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Yahoo Inc expects "exponential" growth in mobile advertising even as the overall market is only starting to emerge from its deep downturn, a top executive of the Internet media company said on Thursday.
Just hours after Yahoo announced a planned implementation of Facebook Connect on its network of sites, Google announced that you can now use your Twitter credentials to register on Google Friend Connect sites.
It may not be Betamax versus VHS, but a war between two technology giants is heating up. On Wednesday, Facebook Connect added Yahoo's sites to its social-networking alliance. The Yahoo announcement, which goes into effect in the first half of next year, was made shortly before Google said its rival social platform, Friend Connect, now supports Twitter credentials.
David Ko , head of Yahoo's mobile division, has also added the Internet giant's vast media properties in the U.S. to his portfolio, according to several sources. BoomTown recently reported that Ko was the likely person to take over as North American Audience head at Yahoo , reporting to U.S.
That No. 1 ranking should come as no surprise. Web traffic surged on word of the singer's death in June--so much that Google initially suspected an attack.
LOS ANGELES - FBI agents want Yahoo Inc. to turn over a video of a second naked woman they suspect was taken by a U.S. man already accused of secretly recording a nude ESPN...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top internet companies were down at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.40 or 1.7 percent, to $23.77. Amazon fell $1.08 or .8 percent, to $141.17. eBay fell $.16 or .7 percent, to $23.60. Google fell $1.77 or .3 percent, to $585.74. Yahoo fell $.20 or 1.3 percent, to $15.11.
Search warrants have been served at Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. in connection with an Illinois man accused of secretly recording nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. FBI agents served the warrants on Wednesday at the Northern California offices of both... Erin Andrews - Google - Federal Bureau of Investigation - Northern California - Search
Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi says that once the two companies have a single paid search platform both should see double-digit increases in revenue per search.
In what appears to be an unprecedented show of unity among the main internet players, Lord Mandelson has been warned that planned changes to copyright laws are unwise and unworkable.
FBI agents want Yahoo Inc to turn over a video of a second naked woman they suspect was taken by the US man accused of secretly recording a nude ESPN reporter twice last year, authorities say.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at noon: Akamai Technologies fell $.19 or .8 percent, to $23.98. Amazon rose $2.47 or 1.7 percent, to $144.72. eBay rose $.11 or .5 percent, to $23.87. Google rose $1.47 or .3 percent, to $588.98. Yahoo fell $.07 or .5 percent, to $15.24.
Celebrities and entertainment figured prominently in the year's top searches.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Akamai Technologies rose $.21 or .9 percent, to $24.38. Amazon rose $3.01 or 2.1 percent, to $145.26. eBay rose $.20 or .8 percent, to $23.96. Google rose $1.95 or .3 percent, to $589.46. Yahoo fell $.03 or .2 percent, to $15.28.
In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3-D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com. The 3-D models will eventually be knitted into Bing Maps' existing aerial and street-views and will allow users to explore and zoom at a level of detail that Google and Yahoo Maps can't presently match. An exclusive ...
As the end of 2009 creeps up upon us, the search engines are starting to release some interesting data. Google, AOL, and Yahoo all recently revealed Michael Jackson to be the top search term of 2009. Other hot search commodities for the year included "Facebook," "Twitter," and -- thank you, fellow gentlemen -- "Megan Fox."