Google Chief: People Want to Get Acquired by Us
Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the "alleged recession" could make for some tasty acquisition targets. Wow, if that isn't an open door to lure new talent, I don't know what is.
Google Strategy
April 30, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:56 PM/EST
October 9, 2007
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:09 PM/EST
Cloud Computing Coming to a University Near You
Google and IBM said yesterday they have created a computing cluster comprised of hundreds of servers and open-source software for universities to help them practice what the companies call parallel or "cloud" computing. The ACCI (Academic Cluster Computing Initiative) will...
August 27, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007 12:42 PM/EST
Google for GoDaddy?
It can be a lot of fun to predict who Google may buy next. So when a colleague pointed out a blog post on Domain Name Wire last week that suggested Google could buy GoDaddy, I went fishing. Noting that...
June 25, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007 10:39 AM/EST
Google to Sell Ads Around Your Voicemail Messages?
Google is rumored to be acquiring GrandCentral, a new company that's received lots of press for its unified number application that lets you use one phone number for all your phones.The service sounds cool: You're assigned a uninumber and whenever...
May 29, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:23 PM/EST
Google Gone Anti-phishing
Google has quietly acquired GreenBorder Technologies, which makes an anti-malware desktop app that prevents Web downloads from associating themselves with the internal components of a PC.GreenBorder launched in 2001 with "Desktop DMZ," software for Windows that prevents viruses, Trojans or...
May 24, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:44 AM/EST
The Internet? You Mean That Old Thing Google Bought?
The news yesterday evening: Google will buy RSS publisher Feedburner for $100 million. What to call it? Googburner? Feedboogle? Fondleburger?Whatever. Let's just call the Internet Google and get it over with. That's only half a joke: Google buys or invests...
May 21, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007 8:02 AM/EST
Google Rumored to be Seeking Salesforce Partnership
Google is working on a partnership agreement with Salesforce.com in which the G Poppa would add its productivity apps to Salesforce's CRM suite, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.The article follows speculation from Justin Maynard, an analyst...
May 8, 2007
Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:09 AM/EST
Google's a Winner in MySpace Acquisition of Photobucket
MySpace will pay $300 million to acquire Photobucket, one of the Web's largest photo- and video-sharing sites.Photobucket boasts about 14.7 million monthly unique visitors, compared to MySpace's 55.9 million. There's a lot of overlap in userbases, though, meaning MySpace will...
April 30, 2007
Monday, April 30, 2007 2:14 PM/EST
Google all up in government's business
In an attempt t make more government documents accessible to the browsing public, Google has partnered with four states to help make tens of thousands of public records searchable.Google has partnered with four states — Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia...
April 25, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:19 AM/EST
Google crowned world's most visited site
Google outstripped Microsoft in March to become the world's most visited Web site. The new ranking from Comscore comes in the same week that a British marketing firm named Google the #1 brand, beating out Coca-Cola for the top spot.Google...
