Through several side bids for pieces of spectrum, Verizon may have outbid the top bid for the desired 700MHz C block auction and pushed it into a new scenario.
Yahoo Deal Could Blackout Google Display Ads
Yahoo has been very good at working the display advertising business, and although weakness in the automotive and financial markets depressed that business, Microsoft’s deal could strengthen it again.
Google Bulking Up In Africa
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.
Microsoft Playing Pepsi To Google’s Coke
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.
Google’s Stock Has A Good Day
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.
Google, Twitter Team Up For Primary Map
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 people techo-hip and savvy enough to be using a microblogging platform like Twitter, which isn’t, not even close, representative of the American whole. But still, this is pretty interesting.
Could Google Stand in the Way of the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal?
Over the weekend Google tried to thwart the attempt by Microsoft to takeover Yahoo!, by being quite vocal about the concerns, see Official Google Response: Microsoft’s Bid On Yahoo! "Hostile".
Heavy Trading Sinks Google Below $500
After hours trading added insult to injury, as shares of GOOG continued to decline after the market closed today.
What Everybody Seems to be Missing About Google
I’m surprised that even Kara Swisher has missed this. The bloggers are going nuts, once again, over the email that a Google lawyer sent to Microsoft regarding Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Yahoo. Here’s what’s really going on:
Official Google Response: Microsoft’s Bid On Yahoo! “Hostile”
As the news about Microsoft’s offer to purchase Yahoo! went around, the search engine industry was inundated with the buzz and speculations.