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AT&T Talks New Yellow Pages
Sometimes it can be easy to forget that people use other sites besides Google, Yahoo, and Bing to find local results. There…
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Mobile Market Improves In 2Q
The global mobile phone market saw another quarter of year-over-year decline in the second quarter of 2009, shipping a total of 269.6 million units, down 10.8 percent from 302.2 million units in 2Q08, according to IDC. The second quarter results are an improvement from the 17.2 percent decrease in the first quarter, but challenges from the economic crisis remain a factor to watch.
Microsoft, Yahoo CEOs Comment On Employees’ Fates
Personnel-related "efficiencies" can be good or bad, depending on one's perspective. Companies want to save money, of course, and their shareholders also appreciate savings. But employees like to keep their jobs. So let's take a look at what sort of effect the Microsoft-Yahoo deal may have.
What Happens to Yahoo’s Search-Related Developer Projects?
With the big Yahoo Microsoft deal announced, there are still a lot of questions out there, despite the significant amount of information the companies have shared thus far. We know that Bing will become the search engine used in Yahoo searches. We also know that Microsoft will acquire an exclusive 10-year license to Yahoo's core search technologies.
More Americans Watching Online Video
Americans who watch online video continues to grow at a rapid pace across all demographics, far outpacing the adoption rates of many other Internet activities, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. More than half (62%) of Internet users have watched content on video sharing sites, up from 33 percent in 2006. The majority (89%) of Internet users 18-29…
Hulu Traffic Surpasses the Networks for First Time
Compete is pointing to some interesting data, and suggesting that Hulu's "evil plot to take over the world" might just be working. The popular video site has surpassed NBC, FOX and ABC's websites in traffic for the first time. And that was last month. "The networks’ traffic declined during the summer rerun season, but Hulu seems relatively unaffected," notes Compete's Seth Madison.
