| May 9 |  Google Leaders Discuss YouTube, Yahoo Plans At Annual Talks Posted in Google General by Lane_R_Ellis
Google plans to make increased profitability at its YouTube video-sharing Web site the top priority during the rest of 2008, brought about by new advertising techniques for the service, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Thursday. |
| May 8 |  Yahoo Bonds Web Searches With Glue Pages India Test Posted in Yahoo by Lane_R_Ellis
A new Internet search engine format from Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer Yahoo that combines text, images and video information on a single results page has been launched in a test form for Yahoo users in India. |
| May 7 |  Bill Gates Says Microsoft To Pursue Independent Paths As Its Bankers Contact Facebook Posted in Microsoft by Lane_R_Ellis
In the wake of its unsuccessful takeover bid for Web pioneer Yahoo, Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft will focus on the pursuit of "independent paths," according to co-founder and chairman Bill Gates speaking in Tokyo Tuesday. |
| May 6 | Yahoo Search Partnership With McAfee Aims To Stop Visits To High-Risk Web Sites Posted in Yahoo by Lane_R_Ellis
Yahoo has begun analyzing Web sites listed on its search engine to remove blatantly dangerous sites and warn users before they click on those that might contain spyware, computer viruses or are associated with spam e-mail, in a partnership with security firm McAfee. |
| May 5 | Microsoft Withdraws Three Month Old Bid For Yahoo Posted in Microsoft by Lane_R_Ellis
On Saturday, following more than three months of unproductive negotiations, Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft withdrew its offer to purchase Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer Yahoo and was left to consider other measures to help combat the increasingly large role Google plays in the current Internet business. |
| May 2 |  Google Expands Global iPhone Service and Mobile Applications Posted in Google General by Lane_R_Ellis
Google has expanded its custom user interface for Apple Computer's popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices to include users in 33 countries using 16 different languages, and added better support for its news aggregation and Google Apps Web applications to the Apple devices. |
| May 1 |  Google Releases Television Advertising Service Posted in Google Adwords by Lane_R_Ellis
Google has added a service for advertising on television to its popular AdWords online ad management system, ending a private invitation-only test begun in June 2007 and releasing the program to all United States-based advertisers. |
| April 30 |  Google Expands DoubleClick Mobile Advertising Posted in Google Adsense by Lane_R_Ellis
Google announced Wednesday that online advertising company DoubleClick, which it purchased for $3.1 billion in March, has expanded its mobile device ad system to work with mobile ad networks, including Google's own AdSense, in a move aimed at helping advertisers make more money from mobile ads. |
| April 29 |  Yahoo Calls On Startup Jajah For Its Messenger VoIP Features Posted in Yahoo by Lane_R_Ellis
Yahoo will outsource the Internet telephone portion of its instant messaging system, functions also known as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), to Mountain View, California-based startup Jajah beginning later this year, the company announced Tuesday. |
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