New York Times:
Google, leader in Web search, said it was buying the Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, a move that expands its competition with display leader Yahoo. (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Now this is cool. Some of the hype over Google Wave has died down over the last few weeks, in no small part because most people have absolutely no idea how to use it (no, the 80 minute long video demo doesn’t help). Now it looks like the Wave team has another idea up their sleeves to show people the power of Wave: they’re (Read More)
Mashable!:
For the last month and a half, AT&T and Verizon have been at war. Verizon launched ads tearing down AT&T’s 3G coverage, AT&T countered with a lawsuit and ads starring Luke Wilson. Hell, even Apple is getting involved in this messy affair.With the two largest mobile networks making headlines, we thought it would be appropr (Read More)
New York Times:
A deal to block Google searches from News Corporation content would erect uncustomary barriers and could scramble the landscape of the Web.
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Mashable!:
Google Chrome is lightning-fast, holds over 3% of the browser market, and will soon become an operating system. Yet while it has several decisive advantages over Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, and other browsers, there is one thing it does not have: extensions.We’ve known that extensions were coming to Chrome since Fe (Read More)
Mashable!:
Think Twitter’s flattening growth might lead the company to consider selling out to the likes of Google or Microsoft? Think again. Speaking at an event at Oxford University, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told reporters that “We are definitely not interested in selling the company.” Instead, he suggested the microblogging (Read More)
Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.
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TechCrunch:
A few weeks ago that was a lot of excitement surround the launch of Google Maps Navigation. Unfortunately, it only worked with Android 2.0 and up, which means only the newest devices right now, like the Droid. But today Google has given an early holiday present to its other Android users: Maps Navigation to anyone running a (Read More)
Mashable!:
Google has just announced yet another acquisition. This time, the Internet giant is buying Teracent, a company that tweaks display ads on-the-fly based on a wide variety of factors. According to the official Google blog:“Teracent’s technology can pick and choose from literally thousands of creative elements of a display a (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Google’s on a bit of a shopping spree this holiday season. The search giant just acquired AdMob for $750 million a few weeks ago. Today, Google has acquired display advertising company Teracent for an undisclosed amount of money. The deal is expected to close this quarter. Teracent’s Intelligent Display Advertising technolo (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership.Ma (Read More)
New York Times:
News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has engaged in early stage discussions with Microsoft about a pact to get paid from Microsoft to remove its news content from Google's search engine.
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BBC:
There's a fascinating story in this morning's edition of the Financial Times, which could signal a big shift in the balance of power between parts of the web and other parts of the media. The piece says that Microsoft has been in talks with the media giant News Corporation over a plan which could see the firm behind papers (Read More)
: "big shift" would imply that news media organizations will continue to be relevant.
News of isolationism is more of an interesting note in the long decline of these guys. Kind of like announcement of which borders are getting attention in a country closed off to the world.
TechCrunch:
Now that we’ve all actually seen Chrome OS, the immediate reaction that most are jumping to is that it won’t be killing Windows anytime soon. But that doesn’t mean it won’t hurt Microsoft, and apply long-term pressure to the dominant OS. In fact, Google’s positioning for Chrome OS reads like a page out of Apple’s playbook, (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Congratulations to the Financial Times. It’s taken them 10 days and three reporters to confirm our previous story that Microsoft and News Corp, along with plenty of other newspaper publishers, are in actual, formal discussions to encourage them to de-index from Google and will incentivise them with premium positions on the (Read More)