Video May Come To Google Talk
Google’s acquisition of Swedish-based Marratech, a video conferencing software company, should lead into Google Talk becoming more competitive with eBay’s Skype and other services.
Google Has Web History On Its Side
A new feature from Google goes beyond the search history it can retain for people; their Web History option would keep track of every page a person visits.
Upcoming.Org Now Upcoming With Yahoo Local
The social event tracking site has been transitioned to Yahoo’s Local platform as the company brings Upcoming closer to its other products.
Google By Numbers; Profits Flatten Out
Revenue and profits rose for Google in their first quarter, earning net income of $1 billion on $3.66 billion in revenue.
Google Earnings Conference Call Quotes
Google announced their earnings in a conference call. Financial details are in their press release here. Below are some of the more interesting quotes from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and VP’s Jonathan Rosenberg, George Reyes and Omid Kordestani.
Baidu Sees Other End Of Censorship Stick
Much has been made of the ways in which Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have accommodated the Chinese government – and rightly so – but Baidu, with its home field advantage, appeared to be in the clear. Now, however, Baidu is running into some censorship problems of its own.
Ask Found Jesus, But Doesn’t Want To Talk About It
If Ask.com hasn’t gotten much attention because of their search engine lately, they’re at least raising eyebrows through new (and kind of cerebral) ad campaigns. An algorithm that "constantly finds Jesus" but can’t really find itself is beside the point – it’s all about engaging the public and rousing curiosity, says Ask’s VP of marketing.
There have been billboard sightings in New York, LA, and San Francisco – weird billboards with weird sentences and no explanation.
Sentences like:
What’s Wrong with Social Content Sites
I’ll jump to the punchline first: What’s the one thing that’s wrong with social content sites like digg? The content!
Hitwise Sells For $240 Million
Experian has announced that it has purchased Hitwise for $240 million. With the purchase Experian hopes to offer their clients more value by leveraging the data Hitwise collects from Web sites and online consumers.
Hitwise was founded in 1998 and has over 1,200 clients in numerous areas such as financial services, media, travel and retail.
Personalize, Don’t Pander, With Unique Content
Everyone likes to feel special, but feeling singled out is a different thing entirely. Several companies seem to have failed to make that distinction in recent days, and now IAC/Ask, Acclaim, and American Airlines are paying the price for it in the public’s eye.