Verizon may have knocked out Google spectrum bid
Through several side bids for pieces of spectrum, Verizon may have outbid the top bid for the desired 700MHz C block auction…
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Through several side bids for pieces of spectrum, Verizon may have outbid the top bid for the desired 700MHz C block auction…
Google's not one of those corporations in which every person in a given room is likely to be the vice president of something or other. So since the company is hiring a handful of execs in African offices, this appears to be a sign of an impending expansion throughout the continent.
In all of the Microsoft-Yahoo talk so far, no official deadlines have been given. There may be an implicit hurry-up factor, however, as it seems that Microsoft's sinking stock price could force it to adjust the deal.
If Microsoft can pull off its Yahoo proposal and manage to get ad systems integrated across properties for both sites, they could be a desirable part of search marketing campaigns that begin and end with Google these days.
As someone with no connections to Google's stock, I'm a fairly impartial observer in this matter. Still, it was fun to write about the stock passing $600, $650, and $700 in rapid succession, and although it's much lower now, it's managed something impressive and smile-inducing again.
If you just can't stand to wait until late tonight or early tomorrow to find out the results of Super Tuesday, there are some ways to abate the political DT's. You could stare at CNN and Fox all day, or you could see real people's reactions and feelings. In this case, Google and Twitter have you covered.Okay, okay. When I said "real people," I meant…