More Baby Boomers Embracing Web 2.0

Online activities primarily popular with younger people are now receiving the attention of baby boomers. Recent surveys of U.S. consumers found that 61 percent of baby boomer Internet users (age 44 to 61) had visited sites that offer streaming and downloadable video while 41 percent had visited social networks.

Yahoo! Gets a ‘Softie

Joanne Bradford has made a lot of career moves in recent memory. She was once Corporate VP of Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions, then climbed up the ladder to Chief Media Officer and Corporate Vice President of MSN.

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.