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EBay Opening App Store In Summer
Similar to Apple's App Store, eBay hopes to entice third-party developers with a slice of the revenue from its Selling Manager Application.EBay is jumping on the App Store bandwagon this summer.The online auction house on Wednesday said it will open its own free application store in a few months...
HP Eyeing Google’s Android
The computer maker reportedly may be considering swapping out Microsoft Windows for the Android operating system in some PCs. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) on Tuesday said it's studying Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s Android operating system to determine whether it would be useful in PCs and other products,...
Google’s Stimulus Package: A Venture Capital Fund
The company will invest up to $100 million in consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech, and health care startups through Google Ventures.Having gone from 16 acquisitions in 2007 to two in 2008 and none so far in 2009, Google has changed its focus from buying startups to funding...
Google, Universal Music Group Partner To Build Vevo
The two companies plan to share advertising revenue generated on YouTube and on Vevo by UMG content. Google and Universal Music Group (UMG) on Thursday said that Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s YouTube subsidiary will provide the technology infrastructure for Vevo, a new music and entertainment Web site that...
Facebook Nation Tops 200 Million
Facebook now counts 200 million users worldwide, half of which were added in the last eight months. By comparison, the size of rival social networking site MySpace has basically plateaued at around 130 million. Facebook's growth rate may taper off soon as well, but the site has continually changed...
Loud Whispers Hint at Google-Twitter Deal
Google may be angling to buy Twitter for over $250 million, if a recent report is to be believed. Though neither party will directly confirm or deny a deal, the rumored dollar amount would exceed the valuation Twitter saw in its latest round of funding. Twitter has generated its fair share of buzz...
Twitter Tweaks Search Engine to Corral Tweets
Twitter is tinkering with its search box, giving it a more prominent placement and putting results on the home page rather than on a redirect page. Cofounder Biz Stone also says other features are on the way, such as saved searches and trend links. Any search features that end up a permanent part...
Wales Shuts Window on Wikia
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has said he is closing the door on the Wikia Search project. The search engine allowed users to help decide which pages come up first with various search terms, much unlike the complex algorithms used by mainstream engines like Google and Yahoo. However, its...
Social Networks: From Media to Monetization to Multiplatform
Social networking sites like Facebook are growing fast, and they mostly rely on ads for revenue. Bringing in more advertisers is an important step because this market is not being monetized effectively, writes Parks Associates' Kurt Scherf. Monetization inefficiencies abound, mainly because brands...
EU Losing Patience With Web’s ‘Wild West’ Privacy Practices
The European Union issued a stern warning to major Web site operators that their efforts at gathering data about users are crossing the line. The data collected on Facebook, Google and other sites is increasingly being used for commercial purposes, and current standards aren't enough, the EU's...
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