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Archive for June 12th, 2008

Our agreement to provide ad technology to Yahoo! (The Official Google Blog)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

The Official Google Blog:
Our agreement to provide ad technology to Yahoo!  —  Today, we announced a non-exclusive advertising agreement that will provide Yahoo! with access to our AdSense for search and AdSense for content advertising programs on their U.S. and Canadian web properties.

Google Announces Non-Exclusive Advertising Services Agreement … (Google)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Google:
Google Announces Non-Exclusive Advertising Services Agreement with Yahoo! in U.S. and Canada  —  Companies will also Enable Interoperability Between Their Instant Messaging Services  —  Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced that it has reached an agreement that gives Yahoo! …

Yahoo! to Strengthen Competitive Position in Online Advertising … (Business Wire)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Business Wire:
Yahoo! to Strengthen Competitive Position in Online Advertising Through Non-Exclusive Agreement With Google  —  Agreement Advances Yahoo!’s Open Strategy; Enhances Ability to Compete in Converging Search and Display Marketplace  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO …

Yahoo to announce reorg, Google ad deal (Stephen Shankland/CNET News.com)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Yahoo to announce reorg, Google ad deal  —  Yahoo’s long-awaited deal to show Google ads on search results and an unrelated executive reorganization in its technology group could be announced today, CNET News.com has learned.  —  The Google deal, tested for two weeks in April …

Qik Demos iPhone Video Streaming Service (Adam Ostrow/Mashable!)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Qik Demos iPhone Video Streaming Service  —  Not to be outdone by Flixwagon, who announced their own iPhone video streaming service this morning, Qik sent us a video demonstration of their own upcoming product for doing exactly the same thing.  —  The feature isn’t available yet …

More Top Yahoos Heading for the Exits (Miguel Helft/Bits)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Miguel Helft / Bits:
More Top Yahoos Heading for the Exits  —  A pair of senior Yahoo executives is leaving the beleaguered Internet company, continuing a steady exodus of executives that began more than two years ago.  —  The latest to leave are Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of the network division …

New Yahoo Logo Spotted in the Wild (Mark Hendrickson/TechCrunch)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
New Yahoo Logo Spotted in the Wild  —  Could the purple logo to the right represent a new Yahoo branding initiative?  Or just a photoshop hit job?  —  Ben Sweat, a product manager at Snap, claims to have spotted it at the top of the Yahoo homepage in Firefox 3 this […]

Yahoo ends all talks with Microsoft, shares plunge (Michael Liedtke/Associated Press)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Yahoo ends all talks with Microsoft, shares plunge  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc.’s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, setting the stage for the Internet pioneer to turn over a piece of its advertising platform to online search leader Google Inc.

Will higher PC shipments benefit Microsoft? (Todd Bishop/Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog:
Will higher PC shipments benefit Microsoft?  —  In separate reports this week, research firms IDC and Gartner both boosted their projections for worldwide PC shipments for the current calendar year.  On the face of it, that would bode well for Microsoft, which continues to get a large portion […]

Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Nears Search-Ad Deal with Google (Matthew Karnitschnig/Wall Street Journal)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Matthew Karnitschnig / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Nears Search-Ad Deal with Google  —  Microsoft Corp. has definitively abandoned its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo Inc., opening the way for Yahoo to complete a search advertising pact with rival Google Inc. Yahoo shares plunged more than 10% on the news.