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Google-YouTube merger clears antitrust review

November 6, 2006 Google gets OK to move forward with its $1.65 billion acquisition of video-sharing site. TAGS: antitrust, merger, YouTube, Google Inc., acquisition, video

Privacy concerns dog Google-DoubleClick deal

April 18, 2007 Consumer privacy advocates worry what Google will do with combined data on Internet users' search and surf habits.Video: Schmidt discusses DoubleClick TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., Internet search advertising, personal information, online advertising, habit, dot-com, merger, Web 2.0, acquisition, CEO, video

With YouTube, Google puts its competitors in a jam

October 10, 2006 Build off what they have, or buy a second-tier site? For Microsoft and Yahoo, there's no easy way to make the Internet video market a horse race. TAGS: YouTube, online video, video search, video service, acquisition, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., spokeswoman, MSN, video, Microsoft Corp.

Google's billion-dollar video play

October 13, 2006 With $1.65 billion buy of YouTube, Google takes lead in Internet video--and possibly a host of copyright woes. TAGS: margin, social computing, Internet video, YouTube, Google Inc., acquisition, font, blog, video

Video site buying spree in the offing?

October 10, 2006 Some observers wonder if more deals will follow Google's acquisition of YouTube. TAGS: Internet video, acquisition, YouTube, Web company, investor, CEO, Google Inc., value, Skype, Yahoo! Inc., video, Sony Corp.

Google goes wild for wikis

October 31, 2006 With acquisition of JotSpot, search king picks up another little piece of what could eventually be a giant tech empire. TAGS: JotSpot, Wiki, Google Docs, Google Inc., Writely, acquisition, spreadsheet, Microsoft Office, YouTube, Microsoft Corp., brand, video

MySpace to acquire Photobucket image-sharing site

May 7, 2007 Social-networking giant snatches up the photo-sharing service, but details are still being hammered out, source says. TAGS: Photobucket, Rupert Murdoch, MySpace, News Corp., YouTube, acquisition, photo-sharing, agreement, video, photograph, Google Inc.

Yahoo goes punk with a Zen twist

October 17, 2006 newsmaker Product strategist Bradley Horowitz is on a mission: Help Yahoo "break its own rules for its own good." TAGS: social media, Yahoo! Inc., Flickr, Web 2.0, photo-sharing, acquisition, YouTube, response, Google Inc., video

Adobe sees its future on the Web

March 5, 2007 Chief Executive Bruce Chizen places his bets on new software called Apollo and says a hosted version of Photoshop is in the cards. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, Adobe PhotoShop, Photobucket, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Inc., Google Picasa, acquisition, Google Inc., CEO, video, brand, Microsoft Corp.

Google deal highlights Web 2.0 boom

March 13, 2006 Is Google's acquisition of Web word processor Writely a harbinger of more acquisitions? Dozens of Web 2.0-style start-ups certainly hope so. TAGS: Writely, Web 2.0, productivity-application, word-processing, Web service, acquisition, AJAX, offering, Google Inc., photograph, Microsoft Corp., video

Diller's IAC to spend big on Net content

February 7, 2007 InterActiveCorp's chief executive says that while it's the perfect time to invest, most acquisition targets are overpriced. TAGS: IAC/InterActive Corp., Ask.com, acquisition, CEO, entertainment, Google Inc., YouTube, video

Five steps to a Yahoo turnaround

June 20, 2007 Social media, video, efficiency and someone calling the shots on technology should be on the top of the to-do list for new CEO Jerry Yang.Photos: Boomerang bosses TAGS: Jerry Yang, social media, Yahoo! Inc., Facebook, Terry Semel, social networking, CEO, acquisition, Google Inc., YouTube, video, photograph

Does Web 2.0 bubble have a silver lining?

November 6, 2006 Not all of today's Web start-ups will survive. But the relatively low cost of getting one going means Web services are being developed fast. TAGS: JotSpot, Web 2.0, dot-com, Web company, Excite Inc., entrepreneurial, entrepreneur, venture-capital company, stock market, investor, innovation, acquisition, start-up, CEO, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
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