USATODAY.com - LOS ANGELES - Picking up on a trend started by the travel industry, business-listing sites by Google, Yahoo and others including Yelp and Citysearch let customers rave about their favorites, or complain about poor service. That helps consumers get real-life opinions about local businesses and services. For businesses attempting to reach consumers, the feedback spreads the word in a way ads can't. But perhaps more important, the reviews can dramatically raise a website's visibility in search engines. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 10:48:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
PC World - Microsoft launched a comparative shopping feature in its Live Search engine on Wednesday. The service offers consumers a... -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 11:40:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - Napster Inc., the digital music
service, on Tuesday opened the world's biggest MP3 download
store with more than 6 million songs in a direct challenge to
Apple Inc's iTunes store.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp is not
looking to bid to buy all of Yahoo Inc but is in talks
about other types of deals with the U.S. No. 2 search engine,
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Jim Cramer is an
Internet entrepreneur, a co-founder of magazines and star of
his own TV show. Now, with a clever portrayal of himself in
"Iron Man," he's also a film actor. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 13:42:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - Traditional European media companies
expert in selling advertising should snap up online groups such
as social networks aggressively to gain audience and an
international outlook, a leading Internet investor said. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 15:01:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - CBS Corp on Wednesday announced the
launch of an online ad network focused on college sports, in a
move to entice media buyers to spend more money with the
television broadcaster by offering them a way to more
effectively target young, male fans.
PC World - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed a lawsuit against four former AOL Time Warner executives, charging... -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 22:00:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - Google Inc on Monday
unveiled Google Health, a long-anticipated U.S. health
information service that combines the leading Web company's
classic search services with a user's personal health records
online.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Rich Nottenburg is the latest to leave Motorola as the exodus of top executives continues at the struggling company. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 22:31:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The pilot project with the Cleveland Clinic lets hundreds of patients add and access information about their medical histories and conditions. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 23:15:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Alternative energy is hot in Silicon Valley, where funding for new ideas is available and technology companies are finding their products adaptable to the new market. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 23:20:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Launched in 2005 at around the same time as YouTube, Dailymotion is now one of France's top 10 most visited Web sites. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 23:25:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson said the company will continue to invest at the same rate or more in 2008 and 2009. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 23:40:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - For Google and its AdSense publishers, this means a larger advertising inventory and the potential to earn more money through the placement of those ads. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 23:55:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
