No Interest In Yahoo? Why, Microsoft?
Microsoft washed its hands of pursuing Yahoo, and the executive responsible for chasing and failing to catch Yahoo has a new job. There is a sense that Microsoft could be back.
Google Opens Knol For Knowledge-Sharing
We’ve noted time and time again the way in which Wikipedia receives loads of traffic from Google, and to be honest, there’s no clear sign that this will change. But Google has gone so far as to launch Knol, a sort of would-be competitor.
Google Says Google News Not Priceless
Despite no ads or any obvious revenue generation, Google News is worth $100 million to Google, according to VP Marissa Mayer.
How does zero equal $100 million? As one of Google’s many for free peripheral services, enough people sort of ride the Google wave over to the search engine from the News page. In Google’s estimation, all that referral traffic is worth a pretty penny.
Qik Kicks Off Public Beta
You may have never heard of Qik, but it seems to be the logical next step in the citizen journalism movement: live video feeds from mobile phones to the Web. A certain Twittering Congressman uses it already, and today it officially goes public, in beta, naturally.
Carl Icahn Will Be Joining The Yahoo Board
Here’s an interesting twist in the Yahoo/Microsoft/Icahn love triangle–Carl Icahn and Yahoo have just kissed and made-up.
Under a newly announced settlement, Carl Icahn and two of his cohorts will be elected to Yahoo’s board of directors.