All Things Digital:
Ciena (CIEN) is buying Nortel Networks optical networking and carrier Ethernet business, after besting an offer from Nokia Siemens in a three-day auction. Ciena will pay $769 million for the now-bankrupt companys’ optical and carrier Ethernet assets, which it says will signifigantly bolster its Internet infrastructure bu (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Porn is all about instant gratification. A business reliant on bringing its customers the goods fast, this industry has always had a history of being on the forefront of new technologies as they emerge for better products and faster distribution. Revolutionizing porn and how its enjoyed with the adoption of the VHS home vi (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
This is a report from our premium subscription research service The Internet Analyst. The Internet Analyst is currently in beta, with a formal launch coming towards the end of 2009. To sign up for a free beta trial, please submit your name and email address here. Wall Street can't seem to help itself. With all the buzz ar (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a bill that could restrict their ability to do business in 'repressive' foreign countries.
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Wall Street Journal:
AOL plans to cut about 2,500 employees as the struggling Internet company attempts to resurrect its business after it spins off from Time Warner. (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Adam Cahan is the CEO of Auditude, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based technology company that provides an ad platform for video management and monetization. He has also worked at MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA), Google (NSDQ: GOOG), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and McKinsey & Co. The world of onl (Read More)
online.wsj.com:
AOL plans to cut about 2,500 employees as the struggling Internet company attempts to resurrect its business after it spins off from Time Warner. (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we've introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had great personal significance to me, not only because I helped to design them, but also because I'm deaf. Today, I'm in Washingto (Read More)
Ars Technica:
As Windows 2000 was being developed in the second half ofthe 1990s, Microsoft was firmly focused on building in as much functionalityas possible, in a play to push Novell Netware aside and establish Windows NT as the operating system for the business world. When NT was released (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Salesforce.com Inc. posts a sharp gain in fiscal third-quarter profit, while sales rise 20% as the provider of Internet-hosted business software continues to accumulate subscribers.
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Wall Street Journal:
Salesforce.com Inc. on Tuesday posted a sharp gain in fiscal third-quarter profit, while sales rose 20% as the provider of Internet-hosted business software continued to accumulate subscribers.
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Wall Street Journal:
Salesforce.com Inc. on Tuesday posted a sharp gain in fiscal third-quarter profit, while sales rose 20% as the provider of Internet-hosted business software continued to accumulate subscribers.
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TechCrunch:
DocuSign, an e-signature service, has raised $2 million from Second Century Ventures. The venture firm is the investment fund of the National Association of Realtors. This brings DocuSign’s total funding up to $30 million. DocuSign, which was founded in 2003, allows companies to get legally binding signatures quickly over t (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The Internet phone-service provider has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states and issue refunds to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
This is a report from our premium subscription research service The Internet Analyst. The Internet Analyst is currently in beta, with a formal launch coming towards the end of 2009. To sign up for a free beta trial, please submit your name and email address here. After years of experimentation, Google appears to be inchin (Read More)