Second Quarter Results Sink eBay’s Stock

eBay's second-quarter earning report was respectable, all in all, with increases occurring in most measurable categories.  Many of those increases didn't meet investors' expectations, though, and the company seems to have adopted a cautious outlook for the future.

Google Gets $1.10 For Every New Dollar Spent

For every new dollar spent on search marketing, Google grabs $1.10. Probably the last time you heard a number like that, it was from a basketball coach at half-time encouraging you to give the mythical one hundred and ten percent. How does that happen in real numbers? Looks like Google takes a little from Yahoo and Microsoft.  

YouTube Now On TiVo

Starting today TiVo will offer its subscribers access to YouTube videos on their television sets through their broadband TiVo boxes.TiVo's deal with YouTube is the company's first for streaming online content. TiVo does have partnerships with 60 online sites that offer content. Users will not be able to store YouTube videos, but they will be able to view them and bookmark them to watch later.

Amazon Launches New Online Video Store

Online retailing giant Amazon.com is launching a new online service that will feature TV shows and movies called Amazon Video on Demand.Initially Amazon Video on Demand will only be available to a limited number of invited customers starting today and becoming more widely accessible to other users later in the summer.