Google Getting Behind Satellite Broadband

The "other three billion" look set to receive a helping hand from Google.  The search giant, along with Liberty Global and HSBC Principal Investments, is supporting O3b Networks in its quest to provide emerging markets with Internet connections.

DeWolfe Spills a Few MySpace Beans

MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe spoke with TechCrunch's Michael Arrington on stage at the TechCrunch 50 Conference, and two really interesting nuggets cam

United Airlines Stock Crashes On Old News

An article from 2002 detailing the bankruptcy filing of United Airlines resurfaced online Monday, sending the company's stock plummeting as some traders thought the report was current news.UAL, parent of United Airlines, saw its shares fall 76 percent to $3 because of an article by the Florida Sun-Sentinel reporting the bankruptcy filing which was picked up by Bloomberg financial news service.

Google Enacts New Privacy Precautions

You've probably seen more gracious behavior from 6-year-olds who have lost a game of Monopoly.  Still, even if the company's not thrilled about it, Google's agreed to take new steps to protect users' privacy.The main development relates to anonymizing IP addresses on corporate server logs after nine months instead of eighteen.  It's no secret that the EU regulators and other watchdogs pushed Google on this…

Google Gets More Integrated Into TV Advertising

As more television makes the transition to the Internet, Google is doing its part to bring a little of the Internet back to television. It is doing so through a newly signed deal with NBC Universal (NBCU) in a move to help NBCU attract "new kinds" of advertisers.