Google Can’t Say Hello to Hulu Now. (Can It?)
Way down on the list of ripple effects from the Google-Motorola deal: The notion that Google could buy Hulu gets even harder to take seriously. Then again, obscene amounts of money always help.
Google plans for “the second phase of the display ad revolution” with a focus on smartphones and tablets
Google is known primarily for its work in search advertising. But it's making an investment — a big one — in another area: display ads. This month's acquisition of AdMeld was only the latest in a series of moves that are positioning Google for "the second phase of the display ad revolution." Around 1,000 of...
Mobile Ad Network Jumptap Raises $25 Million
It's one of several well-funded mobile ad networks yet to be acquired by even bigger players.
Make the Googleplex 25 Percent Bigger! Google Adding More Than 6,000 Hires This Year
Google plans its "biggest hiring year in company history" in 2011, the company announced today. That means something north of 6,000 new hires, which was the company's previous record, set in 2007. And that will push Google's total head count above 30,000 by the end of the year. Last year Google added more than 4,500...
Google to Apple: Thanks for Playing Nicely!
Now that Apple has formally let Google's AdMob into its iPhone/iPod/iPad platform, Google has posted a thank-you note, via a blog post from AdMob chief Omar Hamoui. The truth is, Apple has been more or less ignoring its AdMob ban throughout the summer. But Hamoui and the rest of the Google gang will be happy...
Apple Hands App Developers an Olive Branch. What About Adobe and AdMob?
Apple promises developers more "transparency." At least as important: It appears to be making peace--or at least establishing a détente--with corporate rivals Google and Adobe. Will that satisfy federal regulators asking antitrust questions?
That Didn’t Take Long: Feds Looking at Apple’s Anti-Google Ad Stance
Of course they are.
