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Microsoft Buys VideoSurf
Microsoft has acquired VideoSurf, a San Mateo, Calif.,-based startup backed by Al Gore. The purchase price has been reported to be around $70 million, although neither company disclosed the terms of the buyout. VideoSurf scans the Web to find video content, which it then makes searchable for those using the site. Microsoft will incorporate VideoSurf’s [...]
Biography: Steve Jobs has a plan to destroy Android
A few days before the official biography book of Steve Jobs up at the bookstore, the Associated Press had access to the contents of a book that reveals the conflicts between Apple and Google in the smartphone market. Highlighting the relationship between Jobs and Eric Schmidt, a chief executive of the giant company Google, who [...]
Google opened its first physical store in London
In a move that could be considered as a return to traditional marketing methods, Google opened its first store last Friday under the name “Chrome Zone” in London, trying a new sales system for the Chromebook. The store is located inside the branch of Currys and PC World in Tottenham Street, London, and its opening [...]
Microsoft asked FTC to investigate Google for increasing ad prices
Google’s advertising business back into the subject of a lawsuit. This time Microsoft was the one who denounced the search engine company with accusing them for increasing their advertising rate by up to 50 times. As reported by Bloomberg, Steve Ballmer’s company has asked the Federal Trade Commission of United States to investigate Google for [...]