Everybody makes mistakes, but it’s surprising to see large companies like Google commit these goofs, and it’s even more unexpected when foul-ups in the recruiting-and-hiring process. These things do happen, though, as Jeff Barr, who turned down a job with Google, recently found out.
DoubleClick Turned Down Microsoft’s Higher Bid
The irony of Microsoft crying antitrust in the Google/DoubleClick buy is starting to make more sense: it may be sour grapes, and a regulatory approach may free up DoubleClick for themselves, or at least stop Google from cornering the market.
Viacom Turned Off By YouTube Clone
It seems that the major broadcast networks idea to create a rival to the popular video-sharing site YouTube could be in jeopardy. As reported earlier in the week NBC Universal, Fox, CBS and Viacom were all in discussions about creating a video site that could compete with YouTube. That all could change.
CRM Needs To Be Turned On Its Head
Doc writes:
Heat Turned Up On Dell Over Notebooks
The now-famous footage of a Dell computer exploding in front of attendees at a Japanese conference has led to the revelation of many more overheating units causing the computer maker problems for a period of years.
Advertising To Those With Javascript Turned Off
Just about all of the contextual advertising services and many other types of services use JavaScript to include their ads on your website.
Google Turned Loose The Reader
The kids at Google cut loose with the Google Reader beta today at the Web 2.0 conference. The new toy allows users to pick and choose from their favorite online sources to view their daily content.
1000 Managers Turned Their Plans Into Energy!
I bet you can’t tell me how leadership training and strategic planning work together to boost business results and energize performance improvements.