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2007

Google Eyeing Job Search Site – SimplyHired

May 17, 2007 0
Recently, there was some speculation that Google is in discussions to acquire job search engine SimplyHired <!–[if !vml]–><!–[endif]–>. Of late, this week has witnessed one eBusiness rumor after another come out, and the latest nugget indicates that Google may be interested in buying SimplyHired.
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2007

Google to Face First Jury Trial over its “Adwords” Keywords Search Program

May 15, 2007 0
A federal judge has set November 9, 2007 for jury selection in a historic trademark infringement lawsuit brought on behalf of American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, Inc., following allegations that the system represents an abuse of US trademark law.
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2007

Google Cleans Up Google News

May 15, 2007 0
Some recent housecleaning at Google News has resulted in the removal of some controversial foreign news sources that appeared to be gaming with the Google News algorithm to drive traffic to their AdSense-heavy site.
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2007

Yahoo! Launches “Be a Better” Brand Campaign

May 11, 2007 0
Global Internet company Yahoo! Inc. has launched it new and most integrated marketing campaign dubbed "Be a Better…” to highlight its contribution in helping general consumers, marketers, and small business do better in their endeavors. 1.      Yahoo Launches “Be a Better…” Campaign Touting Mobile, Answers Yahoo gets playful with properties…
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2007

AOL Launches India Portal, Refreshes U.S. Site

April 26, 2007 0
The world’s largest media conglomerate, Time Warner Inc.’s America Online Internet unit has recently launched its first country-specific web portal in India, including sections covering International Music, Sports and Bollywood buzz.   America Online, the Internet arm of media giant Time Warner, aggressively expanding its boundaries, has lately launched a web portal in India, including […]
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2007

Yahoo and Virgin Mobile USA Announce Strategic Partnership

March 28, 2007 0
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and WARREN, N.J., March 28 /PRNewswire/ — Virgin Mobile USA, the nation’s leading wireless youth network and Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) , a leading global Internet company, today announced a new strategic partnership to make a variety of Yahoo!’s popular mobile services available to Virgin Mobile’s more than 4.6 million customers. The agreement will launch […]
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2007

Microsoft Inks Digital Book Deal

March 23, 2007 0
Books will be digitized and searchable on Live Book Search Microsoft has announced a deal with a digital scanning company Kirtas Technologies to produce digital books, nudging its way further into Google’s territory. Kirtas Technologies, a leading innovator and provider of digital scanning solutions, announced the signing of a digitization agreement with Microsoft Corp. to […]
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2007

Google Opens Full Scale New York Office

March 23, 2007 0
If Google can make it here, it can make it anywhere. The company opens new digs in Manhattan. After a year of speculation, the company has officially opened a new, bigger and more Google-y office in the Big Apple in the trendy Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan.
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2007

Yahoo! Launches PPC Mobile Ads

March 22, 2007 0
Yahoo! has started a beta trial of paid-for search results on its mobile internet service in the UK and US. Internet giant Yahoo, lately said that it has launched a beta version of sponsored text advertising tied to mobile search in the United States and the United Kingdom, a move that gives the portal a […]
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2007

Google Ends Speculation, Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion

March 22, 2007 0
Google is snapping up YouTube for US$1.65 billion in a deal that catapults the Internet search leader to a starring role in the online video revolution. Google Inc., the leading Web search engine, bought hot young video-sharing website YouTube in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal that the companies proclaimed was a natural for the […]
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