Yandex Expands To Czech Republic By Powering Seznam Video Search
The two leading search engines in Russia and the Czech Republic are teaming up. Yandex is powering a new video search product for Prague-bas… Read more at paidContent »
About.com Rolls Out Lifestyle Content On Flipboard
As the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.-owned About Group continues its turnaround efforts in the face of weak display and cost-per-click ad s… Read more at paidContent »
Leap2 reimagines search for smartphones
A small Midwestern startup is rethinking the way we use web search on our phones by tweaking the now-standard Google layout. Their solution: a mobile app called Leap2, which is set to launch Tuesday in the iOS App Store. It’s initially for the iPhone only. Read more »
China's Search Business Growing Fast, But Lags Behind U.S.
China’s internet market is growing fast. Search engine revenue grew 20.3 percent through Q3 to 5.38 billion yuan, according to Analysys. Read more at paidContent »
Does a MicroHoo deal make sense now?
Three-and-a-half years after Microsoft proposed a $44 billion takeover of Yahoo, the software giant will take another look at Yahoo’s financials. Since then, Yahoo’s stock price has been cut in half. But does a cheaper Yahoo mean a better value for Microsoft? Read more »
Lovefilm Gets Its Defence In Early: Buys Netflix's Ad Slots
Amazon’s Lovefilm has bought up adverts under its rival’s business name, as Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) prepares to launch on Lovefilm’s home turf… Read more at paidContent »
Nomura: Amazon's Kindle Fire 'Devastating' For Other Tablet Makers
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The Kindle Fire, retailing for only $199, could be the Android tablet that sells in volumes and provides real competition against the iPad f… Read more at paidContent »
Why One Click Has Turned Google's News Strategy On Its Head
It’s the little things that catch your eye sometimes.
To your average reader the almost microscopic adjustment to Google’s interface woul… Read more at paidContent »
The Story Behind ShopCity And Its Antitrust Complaint Against Google
An “upstart competitor” is claiming Google (NSDQ: GOOG) punted it to the farthest reaches of its search results and is now fighting to level… Read more at paidContent »
Google Takes Two: Buys Apture To Enhance Chrome, Katango To Beef Up Google+
Not one but two tech acquisitions were announced by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) today: Apture and Katango, both of which point to Google’s ambition… Read more at paidContent »
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Connected world: the consumer technology revolution
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks but also our cars, the books we read, the albums we download and even our own health and wellness habits (to name just a few areas). With that in mind, GigaOM Pro has singled out certain areas in the technology industry where we see this shift to constant connectivity taking place most drastically. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Razorfish: Ad Exchanges Are Becoming The Industry Standard
Like most major ad agencies, Publicis Groupe digital shop Razorfish became very bullish on ad exchanges this past year, increasing the amoun… Read more at paidContent »
About Group's Repair Efforts Continue Without Nisenholtz's Watchful Eye
Martin Nisenholtz, who is retiring at the end of the year as the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Company’s SVP of digital operations, managed a p… Read more at paidContent »
@ pcE11: CBS' Lanzone: If You Want Our Content, You'll Have To Pay — A Lot
CBS (NYSE: CBS) has taken what Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, calls “a pragmatic path” in terms of distributing streamed videos… Read more at paidContent »
Kantar: Android Was The Only OS Whose Sales Grew In All Markets It Surveys
We have seen time and again how the growing number of Android-based handsets from a plethora of OEMs — and the popularity of some specific… Read more at paidContent »
Flash analysis: assessing Yahoo’s options
Long a big force in online media, Yahoo and its once-successful online portal business model is struggling. So we decided to ask GigaOM readers what they thought Yahoo should do, and we published the results in a flash analysis on GigaOM Pro. Read more »
Microsoft Earnings On Target As PC Business Still Stagnant
The PC business is not the most dynamic place to be these days, but fortunately for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) it has a growing presence in the… Read more at paidContent »
The Morning Lowdown 10-20-11
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Can watching Twitter trends help predict the future?
