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• Benioff Sounds Off

  In an interview, the outspoken CEO of Salesforce.com discusses customers, cash, and competitors—including his former boss at Oracle, Larry Elliso Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:17 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Internet, Technology, Company News, Executives, Software, Earnings, C, GE, ORCL, MER, Mergers & Acquisitions, CAJ, DB, CRM, SAP, CEOs, BEAS, SIT

• John Malone Eyes Ticketmaster

  Malone's Liberty Media is dropping hints it may focus on the ticketing company as its payoff in Barry Diller's proposed IAC breakup Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:14 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Internet, Technology, Company News, Executives, Entertainment, Mergers & Acquisitions, DTV, IACI, LCAPA, LYV

• Activision-Vivendi's Game-Changing Deal

  The new Activision Blizzard will give EA a heavyweight to contend with in the increasingly important market of massive multiplayer online games Read More... Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: VIA, Internet, Technology, Computers, Entertainment, Video Games, Software, Consumer Electronics, SNE, Mergers & Acquisitions, ERTS, AMGN, Venture Capital, ATVI, VIV.PA, NTDOF, MWY, NCSCF

• LiveJournal Sale May Revive Six Apart

  After selling the blogging community site, CEO Chris Alden may have a chance to finally turn Six Apart into a Web 2.0 behemoth Read More... Posted Sunday, December 02, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Computers, AMZN, Mergers & Acquisitions, PG, INTU, ADBE, Blogs

• Skype's 'Make-or-Break Year'

  EBay may be more apt to sell the online phone service if new initiatives, including a digital-content push and a potential social network, aren't successfu Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, YHOO, Telecommunications, EBAY, Mergers & Acquisitions

• The EU Delays Google's Ad Buy

  European officials want more time to review the proposed DoubleClick deal, and critics in the U.S. hope the FTC is paying attention Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:20 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Legal Issues, Technology, Company News, MSFT, International, Europe, Advertising and Marketing, Advertising, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search Engines, Info Tech 100

• IAC: Breaking Up May Be Hard to Do

  Barry Diller will need to offer major concessions to John Malone, chairman of IAC's biggest shareholder, Liberty Media Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:31 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, Media, Internet, Technology, Executives, Mergers & Acquisitions, DTV, IACI, LCAPA

• The Ad Network Spending Spree

  Big Internet companies have been snapping up ad networks to boost ad revenue. Now Specific Media plans to join the M&A frenzy Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Advertising and Marketing, Advertising, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, Paid Search, WPP

• Microsoft-Facebook: 'A True Bubble Deal'

  After the software giant struck a deal valuing the social networking site at $15 billion, commentators from around the Web are weighing the implication Read More... Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 8:01 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Software, MSFT, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, Blogs

• Tough Times for Telecom Gearmakers

  The telecom-equipment sector has lost billions of dollars of market value as consolidation fails to offset a pullback in carrier spending Read More... Posted Sunday, October 21, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Internet, Technology, AAPL, MOT, Computers, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications, Wireless, NOK, T, S, IBM, NT, Mergers & Acquisitions, SI, ALU, ERIC, CLWR, COMS, FTE, TMNG

• Microsoft's Jellyfish Buy Is No Stinger

  Acquiring the shopping-and-auction service is the giant's latest bid to grab a bigger share of online ad dollars. Google has little to fear Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, TGT, Company News, MSFT, Advertising, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, PG, HD, E-commerce, BBY, SCOR, WKL

• EBay's Skype Bubble Bursts

  The shakeup and $1.43 billion charge confirm eBay's irrational exuberance as well as Skype's struggling Web-calling business model Read More... Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 4:54 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Executives, MSFT, Earnings, YHOO, Telecommunications, EBAY, VG, FORR, Mergers & Acquisitions, Branding, E-commerce

• Nokia to Pay $8.1 Billion for Navteq

  In an effort to capitalize on the hotly anticipated—but unproved—market for mobile search, the Finnish handset maker inks a deal for the digital Read More... Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 9:45 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Computers, Software, Consumer Electronics, International, Europe, Telecommunications, Wireless, NOK, VOD, Mergers & Acquisitions, GRMN, Search Engines, Paid Search, NVT, TOM2.AS, TA.AS

• Google Defends the DoubleClick Deal

  In Senate hearings on the proposed acquisition, critics say the deal would give Google too much control of the online advertising market Read More... Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Advertising, YHOO, Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search Engines

• AOL's Mobile Ambitions

  The company once known for bringing the Internet home wants to make its software available on cell phones worldwide Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, AAPL, Company News, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, Advertising and Marketing, Advertising, Personal Technology, YHOO, T, S, VOD, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions