eBay Finds Buyer For Skype

The New York Times is reporting that eBay has a deal to sell Skype thus ending a rather tragic acquisition saga that began in 2005 when eBay ‘won’ in their fight with Google and Yahoo to buy the Internet phone service.

MySpace And Facebook Top Social Networking Sites For Display Ads

Social networking sites in the U.S. accounted for more than 20 percent of all display ads viewed online in July, with MySpace and Facebook combining to serve more than 80 percent of ads, according to a new report from comScore. "Over the past few years, social networking has become one of the most popular online activities, accounting for a significant portion of the time Internet…

US Ad Spending Saw 15% Decline in Early ’09

A report from Nielsen indicates that ad spending in the United States fell 15.4% in the first half of the year, compared to the first half of last year. Preliminary estimates show that US ad expenditures fell over $10.3 billion to a total of $56.9 billion. "While some of the larger categories have cut back spending, we see others that continue to raise the ante…

Google Adds “Real-Time” Suggestions to Google News

Google has added its Google Suggest feature to Google News in its English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish versions. Now when you go to search for something on Google News, Google will attempt to guess what you may be searching for.