Facebook Is The New Skype
Caveat emptor. Word is that Microsoft (MSFT) may buy 5% of social network Facebook for as much as $500 million. And, rumor is that Google may outbid it. Ebay (EBAY) just wrote off about…
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Yahoo! (YHOO) is launching a new version of its search engine. The new product will bring the user results "incorporate a broader array of potential sources, such as videos or pages of books from…
eBay Loses Skype CEO and Takes Charges (EBAY)
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) has announced this morning that Niklas Zennstrom has stepped down as CEO of Skype. Zennstrom, who co-founded Skype in 2003, will become non-executive chairman of the Skype Board of Directors. Michael…
Is Yahoo! (YHOO) Better Off As Two Companies?
Yahoo!’s (YHOO) international operations are OK, especially if you compare them to the domestic part of the company. In the last quarter, Yahoo! US grew only 5% to $1.11 billion. International operation grew 15%…
Why is Yahoo! (YHOO) So Successful In Japan?
Unlike Yahoo! (YHOO) in the US, Yahoo! Japan shares are in the middle of their 52-week trading range. And, the Yahoo! sites lead all others in terms of total unique visitors, According to comScore,…
Intel (INTC) Picking Up Share, Bad Medicine For AMD
The head of Intel (INTC) says that its is gaining back market share from AMD. As if the smaller company has much share left to give. According to Reuters, Intel’s chairman said the company…
Can Google Buy-Off Europe?
According to the Financial Times, Google (GOOG) plans to expand its global staff by one-third over the next couple of years. Most of the new people will be added in Europe. Europe seems as…
Is Facebook Worth Half as Much As Yahoo! ?
The Wall Street Journal writes that Microsoft (MSFT) is in talks to buy 5% of social network website Facebook, putting a valuation on the whole company of $10 billion. Alley Insider makes the point…
Is Facebook Worth More to Microsoft Than Others? (MSFT, GOOG, YHOO)
The WSJ (wsj.com) (subscription required for full access) has reported that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may be making an investment into Facebook that would supposedly value Facebook at $10 Billion. That doesn’t mean this is a…
Akamai And Limelight: Content Delivery Gets Worse
In the age of internet video and data transportation, it would make sense that the companies that facilitate these functions would do well. But, the two leading public companies in the industry have stock…
Google Adds Market Share In August
comScore’s new numbers indicate that Google (GOOG) added to its US market share in August. Its piece of searches done during the month rose to 56..5% from 55.2% in July. Yahoo!’s (YHOO) share fell…
ABC And NBC: Download Deals Galore
In a slap at Apple (AAPL) iTunes, the NBC Universal unit of GE (GE) yesterday announced that they would make a number of their TV shows available for download and viewing. Consumers can play…
Google Still Search King, Apparently At Microsoft’s Expense (GOOG, MSFT, YHOO, IACI)
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) picked up its share of US Internet Search compared to the prior August with almost 64% of US searches, according to Hitwise. Be advised, data from Hitwise often varies greatly from comScore…
Yahoo!’s Search Share Moves Up
Yahoo!’s (YHOO) share of the search market ticked up a bit in August. Google’s (GOOG) fell off. YHOO moved from 22.13% in July to 22.87% last month. Google fell to 63.98% from 64.35% over…
Google: The Mad Scientists Take Over New Advertising Plans
Google (GOOG) is not satisfied with having the world’s most successful search engine advertising model. Nor should it be. There will eventually be some limit to the number of text ads it can target…