LooseSuits Clips

Google: Our AOL investment is ‘impaired’

Tyme — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:33:17

Google in an SEC filing on Thursday said that its $1 billion investment in AOL is “impaired.” That’s short hand for saying Google bought a lemon.

Getting your Own Data out of Google Servers - How Easy is that ?

Tyme — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:06:01

I was looking at the export options available in various Google services that would let me save data out of Google data centers on to the local hard drive and here’s a quick summary of how things stand so far...

Google Won’t Let Search Startups Grow Too Large

Tyme — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:07:25

Czech search engine, Seznam is on the block for $1 billion, according to reports, and Google may be in the hunt for that country’s most popular search engine. And while it wouldn’t surprise me if Google did acquire Seznam to shore up its international influence, it points to a key issue that shouldn’t be overlooked: Google is so powerful and so rich that the chances of a small search engine growing to challenge its prowess are becoming smaller with each passing day.

Sure, the CBS-CNET Deal Seems Crazy–But Maybe in a Good Way

Tyme — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:08

A lot of people have been piling on CBS for its deal to buy Web site operator CNET Networks for $1.8 billion in cash.

Not BoomTown.

Free is only good if someone else is paying for it

Xiarria — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:37:55

Everyone wants to give everything away for free. Thats the way the internet should work, right ? Wrong. Let me change the conventional wisdom a little bit with this:

Free is only good if someone else is paying for it.

10 Ways to Inspire Trust as a Leader

Xiarria — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:42:09

Most leaders would like to see themselves as basically trustworthy. To find out that people don’t trust us or question our integrity can be devastating and difficult to accept. If you’ve gotten this feedback, or suspect people do not trust you, here are some relatively simple things you can do to inspire trust.

OpenDNS Makes $20k/day Filtering Phishing And Porn Sites

Xiarria — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:19:55

The service resolves about 7 billion DNS queries per day and serves about 2 million search pages per day. Revenue from search pages brings in as much as $20,000 per day. They currently work exclusively with Yahoo, Ulevitch says.

Twitter buys Summize

Tyme — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:19:39

We’re excited to announce that Twitter has acquired Summize—an extraordinary search tool and an amazing group of engineers. All five Summize engineers will move to San Francisco, CA and take jobs at Twitter, Inc. This is an important step forward in the evolution of Twitter as a service and as a company.

Yahoo Again Spurns a Microsoft Offer

Tyme — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:12:44

Yahoo said Saturday night that it had rejected a renewed proposal by Microsoft, together with the activist investor Carl C. Icahn, to buy the Internet company’s search business.

YouTube to Run Pre-Roll, Post-Roll Advertising

Tyme — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:03:42

Facing its failure to monetize the site, as well as a recent blow to site privacy in a lawsuit lost to Viacom, Google plans to launch pre- and post-roll advertising on YouTube.

The Law and Your Privacy

Tyme — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:13:32

We have to follow legal process. But since IP addresses and usernames aren't necessary to determine general viewing practices, our lawyers have asked their lawyers to let us remove that information before we hand over the data they're seeking.

Guardian Media Group Buys paidContent for $30 Million

Tyme — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:11:32

In what will be seen as a new media coup, sources tell BoomTown that Britain’s Guardian Media Group is set to announce this morning that it will buy the company that runs the high-profile digital media news site, paidContent, for a price “north of $30 million.”

Should You Rent or Buy Social Real Estate?

Tyme — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:45:16

Investing time on Twitter, on the other hand, truly is starting to feel like renting. When the landlord is doing a good job, everyone is happy. When the landlord is negligent, the tenants get testy and threaten to move. I now view Twitter like a summer rental that you hope doesn't get hit by a hurricane while my blog is casa de Steve.

YouTube can't blame Viacom for ad woes

Tyme — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:46:59

That's the lesson YouTube and Google are learning the hard way, according to a story published Tuesday evening by The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper's Web site reported that YouTube is generating $200 million in ad sales and is stilling failing to meet its revenue expectations.

The One Trick Pony With No Tricks

Tyme — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:56:46

The web is a place where false dreams tend to take a hold of you and turn them into reality. In 1950 (sorry I went with a period a long time ago for dramatic effect) if you started a business and nobody showed up with the exception of a couple of people you know you failed. If you wanted to be an entertainer and only a handful of people showed up at your show week in and week out you would consider another alternative.

The web however has a different way of treating these events.

Web Design Case Study: Community

Tyme — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:13

More and more businesses want an online networking site for themselves or their customers. The key to success lies in understanding what's appropriate.

Google employees' details stolen in burglary

Tyme — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:20:45

Google has confirmed that personal data of US employees hired prior to 2006 has been stolen in a recent burglary.

