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Cultural dissimilarities will remain; Google isn't likely to move its headquarters to China and replace thousands of American employees. The company may…
First off: this contest is for kids. But if you're an adult with a kid, keep reading, because the winning child will receive a $10,000 college scholarship. Now, pray that you've done enough to encourage the kid's artistic abilities, because the contest involves creating a Google Doodle.
Compared to the 1,000 or so people being laid off at Yahoo, 13 isn't too big a number. Still, this is the number of people who have lost their jobs at iVillage, and editor-in-chief Jennie Baird was among them.
Comcast has admitted that it intentionally slows down some traffic on its network, including music and movie downloads. The company said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission that slowing the transfer of music or video between subscribers sharing files is necessary to manage traffic flow over its network.
At first glance, the random acquisition of an email services company doesn't sound all that intriguing. But Dell spent $155 million for MessageOne, so it's pretty noteworthy from a business perspective. And to make matters even more interesting, MessageOne's cofounder is the brother of Michael Dell.
Outsourcing paid search to Google sounded like a panacea to some who have followed Yahoo's travails, but antitrust concerns probably ended that discussion.
