June, 2007
Google Expands Pay-Per-Action for Google AdWords
Google announced today the worldwide expansion of its pay-per-action advertising beta. Pay-per-action is a new pricing model that allows advertisers to pay only when a pre-defined action is completed on their site, such as when a user makes a purchase, signs up for a newsletter, or completes any other clearly defined action. Since the initial [...]
Microsoft Agrees To Make Changes To Vista
Microsoft has agreed to make changes to its Windows Vista operating system in response to a complaint by Google that a feature of Vista is anticompetitive, lawyers involved in the case said on Tuesday. Google had filed a 49-page document with the Justice Department in April claiming that Windows Vista’s desktop search is anti-competitive because [...]
Yahoo! Signs Mobile Deals With Operators Across Asia
Yahoo! announced today that it has signed partnership agreements with six major mobile operators across Asia, representing a combined subscriber base of nearly 100 million. These new partnerships focus on distribution of Yahoo!’s popular mobile search service, Yahoo! oneSearch, which launched in Asia in May of this year. The six mobile operators are Globe Telecom (Philippines), [...]
Google Launches Hybrid Car Initiative and Unveils Solar Installation
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, today announced the RechargeIT initiative (http://www.rechargeit.org) that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence by accelerating the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (“plug-ins”). As part of this initiative, Google.org awarded $1 million in grants and announced plans for a $10 million request for proposals (RFP) to [...]
Jerry Yang Named Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo!
Yahoo! today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder and long-time board member, as Chief Executive Officer. Terry Semel, current Yahoo! Chairman and CEO, will assume the position of non-executive Chairman and serve as an advisor and important resource for the company’s senior management team, while also working closely with [...]
Yahoo!’s Flickr Goes Multi-lingual
Flickr today will launch flickr.com in seven additional languages to help the global Flickr community more easily explore, find, manage and share photos. Over half of Flickr members already use Flickr in regions outside the United States, and this new language support will bring the Flickr community to even more people around the world.”Flickr has [...]
Google to Join Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Intel Corporation and Google joined with Dell, EDS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and more than 25 additional organizations today announced the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (www.climatesaverscomputing.org). The goal of the new broad-based environmental effort is to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by setting aggressive [...]
Yahoo! Launches New Celebrity Site
Today, Yahoo! launches omg! (omg.yahoo.com), a definitive destination for all things celebrity. Delivering on Yahoo!’s mission to connect fans with their passions, omg! on Yahoo! serves up super-sized doses of celebrity 24/7 for every celebrity enthusiast. Consumers who just can’t get enough of celebrity culture will find an easy-to-use site that brings a fresh personality [...]