A key North American executive has resigned from Yahoo Inc, according to an internal memo on Thursday, becoming the latest senior executive to depart as new management shakes up the Internet giant.
Forget the quips being twittered about. Yahoo ( YHOO – news – people ) chief executive Carol Bartz wasn?t at D7 for a stand-up routine. She was here to undo the damage from last year?s indecisive performance by Jerry Yang ?and she did it with a vengeance.
News Corp hopes to sell Google Inc access to a greater swathe of its media properties, its executives said, as an advertising deal between the two companies comes up for renewal.
Yahoo Inc.’s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms ? including “boatloads of money.”
Preaching the Web as the new programming model, Google officials lauded several technologies, including 3D browser capabilities and an ability to easily add Google applications to Web pages, at the Google I/O conference on Wednesday.
Caroline Vanderlip believes the escalating debate over Google Inc.’s plans for a vast Internet library of copyright-protected literature will yield enough compelling material to fill a book.
Yahoo Image Search has introduced a new feature that allows users to filter search results by Creative Commons license. The Yahoo Search Blog offers more details. “When you use Yahoo! Image Search, you’ll now see a checkbox for Creative Commons allowing you to filter for images from Flickr that can be used commercially or that can be modified (remixed, tweaked, or built upon) with restrictions …
Company’s attack ads will now take on Google, not Apple.
Nobody knows if Google has abused its power, but last year the company generated $22 billion in revenues and $4.2 billion in net profits. Success alone is not an indication of malfeasance, of course. But historically, it’s been how tech companies attract trouble.
China’s first mobile phone based on Google’s Android software will go on sale next month in a deal between China Mobile and Taiwan’s High Tech Computer (HTC).
