Tag: Google Inc
Google preparing for Senate hearing
September 19th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google’s Eric Schmidt, the online search giant’s point man for all things Washington, goes before a Senate panel this week to argue the company is not a rival-abusing bully, but in fact is struggling to stay on top. Google Inc controls more than two-thirds of the global search market. But Web technologies [...]
SK Telecom says no plan to bid for Hulu (Reuters)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea's largest mobile operator SK Telecom, said on Thursday that it had no plans to offer the U.S. online video site Hulu. Said "We are aware that Hulu is for sale, but we do not plan to attend the auction," an SK Telecom spokeswoman. The operators have had as to the [...]
Hulu seen drawing bids from Yahoo, others: sources (Reuters)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The deadline for submissions in the first auction for Hulu extended Wednesday until the end of the week to give interested parties more time to investigate reports of online video financial site, according to people familiar with the situation. Yahoo, Google Inc., DirecTV and Amazon.com were among those preparing to submit [...]
Google to pay $500 million over online drug ads (Reuters)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
One of the activities of Internet search engine Google Inc. is displayed on a computer in Encinitas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google Inc. has agreed to pay $ 500 million to settle a criminal probe into the accepted advertising for Canadian online pharmacies selling drugs in the United States, said the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday. [...]
China official tells Web firms to control content (AP)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
BEIJING – The head of the Communist Party, these Internet companies in China to tighten control of online materials such as Beijing represses dissent and try to block the rise in the Middle East style protests. The party secretary of Beijing, Liu Qi, who issued a warning after a visit this week Sina Corp, which [...]
Pandora Media gets thumbs-up from two brokerages (Reuters)
July 25th, 2011, No Comments
(Reuters) – Two brokerage firms initiated coverage of Pandora Media, Inc., to positive reviews stating its exciting long-term growth opportunities, as growth in Internet radio, and the ongoing shift of advertising budgets to the Internet and mobile environments. Shares in online radio company, which has existed for a decade and allows listeners to create music [...]
Google “Places” drops outside customer reviews (Reuters)
July 25th, 2011, No Comments
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Google Inc. has removed clips of comments from customers on sites like Yelp and Google Places First, the competitive online service designed to help consumers search for local businesses. The decision, announced on the official Google blog on Thursday after the opening of an investigation by U.S. antitrust last month. The federal [...]
Google’s lobbying bill tops $2M for 1st time in 2Q (AP)
July 23rd, 2011, No Comments
SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc.’s quarterly lobbying expenses surpassed $2 million for the first time as the U.S. government conducts a wide-ranging investigation into the Internet search leader’s business practices. The company spent $2.06 million trying to make its points with lawmakers and regulators during the April-June period, a 54 percent increase from $1.34 million [...]
Google temporarily disables ‘Realtime’ search (AP)
July 5th, 2011, No Comments
Google Inc. has temporarily a search engine function, you can find real-time updates from Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and other social networking sites to close. A message posted on Monday morning to Twitter from the team behind real time Google says the search function is temporarily disabled, while Google looks for ways to integrate its recently [...]
AP Source: Google among firms looking to buy Hulu (AP)
July 2nd, 2011, No Comments
Los Angeles – Internet search giant Google Inc. is one of a dozen companies involved in talks to possibly buy the online video site Hulu, a person familiar with the matter on Friday. As the owner of YouTube, it would be a strategic purchase for the company of Silicon Valley technology, which has had a [...]
