Archive for the 'Internet' Category
A look at the SEC’s new executive compensation tables
The Securities and Exchange Commission has unveiled a new World Wide Web tool, the Executive Pay Finder, to prepare it easier for investors to research and compare executive compensation at public companies.
Chairman Chris Cox said that “Gone are the complicated info expeditions that forced i…
TheStreet.com (TSCM): My holiday gift to you
‘Tis the season to celebrate the spirit of giving and how better to do that than to give you a great stock pick - financial info provider TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TSCM). that is my first pick in a series of picks that will highlight companies that are redefining their respective niches and, more i…
Google expanding Google Docs through ISP deals
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Om Malik posts nowadays that search giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has inked a deal with satellite Net provider Wildblue that would essentially white-label Google’s Gmail, Gcal, Gtalk. It would seem that a deal to supply Google Docs would be next in the works.
It’s taking moment for users and co…
What does Yahoo! do with the customer info it collects?
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After reading the resume and qualifications of Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) Usama Fayyad, it’s tough to see what that exceptional Yahoo! employee does with the mountains of notes Yahoo! collects every loner day. For those that know computer store lingo, Yahoo! collects amoung 12 and 15 terabytes of d…
Google’s global computing ‘cloud’ set for amazing things?
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It’s tough to suppose Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) as anything but a search engine for most consumers and even trade leaders. The company that probably has more grand ambitions than any I can think of may want to tackle providing computing horsepower to needy customers in the future, though — and in t…
ExactTarget looks for an IPO bull’s-eye
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Constant Contact (NASDAQ: CTCT) launched its IPO back in early October, and the stock is since up about 35%. The company provides on-demand mail marketing solutions primarily to small businesses.
Now, investors will have another e mail play — ExactTarget has filed for an IPO.
However, Ex…
Countrywide critics launch website
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Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC) has joined an elite lesson of companies headed by Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) — corporations whose behavior has rendered them the target of so much controversy that their critics have launche websites for the express purpose of trashing them.
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Sprint adds MySpace as a friend
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The next frontier for social networking is mobile. And, early next year, News Corp (NYSE: NWS)’s MySpace will launch its own offering.
Interestingly ample, Sprint (NYSE: S) wants to be a part of the crowd and has struck a deal with MySpace (terms were not disclosed). Sprint customers will get…
Jupitermedia folds Flying Hands into its royalty-free music library
Hat-tip to PaidContent.org, a good site about the media trade, which reported on Friday about Jupitermedia (NASDAQ: JUPM) purchasing Flying Hands Music, an online library of royalty-free music. Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler posted on his blog that that “was part of the company’s strategy to expand, …
Dexter online finale — something to die for
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I’m definitely looking forward to the “Dexter” finale that weekend. The Showtime Networks series is about a serial killer — who uses his killing talents to snuff other serial killers.
Yes, it’s not a typical show. So, perhaps that’s why the producers are going to do something creative; that …
K12 aces its IPO
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Not that towering ago, citizens thought going to an online school was second-rate. But it’s now fitting common - and widely accepted.
For the most part, online education has been mostly for adults (especially those who already have engaged careers). But things are changing; take a look at K12…
Guge sues Google — snag becomes snaggle
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Since the literal translation of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) into Chinese is “old hound”, its decision to find a new name for that market seemed fair. When it decided to adopt the name Guge in China, it intended the name to translate as “harvest songs,” to propose a “sense of a fruitful and productive …
Ask.com tries to market user privacy with AskEraser
IAC Interative (NASDAQ:IACI)’s Ask.com has about 5% of the U.S. search engine market — not much.
But the World Wide Web property is going to try to go against the trend. Instead of taking details from customers to target ads, Ask.com will let users “hide” their search input to promote privacy. T…
Google aims to be one-stop shop for advertisers
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)’s ambition is to become the dominant advertising network across all mediums globally, which is one high mountain to climb. The company has built up a multibillion-dollar cash pile to help it on its quest, and it is in control of the world’s Net search market as well as…











