Microsoft has alleged to the FTC that Google has illegally changed its advertising rates for the Redmond-based company. According to the complaint, Google raised the prices that Microsoft was paying for ads alongside queries such as ‘hotmail’ by 50 fold. A click went from costing 10 cents, to some $5. If Google changed that...
Daily Archives: September 21, 2011
Twitter acquires social research startup Julpan, CEO takes Twitter Engineering spot
Twitter has just acquired Julpan, a startup that has been oriented toward not only watching what people shared, but also how they shared that information. We see today, via a message on the Julpan site, that Twitter has acquired the New York-based startup. I am very proud to announce that Julpan has been acquired...
Twitter Acquires Julpan, The Startup By The Guy Who Helped Perfect Google Search
In 2006, Google acquired the exclusive rights to a search algorithm called Orion. They outbid Yahoo and Microsoft on the deal, which was the PhD work of a 26-year-old University of New South Wales student named Ori Allon. Allon went on to work for Google, integrating his system into their main search algorithm, where it still...
Where to watch Facebook’s f8 conference live online
Facebook is once again inviting the tech world to its f8 developer conference in San Francisco this Thursday, and the social networking giant is expected to roll out some major updates to its platform. Music, video and news will be a big part of it, and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek as well as Turntable.fm...
Windows Phone’s Last Hope Will Go Live Within Two Weeks (MSFT)
Image: Ellis Hamburger See Also: Buying RIM Would Be A TERRIBLE Idea For Microsoft A Warning To Microsoft Employees: Don’t Tweet Confidential Product Info Apple Board Member Screws Up, Says New iPhones Coming Next Month Windows Phone Mango, the first major update to Windows Phone 7, will go live within two weeks, according to...
Bing releases ‘Action Buttons’ to better guide its users
Today Bing announced a new, albeit minor feature that has the potential to save its users seconds per search across a variety of queries. The feature itself is somewhat simple, but what it implies is interesting. Dubbed ‘Action Buttons,’ alongside queries for seven genres of search term (airlines, couriers, restaurants, banks, rental cars, software downloads, and...
HAH! Guess How Much Money Soon-To-Be-Canned HP CEO Apotheker Will Get For His Lousy Year Of Work (HPQ)
Image: nosillacast/Flickr See Also: Michael Dell: Here’s Why HP Is Making A Big Mistake Selling Off Its PC Business HP Laying Off 525 WebOS Employees This Week Hewlett-Packard Board Might Fire CEO Apotheker – Already Has A Replacement Lined Up HP CEO Leo Apotheker hasn’t done a very good job since he was promoted...
$577 Million in Daily Deals Go Unredeemed [infographic]
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Filling a Void DealsGoRound CEO Kris Petersen says that deals are going unused across all categories, from food and drink to fitness to travel. “We’re really filling a void where are leaving off,” Petersen says, “and not because they don’t care,” but because it’s a necessarily low priority for them....
Rearden Commerce Raises $133 Million, Buys Group Commerce Company HomeRun.com
E-commerce solutions company Rearden Commerce today announced that it has raised a monster round of funding, securing a whopping $133 million in new financing from current backers American Express and JPMorgan Chase, as well as from new investor Citi. In addition, the company announced that it has acquired HomeRun.com, creator of the HomeRun social...
Report: Next Apple Media Event Is October 4th, To Star Tim Cook And The iPhone 5
After months of leaks and speculation, it seems as if Apple is finally ready to unveil its next iPhone. AllThingsD pegs the announcement date as October 4th, which falls in line with most of the previous rumors concerning the next iPhone’s fall rollout. With Steve Jobs gone, his hand-groomed successor Tim Cook is expected...