Articles Written by:    JAMES TEMPLE     

It's Official: Google buys Gizmo5

Google Inc. announced today that it acquired Internet calling service Gizmo5, confirming the rumor reported by TechCrunch earlier this week. The Mountain View company didn't disclose deal terms, but the industry blog put the figure at $30 million. The ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, The Tech Chronicles,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  TechCrunch,  Skype,  Craig Walker

Google makes inroads into mobile advertising

The all-stock deal for the San Mateo firm announced on Monday, Google's third-largest purchase to date, makes good on its recent promise to ramp up acquisitions. The Mountain View company said the transaction will allow it to more rapidly develop and ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, San Francisco Chronicle,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  AdMob,  Motorola, Inc.,  TechCrunch,  Gartner, Inc.

Google Books settlement delayed

Today was the deadline for the parties in the Google Books lawsuit to submit a revised settlement proposal, but the New York Times reported that they have asked the judge for an extension to this Friday, Nov. 13. The controversy was sparked by Google's ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, The Tech Chronicles,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  New York Times Company,  Authors Guild,  U.S. Department of Justice

Google snags AdMob for $750M

Google Inc. said on Monday it agreed to buy AdMob for $750 million, acquiring mobile advertising expertise that could help the search giant maintain its online dominance as consumers conduct more of their browsing over smart phones and similar devices. ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, The Tech Chronicles,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  AdMob,  Omar Hamoui

EBay, investors reach deal with Skype founders

EBay Inc. said Friday that the investor group buying a majority stake in Skype has reached an agreement with the founders of the online calling service, clearing the way for the deal to proceed. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sold Skype to eBay in 20 ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Skype,  eBay Inc.,  Niklas Zennstrom,  Janus Friis,  Joost

Will Google Books Settlement 2.0 quell concerns?

1) The settlement must not grant Google an exclusive set of rights (de facto or otherwise) or result in any one entity gaining control over access to and distribution of the world's largest digital database of books. 2) Authors and other rights holders ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, The Tech Chronicles,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  U.S. Congress,  Authors Guild,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Microsoft Corporation

It's Official: Skype founders settle, join investor group

EBay Inc. said today that the investor group buying a majority stake in Skype has reached a settlement agreement with the founders of the online calling service, clearing the way for the deal to proceed. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sold Skype to ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, The Tech Chronicles,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Skype,  eBay Inc.,  Niklas Zennstrom,  Janus Friis,  Joost

Report: Skype settlement, sale near

The founders of Skype have agreed to join the investment consortium buying most of EBay's stake in the online calling service and drop lawsuits against the parties involved, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The news ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, The Tech Chronicles,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Skype,  Niklas Zennstrom,  Janus Friis,  eBay Inc.

Google to unveil new privacy controls

lets you log into a console and see all the personal data that the company maintains on a Google Account user across all its products, from Gmail and YouTube to Blogger and Picasa. It allows users to log into the settings page of their Google account ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, The Tech Chronicles,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  John Simpson,  Electronic Frontier Foundation

PayPal looks for developers' applications

The San Jose online marketplace announced at a conference a set of tools necessary to build products on top of the popular service, enabling entrepreneurs and businesses to dream up their own uses and tap into the $2,000 already moving through PayPal ...

From JAMES TEMPLE, San Francisco Chronicle,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: eBay Inc.,  John Donahoe,  Black Eyed Peas,  Apple, Inc.,  Forrester Research, Inc.

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