As I reported yesterday, Google may have just changed the game re: monetization of its massively used (but so far barely profitable) YouTube video sharing service. Get the details on how it looks here.
But what makes Google’s new "sponsored videos" feature on YouTube even more relevant is today’s news that YouTube searches now represent the [...]

In my view, Google just changed the game today regarding monetization of its massively used (but so far barely profitable) YouTube video sharing service. Get the details on what it will look like in this CNET article about it here.
In a word, Google is starting a new "sponsored videos" feature on YouTube that will follow [...]

The Micro-hoo saga has been turning uglier in the last few days, if such a thing is possible:
The three-way "negotiations" between Carl Icahn, the Yahoo board, and Microsoft turned up another non-starter offer for MSFT to cherry-pick Yahoo’s search assets, which in turn led to much finger-pointing, and general acrimony.
The result is that Icahn may [...]

The ups and downs of the Micro-hoo saga continue unabated, with renewed Carl Icahn intrigue being the flavor of the week. The noose that irate shareholders have been verbally tying around Jerry Yang’s neck seems to be getting tighter all the time.
But this time even usually stalwart Micro-hoo cheerleader Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is saying [...]

OK, this isn’t the post I meant to write, but the (pseudo-)developments are simply happening too fast to catch one’s breath.
Today, Microsoft apparently walked away from a Yahoo deal more thoroughly than they previously had, which in itself makes little sense and proves how much Ballmer and Co. have kept themselves in suspended animation during [...]