Twitter co-founder and CEO Biz Stone said Thursday that Rupert Murdoch’s potential plan to block Google from searching New Corp.’s (NWS) websites is doomed to fail. Murdoch has accused Google (GOOG) of stealing content from his publications, which include The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post in the U.S., and The Times and The Sun in the United Kingdom. The cantankerous tycoon said last week that blocking Google could be part of his strategy to get more people to pay for content online. Read the rest of this entry »
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There is a lot of buzz these days over a new product called Google (GOOG) Wave. Some are under the false impression that it’s the next Twitter, but this new tool from Google is very different. Think of it as a real-time collaboration tool that includes, among its many features, email on steroids. Read the rest of this entry »
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Google earnings and IBM earnings were both reported late Thursday, and the tech sector listened. Today, the tech-heavy Nasdaq is falling more than 1 percent, with IBM leading the way lower, falling more than 4 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
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Facebook bought FriendFeed yesterday for one-tenth what it was willing to pay for Twitter. It may be a double bargain if the purchase allows them to move past Twitter in the real-time search war. Read the rest of this entry »
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Why would Google (GOOG) would want to buy On2 Technologies (ONT)? To give it a chance to leapfrog Microsoft’s Windows Media player and Adobe’s Flash Player. Read the rest of this entry »
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Google (GOOG) is using its stock to buy video-compression company On2 Technologies (ONT) in a transaction valued at $106.5 million. Read the rest of this entry »
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In a move that has to make Google somewhat nervous, Twitter has redesigned its homepage so that non-Twitter members can search topics from Twitter.com, just as they can at Google.com, Yahoo.com or Microsoft’s Bing.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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