Patent Problems Resolved Between Vonage, AT&T
Vonage lightened its legal burdens with a settlement of claims of patent infringement brought against the VoIP company by AT&T. read more More: continued here patent problems resolved between vonage att
Skype Stings, But eBay Profits
The $1.43 billion charge eBay disclosed earlier this month had its predicted effect on their third quarter bottom line. Take that away, and eBay fared well.With Skype and other charges, eBay suffered a $936 million net loss. But investors bid eBay up to $40.60 before the announcement came after the market closed, likely expecting a [...]
Money Week For Yahoo, eBay, & Google
Quarterly earnings reports from three of the Internet’s most prominent brands hit the markets this week.Yahoo’s earnings call takes place on October 16th, with eBay’s the following day, and Google’s the day after that. Each site draws millions of visitors to their properties; that’s the only real similarity to be noted in this week of [...]
Google Patent Moves It Closer To GoogleNet
A mobile datacenter patent has been issued to Google based on its December 2003 filing, giving the company a technology similar to that of Sun’s Project Blackbox.At first blush, this may explain why Sun changed its ticker symbol to JAVA; they knew old pal Eric Schmidt wasn’t going to save their hardware business by purchasing [...]
Three Steps To Fix Google Customer Service
When it comes to taking care of customers, there are no mysteries; only the desire to invest in and support an effective customer service presence stands between companies like Google, and the joy they can deliver to people.I noticed our Mike Sachoff picked up on Google and its FTC complaints earlier, and wanted to revisit [...]
Google Shares Reach Record High
Shares of several major Internet companies were up Monday. With Google and Expedia reaching all time record highs. Google Shares Reach Record High Google shares were up as much as $17.08, or 3 percent, to $584.35 during trading and online travel site Expedia saw its shares rise a $1.60 or 5 percent, to $33.48 during [...]
Skype Knocked Out By The Algorithm
VoIP company Skype experienced a massive outage due to a problem the company blamed on a deficient network software algorithm.Signing in to Skype has been impossible over the past day, leaving tens of millions of Skype users without access to the service. Skype had completed some planned maintenance to the service earlier in the week. [...]
Google Seeks Edge In Voice Traffic Talks
As part of Google’s ongoing efforts to broaden its network, the company has been actively seeking strategic negotiators for submarine networks, and for IP transit services.Job postings that appeared on MediaBistro at the end of July for Google indicate they are taking more aggressive stances in making deals for network services. Of particular interest: Google [...]
The Gphone and Mobile Local Search
The Wall Street Journal reports today that we could be getting closer to the realization of the long-rumored Google phone. This could happen in one (or both) of two ways for Google: partner or build. Partnering has been Google’s angle into mobile search and services thus far, but it has only allowed it to push [...]
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