February, 2008
Google Sets Its Sites on Google Apps
Google today introduced Google Sites™, an application that makes creating a team web site as easy as editing a document. With Google Sites, people can quickly gather a variety of information in one place – including videos, calendars, presentations, attachments, and text – and easily share it for viewing or editing with a small group, [...]
New “Yahoo! Buzz” Enhances Internet’s Leading Starting Point with More Relevant, Open Content
Yahoo! today introduced Yahoo! Buzz, an extension to Yahoo.com that opens up the Internet’s leading starting point by uncovering the most interesting and relevant content from websites across the Internet and bringing more buzz-worthy stories to the homepage of Yahoo!. Currently in beta, Yahoo! Buzz measures consumer votes and search patterns to identify interesting and timely [...]
Global Consortium to Construct New Cable System Linking US and Japan to Meet Increasing Bandwidth Demands
A consortium of six international companies announced they have executed agreements to build a high–bandwidth subsea fiber optic cable linking the United States and Japan. The construction of the new Trans–Pacific infrastructure will cost an estimated US$300 million. The new cable system — named Unity — will address broadband demand by providing much needed capacity to sustain the unprecedented growth [...]
Yahoo! Newspaper Consortium Expands Network to Include One-Third of U.S. Newspapers
Yahoo! today announced that it has expanded its growing network of newspaper partnerships with the addition of four publishers, including Shaw Newspapers and its 25 daily and weekly newspapers covering northern Illinois and Iowa, The Buffalo News and its paper that covers Buffalo, NY, the Times Publishing Company that produces The Erie Times News in [...]
Soros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network and Google.org Launch Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India
The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), Omidyar Network, and Google.org announced today a new $17 million Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India to create job opportunities and spur greater economic participation for a larger segment of the population. This joint Investment Company will provide capital to small and medium businesses in underserved markets. [...]
Yahoo! Mails Letter to Stockholders
Yahoo! today announced that it has sent a letter to its stockholders, outlining the reasons the Board believes that Microsoft’s proposal significantly undervalues Yahoo! and is not in the best interests of Yahoo! stockholders. In the letter Yahoo! says: “(Yahoo!’s) assets – our brand and its audience, our relationships with marketers, our financial strength, our [...]
Nokia and Google to Offer Search to Nokia Customers Worldwide
Nokia and Google today announced that Google’s popular search engine will be integrated with the Nokia Search application. The integration will begin in select markets with the Nokia N96, Nokia N78, Nokia 6210 Navigator and Nokia 6220 classic. Google search will be extended to additional Nokia handset models in the future. Ultimately, Nokia will make [...]
Yahoo! Gives Small Businesses Unlimited Room to Grow Online
In a first for the web hosting industry, Yahoo! Small Business today announced a new service that gives small businesses unlimited room to grow online. The new Yahoo! Web Hosting service includes unlimited disk space, data transfer, and email storage space, for one low price of $11.95 per month. The new plan offers small businesses [...]