The power of the Web with Opera Mini 4  —  After three betas we’re proud to release the shiny new Opera Mini 4 to the world.  —  We’ve done a lot with this new Opera Mini.  For example, we rewrote the entire code for Opera Mini 4 and added lots of improvements and new features […]

AOL Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Quigo, A Leading Site and Content-Targeted Advertising Firm  —  Acquisition Will Enhance AOL’s Solutions for Advertisers and Publishers; Builds on Other Recent Acquisitions and Launch of Platform-A  —  AOL today announced that it has entered into an agreement …

Source:   AOL
Author:   Anne Bentley
Link:   http://press.aol.com/article_display.cfm?article_id…

Prince, Has Lost The Plot Prince, To Sue A Lot  —  To all those TechCrunch commenters who took offense at our previous coverage of the singer Prince’s intentions to sue YouTube, The Pirate Bay and eBay for copyright infringement in September, read this carefully.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Duncan Riley
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/07/%e2%99%aaprince…

Attack of the 20%’ers  —  At Google, 20% time is core to our culture and today’s Reader release incorporates features developed by two engineers in their 20% time.  Those two engineers would be us!  —  Steve Lacey: As a blogger I like to include a blogroll on my site so that friends …

Source:   Official […]

Time Warner to buy Quigo  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc’s AOL (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it will buy Internet advertising technology company Quigo to bolster its ad force and make it more competitive with Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research).

Source:   Reuters
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Symbian dismisses Google Android  —  Google’s dominance of the web will not translate to the mobile phone market, a senior executive at Symbian has said.  —  John Forsyth, vice president of strategy at Symbian, the platform that powers many of the world’s phones, said Google lacked experience.

Source:   BBC
Author:   Darren Waters
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7082414.stm

Facebook Is Marketing Your Brand Preferences (With Your Permission)  —  FACEBOOK wants to put your face on advertisements for products that you like.  —  Facebook .com is a social networking site that lets people accumulate “friends” and share preferences and play games with them.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Louise Story
Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/technology/07adco…

Facebook Ads  —  Today we announced an entirely new advertising solution for Facebook.  Right now, we want to make clear what’s changing—and what’s not—for you.  —  First of all, what’s not changing:  — Facebook will always stay clutter-free and clean.  — Facebook will never sell any of your information.

Source:   Facebook Blog
Author:   Leah Pearlman
Link: […]

The Facebook Blog  —  Facebook Ads  —  Today we announced an entirely new advertising solution for Facebook.  Right now, we want to make clear what’s changing—and what’s not—for you.  —  First of all, what’s not changing:  — Facebook will always stay clutter-free and clean.

Source:   Facebook Blog
Author:   Leah Pearlman
Link:   http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=6972252130

Google maps find their way to gas pumps  —  The Internet giant will join with another firm to give directions at service stations.  —  Lost drivers soon will be able to Google for help at the pump.  —  As part of a partnership to be announced today, the online search leader …

Source:   Associated Press
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