Researchers are busy trying to use Twitter to predict everything from disease outbreaks and financial markets to elections and even revolutions. New research from Topsy Labs shows that Twitter can provide a window into events like the Arab Spring. But can it predict what will happen? Read more »
Microsoft’s Ballmer: ‘Lucky’ To Not Own Yahoo; Nokia WP7 Devices Next Week
Steve Ballmer knows he dodged a bullet. Not only did the global market collapse just after Yahoo’s Jerry Yang turned down a $44 billion offe… Read more at paidContent »
Samsung Inks Deal With Yandex For Smart TV, Bada Mobile Services In Russia
Looks like Russia’s search giant Yandex is following in Google’s footsteps once again. Yandex is taking its services to new screens by inkin… Read more at paidContent »
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Managing infinite choice: the new era of TV user interfaces
In today’s new universe of video content, consumers need more than a five-button remote to effectively navigate the thousands of choices available. Fortunately, the same technology that has made it possible to create so many offerings can also provide the intelligence to help us find what we want to watch. Though it’s not clear which of the new approaches will win, services from Microsoft, Google, Apple, Roku and others are leading the way towards enormous rewards when it comes to the new era of TV interfaces. Additional companies mentioned in this report include Rovi, Technicolor and Hulu. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Google’s Page: Still Crazy After All These Years
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Larry Page began the company’s Q3 earnings call by offering an overview of new products like its social network Goog… Read more at paidContent »
Google Sales Remain Strong, But Profit Gains Ebb A Bit; Investors Cheer
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Whenever an online advertising forecast is issued, whether analysts see a reason to pullback or raise expectations, it mostly has to do with… Read more at paidContent »
In Court Of Public Opinion, As Google Goes, So Goes The Internet Industry
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) gets a lot of heat from a lot of people for a lot of reasons. Some of it is very warranted while some of it is simply gr… Read more at paidContent »
Xyologic: Android Will Overtake Apple In Monthly Downloads In June 2012
The world of apps is only getting bigger, so it seems fitting that another company is jumping in to try to make sense of it all. One of the… Read more at paidContent »
Pandora Learns The Hard Way, Mobile Ads Are Still Far From Being A Cash Cow
Being the most popular is not a good enough business model, it seems, when it comes to music mobile apps. Pandora, the music-streaming app,… Read more at paidContent »
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NewNet Q3: Facebook remakes headlines in social media
Last quarter’s big headline in social media and real-time technologies came from Google, which launched Google+, its first social tech product that seems legit. In the third quarter, things were back to normal. Google+ is still growing, but Facebook’s platform update dominated the news. And as Google+ passed 25 million users and won some raves from the digerati, its competition with Facebook intensified. Additional companies mentioned in this report include Zynga, Salesforce, BranchOut and Foursquare. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
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The future of mobile advertising, 2011 – 2016
Spending in the mobile advertising space will be approximately $4 billion worldwide this year, so despite perceptions to the contrary, we can safely assume it’s an area to watch in the coming years. To get a clearer picture of mobile advertising’s future, it helps to first explore the current landscape — the key drivers and players involved today. With these as a backdrop, a five-year outlook such as this comes into greater focus and leads to a discussion of the major players to watch as 2016 approaches. Companies mentioned in this report include Foursquare, LivingSocial and Zynga. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Yet More Reports Of DST, Alibaba And Silver Lake Swarming Over Yahoo
Not a new development, but further confirmation that there may be one on the horizon. China’s Alibaba, Russian investor Digital Sky Technolo… Read more at paidContent »
Federated Media Buys Blog Search Tool Lijit Networks
About five months after raising a $10 million fifth round, blog search tools provider Lijit Networks has been sold to blog network Federated… Read more at paidContent »
U.S. Mobile Ad Spend To Pass $1 Billion For The First Time
Mobile advertising is still a small and young business when you compare it to how much money goes into digital — let alone offline — adver… Read more at paidContent »
Ex-About Group Head Named CEO Of Vibrant Media
Cella Irvine, the digital advertising veteran who was ousted as CEO of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.’s About Group, will now be running… Read more at paidContent »
Can anyone even compete with Google any more?
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One argument likely to play a role in the federal government’s antitrust case against Google is that the company’s market position is unassailable thanks to network effects and a number of other factors, and therefore it is literally unkillable. But is this really true? Read more »
More Detail (Or Guesswork) On Microsoft’s Patent Payout: $444 Million/Year
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and the device makers that have entered into patent licensing agreements with it over the Android platform have so fa… Read more at paidContent »
Video: Google’s Schmidt, Page Answer ‘Really Hard Questions’ At Zeitgeist
At Google’s Zeitgeist Americas conference, Larry Page spent a good amount of time on stage — maybe one of the longest appearances he has ma… Read more at paidContent »
