Skype Buy Back Not Likely
A proposed buyout of eBay’s Skype by the Internet calling services co-founders and a group of private – equity firms is not likely to be completed.
StumbleUpon Becomes Its Own Company Again
First there were the acquisition rumors, then the acquisition. Then there were the sale rumors.
Google Launches Display Ads for Google Finance
Late last year, Google announced that it would be experimenting with ads in more places. Since then, we’ve seen Google Image Search, Picasa, and Google News ad additions.
StumbleUpon Breaks Away from eBay
StumbleUpon is no longer part of eBay. Many have wondered why it was even part of it to begin with, but that pondering can now be put aside. The company has now been returned to its creators for an undisclosed amount.
Microsoft Nets Ad Deal With Discovery Channel
Microsoft is running its first ad campaign that simultaneously combines Internet, mobile and video game ads to promote the Discovery Channel’s fifth season of the fishing documentary "Deadliest Catch."
Microsoft says the one-day campaign with the Discovery Channel has enabled it to sell 90 percent of its advertising inventory. The advertising campaign will be on MSN, MSN Mobile, Windows Live Hotmail, Microsoft Live Search and Xbox Live.
Google Isn’t Dominating the News Market
In case you’ve missed the kerfluffle recently, the AP is rather dissatisfied with their relationship with the Internet, and Google in particular. Google is everyone’s favorite villain these days.
Microsoft Employees Demonstrate Fondness For Google
There once when a time when it was a very bad idea for American autoworkers to own foreign vehicles. A lone Toyota in the employee parking lot might, according to some stories, get mysteriously overturned. Fanatical Microsoft employees shouldn’t even think about enforcing a similar rule set, though, because almost half of the corporation’s workers use Google.
Facebook Redesign Shakes Up App Popularity
Many Facebook users have complained about recent changes to the social networks design. Anyone who uses Facebook or follows Facebook news is probably well aware of that.
Facebook Use Impacts Students Grades
College students who frequently use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower grade point averages than students who are not members of Facebook, according to a new study from Ohio State University.
More than three- quarters of Facebook users said their use of the social networking site did not interfere with their studies.
Mikeyy Worms Its Way Through Twitter
Update: A seventeen-year-old kid has taken credit for the worm creation.