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- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $16.5B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $4.2B
- Market Cap
- May 13 2008
- $139.0B
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Ask buys Dicionary.com parent, Lexico
Search site Ask.com has agreed to buy online reference company Lexico Publishing Group. Through the deal, Ask will take over the Lexico-owned sites Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in a bid to expand its services. While terms of the deal have not been disclosed, The New York Times claims Ask...
Ask buys Dictionary.com parent, Lexico
Search site Ask.com has agreed to buy online reference company Lexico Publishing Group. Through the deal, Ask will take over the Lexico-owned sites Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in a bid to expand its services. While terms of the deal have not been disclosed, The New York Times claims Ask...
Six Apart, Technorati, and Compete all Challenge Google
First, bloggers ended mainstream media's monopoly over content. Now, innovative ad networks are moving to loosen Google's domination of the blogger-ad market. But, as every blogger knows, monetizing your blog is a challenge. Last month, Six Apart announced a new set of advertising tools for bloggers...
Verizon Wireless spurns Google, signs with LiMo
Snubbing Google and its Open Handset Alliance, Verizon Wireless has signed on to join the rival LiMo Linux Mobile Foundation."Verizon Wireless is committed and invested in encouraging innovation, providing developers the opportunity to deliver wireless choices and expanding the mobile market," said Kyle Malady, the company's vice president of...
Craigslist Sues EBay and Alleges Corporate Spy Plan
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Online classifieds leader Craigslist.com filed a countersuit on Tuesday against business rival eBay EBAY, alleging eBay had used its minority stake in Craigslist to steal corporate trade secrets. In a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in San...
Location-based software firm deCarta raises USD10.5m
Geospatial software maker, deCarta, has topped up a Series C funding round with USD10.5m in investment, reports peHUB. The funds are part of a new USD21m investment and follow an initial Series C sum of USD15m. This was led by Norwest Venture Partners in Jul 2007, with existing backers...
Google Kicks Off Its Facebook Ground War
Updated: Google on Monday outlined its Google Friend Connect, a service that promises to insert social features into any application and any site. Sound familiar? It is. MySpace has its friend connect service and Facebook has its version. Add it up and you have...
Powerset's Search: Does It Deliver?
Powerset has rolled out its semantic search engine and has managed to get a ton of attention. The larger question for me: Does it deliver? And where does Powerset make the most sense? Powerset on Monday introduced its natural language search for Wikipedia content Techmeme. This effort...
Powerset launches semantic search amid rumours of Microsoft bid
Microsoft is rumoured to be interested in Powerset, a semantic search startup launching this week after nearly two years in the making, says news site CNET. Dave Wehner, of investment bank Allen & Co, is reportedly helping the company review its options including a sale, adds tech blog TechCrunch....
dotMobi buys mobile web assets of Mowser
Vodafone-backed dotMobi is buying the mobile web technology of Mowser, the US startup which nearly closed down last month when founder Russell Beattie claimed mobile internet was dead. Beattie, however, will be joining dotMobi along with co-founder Mike Rowehl as part of the acquisition. No sum is disclosed, but...
Blinkx shares soar on takeover rumours
Shares of video search engine Blinkx soared by as much as 50% on Friday following rumours that News Corp and Google were considering a takeover bid for the company. The AIM-listed company saw shares rise to 36.75p (USD0.72) - their highest value since Sep - valuing it at GBP102m...
Blinkx shares rise on takeover rumours
Shares of video search engine Blinkx soared by as much as 50% on Friday following rumours that News Corp and Google were considering a takeover bid for the company. The AIM-listed company saw shares rise to 36.75p (USD0.72) - their highest value since Sep - valuing it at GBP102m...
Google launches online Chinese translation service
Google is partnering with Chinese software firm Kingsoft to launch a free online Chinese-English translation service. Google-Kingsoft Ciba will be part of Kingsoft's PowerWord series of translation programmes. It will feature14m terms, 800,000 example sentences and 300,000 term pronunciations, as well as functions such as sentence and website translation....
Logged Into Google? You May See More Ads
Google may be using its properties–iGoogle, Gmail and Apps–to step up its behavioral ad efforts. That's the conclusion from Piper Jaffray Gene Munster who tracks 400 searches on Google and Yahoo each month. Munster defines a behavioral ad as one that pertains to a past query. ...
Blinkx Flies on Google and Newscorp Bid Talk
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Shares of video search engine firm Blinkx surged 50 percent to a seven-month high on Friday, on talk that Internet giant Google and media conglomerate NewsCorp may bid for the firm. The shares were up to 36.75 pence at 10:53 a.m., their...
Britain's Blinkx Flies on Google, Newscorp Bid Talk
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares of British video search engine firm Blinkx surged 50 percent to a seven-month high on Friday, on talk that Internet giant Google and media conglomerate NewsCorp may bid for the firm. The shares were up to 36.75 pence at...
News Corp-backed web TV firm raises USD15m
News Corp-backed Kit Digital, the online TV firm formerly known as Roo Group, has raised USD15m from new and existing institutional investors. Kit's founder and CEO Kaleil Isaza Tuzman led the round through his Dubai-based investment vehicle, Kit Capital, which provided nearly half of the funding. The company, which...
Microsoft Frees Rival Slate From Yahoo Commitment
By Anupreeta Das SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Microsoft MSFT has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo YHOO board in the event of a proxy fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. The...
Google Sees YouTube Products Soon; Warm on Yahoo
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc GOOG expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo Inc YHOO, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on...
MySpace to Let Users Share Profile Across the Net
By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's NWSa MySpace social network will let users choose to share their public profile information, such as pictures, videos, and text, across the Web to spread its service beyond its own borders. At launch, the...
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Google is a global technology company. Co. maintains an online index of web sites and other content, and makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. In addition, Co. delivers online advertising for businesses to promote their products and services with targeted advertising through its AdWords program. Also, Co. delivers ads to third-party web sites that comprise its Google Network through the use of its AdSense program. As of Dec 31 2007, Co.'s registered trademarks in the U.S. consisted of Google™, AdSense™, AdWords™, Gmail™, I'm Feeling Lucky™, PageRank™, Blogger™, orkut™, Picasa™ and Keyhole™.
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