Google-Yahoo Partnership: Justice Is Looking Closer

Tyme — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:20:27

The Justice Department’s antitrust division has begun issuing subpoenas as it probes further into whether a planned Google-Yahoo partnership in search advertising is anticompetitive.

Microsoft said seeking partners for new Yahoo bid

Tyme — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:09:34

According to the Wall Street Journal, the software maker is looking for a partner to help it renew a bid for Yahoo's search business. But a canceled meeting with Yahoo's chairman could mean that no one is ready to join forces.

Yahoo Makes New Pitch to Shareholders as Stock Drops Further

Tyme — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:59:18

In a new pitch to shareholders on Monday, Yahoo insisted that its current board is better prepared to lead the company than an alternate slate proposed by Carl C. Icahn, the billionaire investor who is leading a proxy fight to take control.

Yahoo to Shareholders: Google Is Better for Us Than Microsoft

Tyme — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:58:13

In a new letter to its shareholders on Wednesday, Yahoo once again explained why a search advertising deal between Yahoo and Google is far superior to an alternate proposal that Microsoft had made to buy Yahoo’s search business.

Five Ways Your Best Employees Can Compromise Your Network ... And Not Even Know It

Tyme — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:10:42

Without the right management policies and training, any company, large or small, can find themselves in a security mess.

Social Advertising Faces Big Privacy Debate

Tyme — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:54:43

It is clear that Facebook is having a tough time monitoring third-party ad networks but they feel obligated to maintain a healthy ecosystem for these companies. It has become somewhat of a conflict of interest and Facebook will need to become more transparent about their privacy discussions with third-parties to maintain trust with their users.

Once an Internet Giant, InfoSpace Dismantles Itself

Tyme — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:02:21

A couple of weeks ago, the handful of people who were still trying to use InfoSpace.com to look up phone numbers and addresses started finding themselves on the homepage of SuperPages, the business-listings site owned by a Verizon spinoff.

CNET employees notified after data breach

Menthos — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:13:07

More than 6,500 CNET Networks employees and relatives are being notified of a possible data breach after burglars stole computer systems from the offices of the company that administers the Internet publisher's benefit plans.

Has Microsoft Sent Yahoo into a Death Spiral?

ShyOne — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:45:35

In trying to buy Yahoo, Microsoft had a clear goal: To be No. 2 to Google in search and advertising. If things keep going the way they are heading, it may well achieve that goal without spending the $50 billion Yahoo would have cost.

Here’s the Detailed Details of the New Yahoo Reorg

ShyOne — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:47:28

The reorg, which will drastically change the structure of management, explains a lot about the spate of recent departures by top execs at the company.

MySpace: My Portal?

Tyme — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:45:25

News Corp. wants its popular social networking site to be a gateway to the Internet—and go head-to-head with Yahoo and Google

MySpace Might Have Friends, but It Wants Ad Money

Tyme — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:57:46

The social networking site has grown — to 118 million worldwide users — and the flirtations have not stopped. But the cash is not coming in as quickly as the company had hoped.

More Cash For Technorati: Blog Searcher Gets $7.5 Million Of $10 Million Fourth Round

Tyme — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:49:58

The perpetually “borked” blog search engine has raised another $7.5 million of a planned $10 million fourth round, reports peHUB, citing a regulatory filing.

What's Holding Up the New York Tech Scene?

Tyme — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:46:28

Wall Street is what makes New York great, or at least rich. So why is it the problem? Two reasons. First, Wall Street absorbs too much of the talent. Second, Wall Street generates a short term "in a New York minute" mindset.

Mythbusting: Ideas Do Not Spread Because they are Good

Tyme — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:35:11

Now the myth: For an idea, piece of content or product to spread or (cringe) “go viral” it has to be a great product. This is WRONG.

People will pay for web content, says Google

Scrivs — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:52:31

People pay for books, they receive free information, supported by advertising, they pay for premium content, such as Bloomberg terminals. "The web will be no different....There's going to be a spectrum," he said.

First Look: Adobe's Acrobat.com Document Collaboration Service

Scrivs — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:53:05

But even if you don't use Adobe's desktop apps, you can get a lot of mileage from Acrobat.com if you work with others to create documents. I was able to test most of the beta Acrobat.com features last week, and found them to be an excellent mix of services for remote collaboration.

Auctions on eBay: A Dying Breed

Scrivs — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:21

Auctions were once a pillar of e-commerce. People didn't simply shop on eBay. They hunted, they fought, they sweated, they won. These days, consumers are less enamored of the hassle of auctions, preferring to buy stuff quickly at a fixed price. Hershenson is emblematic of the legions of small business people who built their livelihoods on eBay but—like eBay itself—are having to rethink their whole approach to online sales.