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• 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

• AT&T's Piracy/Privacy Dilemma

  It wants to incorporate antipiracy technology to protect content and attract advertisers, but runs the risk of enraging privacy advocates and others Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: VIA, NWS, GOOG, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Telecommunications, DIS, GE, T, FORR

• Facebook: Marketers Are Your 'Friends'

  The social network's new ad system delivers everything you say, do, and buy to marketers—with no opt out Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, KO, Advertising and Marketing, Advertising, BBI, XMSR

• Google Girds for Facebook Fight

  The No. 1 search engine is banding together with other sites and software developers to build its own social networking ecosystem Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:51 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Software, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, Advertising, Personal Technology, ORCL, Search Engines, CRM

• Google Earnings Beat Estimates—Again

  The search megalith reported stellar third-quarter earnings, though it warned that margins may thin as it makes needed investments Read More... Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Investing, Company News, Earnings, Advertising, Search Engines

• MySpace to Open Up, Too

  Following Facebook's lead, News Corp. will make it easier for outside programmers to jazz up its social network—and, it hopes, generate big sale Read More... Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:10 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: VIA, NWS, Internet, Technology, AAPL, Company News, Software, GS, DIS, TWX, CBS

• Nabbing Video Pirates: Who Needs Google?

  YouTube is working on software to spot copyrighted postings, but content owners may not wait for—or want—the system it has in mind Read More... Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 5:43 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: VIA, NWS, GOOG, Legal Issues, Technology, Company News, Entertainment, Software, DIS, GE, TWX, CBS, PHG

• Yahoo: Bringing Geeky Back

  Under CEO Jerry Yang's direction, the Web portal is trying to return to its tech roots and shift away from being a media catch-all Read More... Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Technology, AAPL, Company News, Executives, Advertising, YHOO, UBS, Search Engines, CEOs

• What Facebook Could Learn from MySpace

  Advocates are urging Facebook to make its social networking site safer by taking a page from MySpace's security measures Read More... Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Legal Issues, Technology, Company News, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Site Design, Family & Home, SCOR, Networking

• Smile, You're on LinkedIn

  Adding photos may be just the first in a string of moves aimed at staying relevant and protecting its turf from social networking sites Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: VIA, NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, Design, Personal Technology, YHOO, EBAY, FORR, Branding, Site Design, CRM, Career & Work, Networking

• Wal-Mart: Measuring Just How Green

  The retailing giant launched a potentially groundbreaking initiative to measure suppliers' energy use. How hard will it push for change? Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, Company News, WMT, Retailing, Science, Energy, KO

• Facebook: The $10 Billion Social Network?

  The hugely popular site seeks funding at a jumbo valuation, and Microsoft is nibbling. Yahoo and Google could be craving a piece as well Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Advertising, YHOO, Mergers & Acquisitions, DJ, NYT

• Free Mobile Services Set to Take Off

  Blyk's British launch of its ad-sponsored cell-phone service targeted at teens and young adults has traditional mobile operators nervous Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 5:23 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Computers, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, International, F, Europe, KO, Advertising, Personal Technology, YHOO, Telecommunications, Wireless, NOK, VOD, MCD, Branding, Market Research, CL, FTE, BGP

• In-House Social Networks

  With a nod to Facebook, large companies now have the virtual equivalent of the water cooler on the Web Read More... Posted Sunday, September 23, 2007 12:18 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, Company News, Management, MSFT, NKE, IBM, LEH, SBUX, DOW, Teamwork