Google offers $900m for patents of former telecoms giant Nortel
Google is offering to buy the last vestige of Nortel, its patent portfolio, for an initial bid of $900m in an auction that starts in June.
Right to reply: Google’s mobile credit card plans on the money?
Google is said to be considering a move into mobile phone credit card payments, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. But can they beat Apple in this potentially lucrative new area of mobile banking? SEO firm Queryclick takes a closer look.
Right to reply: Google’s +1 – Success hinges on major shift in social interactions
How does Google’s new +1 social tagging service affect online advertising? Adam Bunn, Director of SEO at Greenlight points out some immediate shortcomings if Google is hoping to conquer the social sphere in a bid to bolster further its dominance in the search space.
Microsoft takes Google complaint to EU
Microsoft is to take an anti-competition complaint against Google to the European Commission.
Operators battle revenue decline in the war against Google and Apple
Operators face declining revenues in 2011 if they fail to innovate the way they sell content, enabling brands like Google and Apple to monopolise customer spend according to new research.
Google takes on Facebook ‘likes’ with ‘+1’ social tag
With Facebook evolving into a major rival, Google is meeting the challenge by building its own social network centered on its lucrative search business.
Microsoft expands into ad exchange arena
Microsoft has finally taken a major step into the burgeoning ad exchange space—a space where rival Google has a head start.
Google’s April Fools’ jokes: The life of an autocompleter; Gmail motion and Youtube 1911
Google has continued its tradition of April Fools’ jokes, which this year includes a documentary on the life of an ‘autocompleter’, a motion controlled Gmail system and a look back at the top YouTube viral videos of 1911.
Google's April Fools' jokes: The life of an autocompleter; Gmail motion and Youtube 1911
Google has continued its tradition of April Fools’ jokes, which this year includes a documentary on the life of an ‘autocompleter’, a motion controlled Gmail system and a look back at the top YouTube viral videos of 1911.
Autotrader floatation on ice: Cloudy future for classified ad revenues
The classified ad titles of Autotrader were a perfect example of how media created a market place that bought buyers and sellers together. Then came the web, and the model simply didn’t transfer that comfortably. Google made everything discoverable, the barriers to launching a classified ad board collapsed, and Craigslist found a model in giving … [Read more…]