Mountain View, California — The acquisition spree continues, as global search engine leader Google on Friday virtually announced on The Official Google Blog that it has agreed to acquire Seattle, Washington-based digital media solutions provider Widevine Technologies Inc., which is extensively used by broadcasters to safely transmit video content online.

New York — For years, Google has been at the forefront of the speech recognition technology movement. Furthering its investment in voice interaction, the search engine behemoth Google on Friday said that it is beefing up its voice services with a fresh acquisition of Cambridge, U.K.-based maker of speech synthesis software startup blog.

Star Helicopters was formed in the later half of 2009 by two guys who were borne with a passion for tracing the skies. One, a very successful self-made Entrepreneur and Businessman and the other – A highly motivated Commercial Helicopter Pilot and Flight Instructor. eBrandz catches up with the latter, Keith Harter, the Co-Founder and […]

San Francisco — eBay Inc. on Thursday announced that it has acquired local shopping search engine Milo, a website that lists real-time inventory for more than 50,000 U.S. retail stores across the nation in a move that will help the struggling e-commerce giant bridge the gap between online and in-store shopping, a market that others […]

New York — Online video viewers can rejoice now — Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube on Thursday unveiled a new ad format dubbed “TrueView,” which allows users to select an ad-skipping button in the first 5 seconds and only charges advertisers for viewed ads. TrueView ad format should please users, advertisers alike. Simply running ads with […]

Mountain View, California — As the battle over intellectual property and online piracy escalates, search engine titan Google, in response to pressure from music and film companies and other copyright holders, announced a number of measures on Thursday intended to the way it deals with copyright infringement on its ubiquitous search engine, including a promise […]

Mountain View, California — Online ads are continuously evolving, offering marketers ad units with links to various relevant site pages. If you are enjoying some of the relatively new AdWords features like click-to-call, Sitelinks, and Product Ads, and now the search engine giant Google has added a new kind of report to AdWords called “Click […]

Redmond, Washington — Just as the holiday season begins, shoppers are expected to spend $38.5 billion online this year, and there is a good chance they will want to consult with friends and family before making purchases. Microsoft has just updated its Bing Shopping Search with the ability to create shopping lists and share them […]

Los Angeles — Internet pioneer AOL not only outsmarted Facebook in unveiling its upgraded email/messaging service, it also seemed to win the style battle. AOL has just acquired email prioritization app Unblab, according to an email sent from Unblab’s founder Eli Holder.

San Francisco — Global search and advertising giant Google’s undaunted ascension to the Internet search engine throne has caused some to doubt the sincerity of its “Don’t Be Evil” motto and made it a prime target for market watchdogs. A tiny British shopping comparison site has triggered an investigation by the European Commission into whether […]