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Google to buy Russian online ad firm for $140M

2008-07-20T00:00:00Z

Google said Friday it has signed an agreement with Russian Internet company Rambler Media to buy online advertising company ZAO Begun for $140 million.

Telegraph CIO on swapping Google in for Microsoft

2008-07-17T00:00:00Z

Might the news that the Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is moving to Google Apps and phasing out Microsoft Office and Exchange be in future remembered as the end of the Microsoft desktop arm-lock? Nah, probably not, but the stakes are so high that it's worth a little speculation.

AOL a less challenging buy than Yahoo for Microsoft

2008-07-17T00:00:00Z

While it still would present some integration challenges, AOL might be easier for Microsoft to absorb than Yahoo from a cultural and political perspective now that Microsoft's battle for Yahoo has gotten so ugly.

Google tweaks Gmail to stop auto-adding contacts

2008-07-17T00:00:00Z

Google is rolling out a change this week to Gmail that gives users more control over their contacts list.

Symbian CEO says collaboration with Google is possible

2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

Broader collaboration between Symbian and Google at either the application or operating system level is possible in the future, Symbian's CEO said Wednesday.

Viacom allows YouTube to conceal user names in court case

2008-07-15T00:00:00Z

Google may conceal YouTube users' identities when it hands a database of their viewing habits to Viacom International in response to a court order, the companies agreed Monday.

Google, Yahoo to reach 3 billion mobile phone users

2008-07-11T00:00:00Z

With a market size three times bigger than the Internet today, Internet search engines Yahoo! and Google both aim to bring the Internet to about 3.2 billion cell phone users as compared to the 850 million PC users today.

Google wraps search query volume data into AdWords

2008-07-09T00:00:00Z

Google is adding a feature to its AdWords platform that lets advertisers see how frequently people use certain search terms in order to more finely tune their ad campaigns.

Google adds third dimension to online social relationships

2008-07-09T00:00:00Z

Google has entered yet another space with the launch of Lively, a tool for creating 3D social spaces on Web sites, which is now available in a public beta test.

Security tribulations breed guilt by association

Andreas M. Antonopoulos — 2008-07-08T00:00:00Z

The headline read “Google loses employee data.” It caught my attention as I thought of all the implications this has for all the other data Google stores. A headline like that hits a nerve, I take it personally, because like most of us I immediately think of my search history from the last 10 years.