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- AOL CEO: We Were Missing That Spark
- Tech Confidential submits: "AOL was missing that spark of innovation," Tim Armstrong tells The Deal about the corporate culture he found when he joined AOL Inc. (NYSE:AOL) as CEO in March. To rekindle the creative flame, Armstrong set up AOL Ventures, which is charged with investing in startups,...
- External links 2009-12-16
- Google Rumored to Be Considering Buying Brightcove
- Tech Confidential submits: Fresh on the heels of buying ReCaptcha, Google Inc. GOOG is reportedly in the midst of snatching up Brightcove for between $500 million and $700 million. The report seems to originate with a message sent on Twitter by Mark Glaser, the executive editor of PBS...
- External links 2009-09-16
- Google: Considering M&A After All?
- Tech Confidential submits: Eric Schmidt has been making the rounds, it appears. The Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) chief recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview with TechCrunch, and now he's telling Japanese paper The Nikkei that the Internet search leader has "begun seriously looking at acquisitions again," particularly among...
- External links 2009-09-03
- Yahoo / Microsoft: Let the Filing Begin - Some Early Details
- Tech Confidential submits: Yahoo Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) Form 8-K filing with the SEC provides some details of the search and advertising deal with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), including payments, reasons for termination and employment issues. by Dealscape
- External links 2009-08-05
- Yahoo's Waiting Game
- Tech Confidential submits: Only time will tell whether Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) made the right decision in inking its paid search deal with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). Investors certainly didn't like it, despite Bernstein Research analyst Jeffrey Lindsay's belief in the long-term possibility of the deal adding up to $4...
- External links 2009-08-03
- eBay: Still Clouds Over Skype IPO
- Tech Confidential submits: Despite a few ominous signals, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) insists that it's moving full-steam ahead with its spinoff of Internet phone service Skype.The online auctioneer felt compelled to issue a statement saying that its plans to spin off the unit, which it acquired in 2005 for...
- External links 2009-07-31
- Jason Calcanis on Yahoo-Microsoft Deal: Epic Mistake
- Tech Confidential submits: "Yahoo committed seppuku today," blogs serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis about Yahoo Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) 10-year deal with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), referring to the Japanese form of ritual suicide by disembowelment. by Dealscape
- External links 2009-07-29
- AOL's Armstrong Talks Tech
- Tech Confidential submits: It's been about 100 days since Tim Armstrong, the new CEO of AOL LLC, began his review of the soon-to-be independent unit of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), and PaidContent.org on Sunday published a lengthy interview with the exec about what he's learned. by Dealscape
- External links 2009-07-20
- Google Q2: What to Expect
- Tech Confidential submits: Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) will report its second-quarter earnings after market close Thursday afternoon, and whatever the results, the Street will be poring over the numbers -- particularly in ad revenue -- for hints of an economic rebound. Analysts on average expect Google to report earnings...
- External links 2009-07-16
- Yahoo Q3 Earnings Preview
- Tech Confidential submits: No. 2 search engine provider Yahoo Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) third-quarter earnings, due Tuesday after the closing bell, are likely to stand in stark contrast to the stellar results announced by category-leading Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) last week.Analysts anticipate that this will be the fourth consecutive quarter in...
- External links 2009-10-19
- Google's AdMob Buy Under FTC Scrutiny
- Tech Confidential submits: The Wall St. Journal reported Tuesday that the Federal Trade Commission is examining Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) $750 million acquisition of mobile-advertising company AdMob Inc.The deal hasn't drawn a formal second request for information yet, and at least a few antitrust lawyers think it doesn't need...
- External links 2009-12-09
- More Google Real-Time Search Deals
- Tech Confidential submits: The latest proof that real-time search is hot comes from Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), which Monday announced new features and partnerships in a blog post titled, "Relevance meets the real-time web."Some of the new features include: by Dealscape
- External links 2009-12-08
- AOL to Show 2,500 Employees the Door
- Tech Confidential submits: With its Dec. 9 spinoff from Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) looming, AOL LLC wants to be slim and trim once it goes solo.In a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, AOL said it has informed its workforce that it wants to cut a...
- External links 2009-11-19
- Future of Search: Google Has a Problem
- Tech Confidential submits: "Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has a problem, and it's not a technical problem," said serial entrepreneur Keith Teare on Tuesday while speaking in New York on a panel about the future of search engines at Betaday, an annual event hosted by innovative incubator Betaworks for its...
- External links 2009-11-18
- Microhoo: We Don't Need No Stinking Deadline
- Tech Confidential submits: Wednesday was the first day of Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) road back to respect, CEO Carol Bartz promised before an audience of analysts. But a key part of the executive's transformation of the struggling Internet company that was supposed to be consummated Tuesday is going...
- External links 2009-10-29
- IAC to Focus on Content
- Tech Confidential submits: IAC/InteractiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) CEO Barry Diller is bullish on content production for the growing Internet and traditional broadcast television models. The brash executive is so excited about the area that he sees his firm getting more for less, saying he's willing to spend less than 10%...
- External links 2009-10-28
- IAC's Big Question: What to Do with Ask.com
- Tech Confidential submits: Look for IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) to unload its Ask.com search engine rather than confront what even chairman and CEO Barry Diller admitted Tuesday was a "speculative" future. While a sale wouldn't deliver anything near the $1.85 billion that IAC paid to buy Ask.com...
- External links 2009-10-27
- Amazon.com Earnings Preview: First Quarter to Fully Reflect Kindle Sales
- Tech Confidential submits: Analysts expect solid performance from Amazon.com Inc.'s AMZN third quarter results, due for disclosure at a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters on average expect earnings of 33 cents per share on $5.03 billion in revenue. In July,...
- External links 2009-10-22
- Yahoo's Latest Victim Is Geocities; Is HotJobs Next?
- Tech Confidential submits: Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has another failed acquisition to add to its growing list: Web page publishing site GeoCities, which the company acquired for $2.9 billion back in 1999. A note on the site says GeoCities will "close later this year." The news follows the death...
- External links 2009-04-24
- Twitter Co-Founder Responds to Google Rumor
- Tech Confidential submits: "My inbox is flooded this morning with requests for a response to the latest Internet speculation about where Twitter is headed," blogs Twitter Inc. co-founder Biz Stone in a post entitled "Sometimes we talk." It comes in response to a report Thursday night that Google...
- External links 2009-04-03
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