees that the search giant has not yet decided who they will fire from the online advertising firm, and has ordered doubleclickers to submit their resumes to a Google committee for immediate review.
The move is [...]
According to the Google Blog, a spokesman for the search giant has hinted at a new strategy to reduce the page-rank of sites linked from social bookmarking site Digg.
The move is said to mirror the recent punishment of blogs relying on “un-natural linking strategies” such as sites which take part in paid reviews or paid [...]
Google’s Senior Vice President, David Drummond has issued a damning response to Microsoft’s bid to buy out search-rival, Yahoo! in an official statement which should serve to fan the flames, describing Microsoft’s influence as ‘Illegal’ and ‘Inappropriate’.
Using the Official Google Blog as a platform, Drummond says..
“While the Internet rewards competitive innovation, Microsoft has frequently sought [...]
As both firms struggle to compete with Google’s stranglehold on the web, Microsoft has made an offer of $44.6bn in cash and shares to buy out Yahoo! in a bid to compete with Google and restore it’s failing monopoly.
Yahoo! are said to be taking the offer seriously, after announcing a $300m spend this year to [...]
Search giant Google has announced that it is joining NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense) in a traditional effort to track the movements of the obese bearded flying fatty, loved by kids the world over. This is a tradition that started with a phone mix-up in the US, when kids were given a direct line to [...]