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Microsoft lands Facebook ad deal

August 23, 2006 Software maker will provide search and advertising listings to the social-networking site's 9 million users. TAGS: Facebook, MySpace, software company, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

OpenSocial opens new can of worms

October 31, 2007 Google has finally unveiled its social-networking strategy, and it's ambitious even for the seemingly unshakable tech company.Video: Flixster built into MySpace profile via Google's OpenSocial TAGS: OpenSocial, MySpace, Plaxo Inc., Orkut.com, Facebook, social networking, Google Inc., video

Week in review: Microsoft seeks for search gains

May 23, 2008 Company gets creative in quest for larger search market slice, while Facebook tries to make nice with Google. Also: Soft cell market. TAGS: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Week in review, Yahoo Search, acquisition, Google Inc., asset, Internet search, Microsoft Corp.

Social networks don their platform shoes

October 15, 2007 Facebook scored big by opening up to outside developers. Now its rivals are aiming to follow in its footsteps. TAGS: Facebook, social networking, developer, graph, Gmail, platform, Google Inc., blog, Microsoft Windows

Google's Mayer talks iPhone, Facebook

August 22, 2007 In Search Engine Strategies keynote, Marissa Mayer says mobile is big this summer, and so is Facebook. TAGS: Facebook, keynote, iGoogle, personalization, Google Inc., NetFlix Inc., San Jose, Google Maps, Apple iPhone, Internet search, search result, search engine, map, search

Can Facebook feed its ad brains?

November 2, 2007 Social-networking site expected to tap artificial intelligence to deliver ads to its 49 million members. TAGS: Facebook, ad serving, Amazon.com Inc., Internet search, founder, Artificial Intelligence, social networking, expert, Google Inc.

Going from killer app to major Web platform

July 12, 2007 Applications that evolve into open platforms--and successful online businesses--are the wave of the future, execs say. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Facebook, platform, CRM, Google Inc., developer

Week in review: Social media open for business

March 28, 2008 The formation of a group to promote universal standards for social-network apps stood out amid a slew of headlines this week about companies merging, collaborating, or restructuring.(By CNET News.c... TAGS: OpenSocial, Facebook, social media, BitTorrent, Week in review, file-sharing, Comcast Corp., Motorola Inc., reader, API, MySpace, Google Inc.

Hits and misses for search engines

August 22, 2007 With the Search Engine Strategies conference under way, here's a look at what's up at Google, Ask, Accoona and Microsoft. TAGS: Accoona Corp., search engine, Google Earth, Google Inc., Facebook, conference, YouTube, Microsoft Corp., video

Week in review: Icahn, Microsoft merger maven?

May 16, 2008 Yahoo faces a proxy battle, while Facebook snubs Google's Friend Connect. Also: New Web surf for streets and stars. (Posted in News Blog by Steven Musil) TAGS: Facebook, merger, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Mark Cuban, Week in review, Carl Icahn, shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc., Google Inc., HP, Microsoft Corp., photograph

Week in review: Go go Google

November 2, 2007 The search giant is outgrowing expectations, while Apple releases its Leopard into the wild. Also: Finding some privacy on the Net. TAGS: OpenSocial, Google Inc., cell phone service provider, Week in review, phone provider, handset, reader, platform, developer, T-Mobile, Facebook, Apple Computer, Apple iPhone, cell phone, operating system

Battle of the social-networking sites

March 21, 2007 MySpace inches out YouTube, Facebook and Second Life in a war game over who has the most promising business. TAGS: Leonard Fuld, Second Life, MySpace, Facebook, media company, YouTube, News Corp., Viacom Inc., community, student, games, Google Inc.

Widgets are the new ad kid on the block

December 19, 2007 Brand advertisers are turning to mini-applications with dynamic content that people can embed in their own Web pages and share with others. TAGS: marketer, online advertising, Facebook, brand, blog, president, Google Inc., Real-Time, video, photograph, games, Microsoft Corp.

Digg chooses Microsoft as new ad partner

July 25, 2007 Redmond will serve up display, contextual ads on news aggregator site, replacing Google as Digg's main advertising partner. TAGS: Digg, blog posting, Facebook, blog, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., CEO

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

Waiting for the OpenSocial hammer to drop

January 28, 2008 Veteran developer Marc Canter warns industry politics could stymie push to give social-network users more control over data. TAGS: OpenSocial, Plaxo Inc., social networking, Friendster Inc., Bebo, MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook, Wiki, networking, platform, Google Inc., conference

Still no cure for what ails Yahoo

July 18, 2007 Executives offer promises but no real plan to turn company around in the face of search titan Google. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, RBC Capital Markets, Facebook, Google Inc., CEO, acquisition, president

This week in mobile

April 7, 2006 San Francisco selects joint bid by EarthLink and Google to provide city with a wireless network. Also: Microsoft wins U.S. Census Bureau deal. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., social networking, San Francisco, agency, Facebook, MySpace, Sprint Nextel, wireless network, city, 3G, handset, smart phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Google Inc., cell phone, Microsoft Corp.

Web 2.0 Summit: What's new with Web apps

October 19, 2007 San Francisco confab brings you Flickr's geo-revamp, details from the stealthy Radar Networks, Hakia's spin on social searching, and more. TAGS: Web 2.0, Flickr, Facebook, radar, Viacom Inc., spin, mashup, CEO, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
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