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Internet Bigwigs Fight NY Law on Tracking Web Users

Companies say they have a right to collect information for advertisers

(Newser) - Google, Yahoo and a bevy of Internet biggies have joined to fight a proposed New York state law that would limit their ability to collect information about people's web habits for advertisers, reports the Wall Street Journal. The coalition says the law would endanger the future of online advertising and...

Yahoo, AOL May Merge; Murdoch-Microsoft In Talks

Two Internet-shaking deals stem from Microsoft-Yahoo talks

(Newser) - Two groundbreaking Internet deals are in the works, both related to Microsoft's desire to take over Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. In one, Yahoo is considering combining its online operations with Time Warner's AOL. In the other, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks to join Microsoft in its...

Post to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter In One Shot

Startups look to combine social network feeds

(Newser) - Several new services join personal Internet feeds into a single space, meaning you don’t have to re-post the same new information to YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. The CEO of Seesmic, a video-conversation service, says it’s frustrating to pick through 10 different social networks—and his company has just...

Yahoo to Test Google Ads
 Yahoo to Test Google Ads 
Apr 9, 2008 4:56 PM CDT

Yahoo to Test Google Ads

Deal could help company fend off Microsoft or get a improved offer

(Newser) - Yahoo will try carrying ads from Google as it seeks to ward off a takeover by Microsoft—or at least get an improved offer, the Wall Street Journal reports. The test will run two weeks, and only 3% of Yahoo search results will come up with Google ads. Google, in...

Silicon Valley Feels Economic Chill

Venture capital has dried up, stocks have sagged in tech hot spot

(Newser) - Venture capital in Silicon Valley is drying up as angel investors, wary of the fickle stock market and tightening credit markets, become more cautious with their cash, the New York Times reports. Their hesitance has slowed the pace of job growth and expansion at tech start-ups, and has dramatically cut...

Google Tracking Refugees
 Google Tracking Refugees 
Apr 8, 2008 5:45 PM CDT

Google Tracking Refugees

UN info on displaced peoples now available through Earth mapping feature

(Newser) - A new feature allows Google Earth users to take a tour of the world’s refugee hotspots, with images of camps supplemented by information from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the AP reports. The search titan has greatly improved the available resolution in its satellite photos of refugee areas—...

EU Takes Aim at Search Engines Over Personal Data

Companies should delete users' info within six months, advisory group says

(Newser) - A European advisory body has sharply criticized Internet search companies’ use of personal data, the BBC reports. Its recommendations, likely to be adopted by the European Commission, say search companies should delete users’ information within six months. The opinion comes alongside reports of a new kind of computer cookie that...

Couple Seeks $25K Over Google's 'Street View'

Privacy-seeking couple claims 'mental suffering' after home appears online

(Newser) - Google gave in to the Defense Department, but can it fight a couple in Pittsburgh? Aaron and Christine Boring are seeking more than $25,000 for invasion of privacy by Google's “Street View” feature, the Smoking Gun reports. The couple says that a “major component of their purchase...

Whew! Google Saved by the Highest Bidder

Search giant OK with not winning FCC spectrum auction

(Newser) - Google nearly became the unenthused owner of a $4.71 billion slice of wireless airwaves in a recent Federal Communications Commission auction, the New York Times reports. Its bid was part of a deal with the FCC to open some spectrum to third-party services, but for much of the bidding,...

Google Trims 300 Jobs at DoubleClick

First major layoff in search giant's history follows merger

(Newser) - Some 300 DoubleClick employees, who briefly enjoyed a taste of Google culture after the ad agency was acquired in March, are facing layoffs as the search giant merges the two operations, reports the New York Times. It’s the first major layoff in Google’s history and trims DoubleClick’s...

Top Google Engineer Decamps for EMI Music

Engineering VP is the second senior exec to jump ship in two months

(Newser) - A top Google engineer has signed on to help guide EMI Music through a restructuring, in the wake of its acquisition by after private equity firm Terra Firma, reports the New York Times. Douglas Merrill, Google’s VP of engineering, will become president of digital at the world’s fourth-largest...

Google Gets Into the Spirit
Google Gets
Into the Spirit
it's april 1
Apr 1, 2008 3:44 PM CDT

Google Gets Into the Spirit

Search engine pranks users with email time machine, mission to Mars

(Newser) - Google continued a time-honored tradition of April Fools’ Day pranks today with foolish new email features and a mission to Mars, cNet reports. Gmail users found a new feature, “Custom Time,” which would allow emails to be sent back in time. And not to worry in case of...

Google Set to Debut Offline Apps
Google Set to Debut
Offline Apps
Apr 1, 2008 12:50 PM CDT

Google Set to Debut Offline Apps

Users will be able to do work and save with no Internet connection

(Newser) - Google is readying to let users test-drive offline applications. Still in design, Google Gears will allow browsers to use locally stored copies of Google apps (like its spreadsheet), save updates, and later transfer a temporary cache to “the cloud”—Google’s servers—the next time they connect to...

Slowing Click Rate Hits Google Shares

Third monthly decline prompts fears for search king

(Newser) - Google shares declined 2.7% yesterday as the company reported its third month-on-month drop in advertising clicks, MarketWatch reports. Google's market share is still expanding, but that growth won't show up on the bottom line if the clicks that generate revenue keep slipping. The firm has shed 14% of its...

Google Pushes Privacy Reforms

Firm hopes to allay concerns about its DoubleClick buy

(Newser) - Google is working to ease concerns about privacy infringement in online advertising, ComputerWorld reports. The online giant hosted a meeting for the Consumer Privacy Legislative Forum, a group working to get a bill protecting online consumers’ information passed in Congress. Google will also file comments concerning the FTC’s proposed...

Stocks Dip on Tough Tech Day
 Stocks Dip on Tough Tech Day 
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Mar 27, 2008 3:28 PM CDT

Stocks Dip on Tough Tech Day

Oracle and Google news hurts markets

(Newser) - The markets fell today on weak news from the tech and financial sectors. The Dow dropped 120.16 points to 12,302.7, the Nasdaq fell 43.53 to 2,280.83, and the S&P closed down 15.36 at 1,325.77, MarketWatch reports. Disappointing results from bellwethers...

Yahoo Joins Google Social Network Alliance

Facebook, Microsoft on other side in battle for software developers

(Newser) - Yahoo will join Google in developing the latter's open social networking framework OpenSocial, the company announced yesterday. The two giants, along with other partners, also announced the creation of a foundation to oversee the effort. Neither Facebook nor Microsoft, which have an advertising agreement, are part of OpenSocial; Facebook on...

Google Still Wants Unused TV 'White Space' for Wireless Web

Broadcasters remain fearful of interference

(Newser) - Google is re-doubling its efforts to get the FCC to allow the development of unused space in the TV spectrum for wireless Internet service, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused," the tech giant wrote to the commission....

Search Feature Riles Retailers
 Search Feature Riles Retailers 
Mar 24, 2008 1:31 PM CDT

Search Feature Riles Retailers

New search-within-search feature serves users well, but merchants are steamed

(Newser) - Google has some other companies up in arms with a new feature that keeps the search engine front and center even when results are coming from a merchant’s website, the New York Times reports. Google’s new search-within-search feature brings up a search box that keeps the user with...

AT&T, Verizon Will Dominate New Airwaves

Wireless spectrum auction saw no major first-time entrant

(Newser) - AT&T and Verizon were the two top bidders in the airwaves auction that ended this week, representing 80% of the FCC’s record $19.6 billion haul and positioning themselves to offer advanced wireless Internet services, reports the Wall Street Journal. Google, sans licenses, was another winner, gaining open...

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