Google, Random House Close To Book Search Deal
Random House maybe closer to joining Google’s book search project, something the world’s largest publisher has been opposed to in the past. The two companies have been in talks about Google’s book-scanning project according to Reuters. A Random House spokesman who was asked about a possible agreement said, "Random House continues to have periodic constructive [...]
EU Privacy Group To Decide On Google In ‘08
The European Union’s privacy group said it would take three more months to reach a decision on whether Google and other search engines are violating EU privacy laws. The EU watchdog group said earlier this year that Google was not complying with EU privacy and that it was broadening its investigation in June to include [...]
Analysts: Privacy Won’t Stop Google, DoubleClick
The whispering campaign favoring Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick has begun, as a number of antitrust observers predict FTC approval of the deal.A broad field for Internet advertising will trump the privacy concerns of the anti-Google crowd regarding its $3.1 billion deal for DoubleClick. The astonishing amount of personal information Google would have at its fingertips [...]
Microsoft Chills Out On DoubleClick
The language from the head of Microsoft International was not as strident as that of the company’s top general counsel and his recent comments on Google’s DoubleClick acquisition.So is the DoubleClick deal “bad for consumers” as it makes Google “the dominant pipeline” for online advertising, as Microsoft’s Brad Smith said recently? Or is the potential [...]
TV Guide To Launch Video Search Tool
TV Guide will launch its Online Video Guide on Tuesday, a search service focused on Internet video that is related to television programs. TV Guide To Launch Video Search Tool Paul Greenberg, GM of TV Guide Online, told Reuters that searching for video of TV shows on Google or Yahoo leads to too many choices. [...]
Mortgage Downturn No Problem For Google
Concerns that have hammered the mortgage lending market and its ad budgets won’t trickle down to Google, or what lenders spend on Internet advertising.Google has built several fortunes on the strength of its effective contextual advertising program. It’s so strong that the company believes mortgage lenders, among the biggest spenders in online advertising, will cling [...]
Murdoch: Free WSJ.com Won’t Hurt Paper
Making the Wall Street Journal’s online subscription model go the way of the dodo could boost the paper’s Internet readership, along with its revenue.Later tonight, the New York Times will abandon Times Select, its subscription wall for op-ed and much of its archived content. It’s been hinted that the Journal’s new owner, Rupert Murdoch, will [...]
Reuters Eyes Viewdle For Facial Search
Reuters Labs will use Viewdle’s facial recognition search features to help index video content delivered over certain Reuters satellite streams.Lots of interesting announcements have emerged from the TechCrunch 40 conference. One company disclosed a significant endorsement of its technology during the event. Viewdle announced its Reuters deal, where the company’s technology will allow viewers to [...]
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