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Thursday, April 3, 2008 Daily News Tracker
Welcome to the Thursday, April 3, 2008 Daily News Tracker, with the lead story today being Yahoo's updated mobile search platform, followed closely by news of Google cutting 300 jobs related to its purchase of DoubleClick, plus much more.


Lane R Ellis      
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new post indicator2:25 pm on April 3, 2008 (utc 0)

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Yahoo Updates Mobile Search With Voice Queries / Yahoo speaks up for open search / OneSearch 2.0

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/technology/03yahoo.html
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9909278-7.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0233178220080402
http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/02/yahoo-launches-new-mobile-services/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/yahoo_one_search_version_two/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WKTKLWQXOZPEAQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=207001390
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080403/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternettelecomcompanyyahoo
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=302851
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040300056.html
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=302851
http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8786424?nclick_check=1
http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3617887.htm

Google Cutting 300 Jobs, 25% of U.S.DoubleClick Staff

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/technology/03google.html
http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/02/google-to-lay-off-a-quarter-of-doubleclick/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120718946342985379.html
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/02/google-doubleclick-layoffs-tech-ebiz-cx_bc_0402goog.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2008-04-02-google-doubleclick_N.htm
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55557fca-010d-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/02/google_doubleclick_layoffs/
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080402/doubleclicklayoffs/

Google Sells DoubleClick property Performics Search Marketing

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/selling-performics-search-marketing.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0243757020080403
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-to-spin-off-search-marketing-side-of-performics/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3617665.htm

AT&T Says It Favors Google Android OS-based System

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144099-c,cellphones/article.html
http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/03/news/companies/att_google_android.ap/index.htm
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120719743105985985.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/02/ATT-jumps-on-board-with-Android_1.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fiw-google3apr03,1,5578711.story

Microsoft calls Google’s assault on Word ‘naive’

http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/02/microsoft-calls-googles-assault-on-word-naive/

YouTube's Video-to-T-Shirt Ads May Help Bolster Google's Profit

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=awoy.B4cP1G0

ABI Research study: Targeted ads boost video-on-demand

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2213433/video-demand-boosted-targeted

For Some Advertisers, 'Google Slap' Means Plummeting Revenues

http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/04/march-google-sl.html

Algorithms Are Terrific. But to Search Smarter, Find a Person

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-04/bz_curator

Yahoo fund aids 'cyber dissidents' in China

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080403/tc_afp/uschinainternetrightscompanyyahoo

Motley Fool, Others Speculate That Google May Seek eBay's Skype and Expedia

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/04/02/did-you-hear-what-i-heard.aspx
http://mashable.com/2008/04/02/google-expedia-2/
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080402/skype-2/
http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080403/munarriz/

Questionable search ads slip by Yahoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080402/tc_infoworld/97203
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/ysm/sps/start/editorial/unacceptable_content.html

WEB / OTHER

Comcast to Bring Speedier, 50 megabits per second, Internet to St. Paul, Minnesota

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0220330820080403
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/comcast-to-bring-speedier-internet-to-st-paul/index.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2008-04-02-internet-speed-comcast_N.htm
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080402-comcast-launches-50mbps-broadband-for-150-per-month.html

Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/03/apples-itunes-is-briefly-no-1-in-music/
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080402-apple-passes-wal-mart-now-1-music-retailer-in-us.html

Sources: MySpace Music will launch soon

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2008-04-03-myspace-music_N.htm
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-myspace3apr03,1,1646549.story
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-myspace-music-deal-with-three-labels-en-route-possibly-by-friday/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/02/myspace-to-launch-new-music-joint-venture-with-big-labels/

Zillow launches mortgage marketplace site

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2008-04-03-zillow-mortgage-site_N.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_hi_te/zillow_mortgage_web_site
http://mashable.com/2008/04/02/zillow-marketplace/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/02/zillow-disrupts-lending-market-with-mortgage-marketplace/

Opera Mini 4.1 Mobile Web Browser Beta Is All About Speed

http://mashable.com/2008/04/03/opera-mini-41-beta/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_new_opera_mini_arrives.php

Quickoffice Ships Office-Compatible Suite On More Smartphones

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WKTKLWQXOZPEAQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=207001456

Abode AIR platform gets rich apps right / Coming to Linux

http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2008/04/air_gets_rich_a.html
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/adobe_air_linux.php

 


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