Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads (AP)
February 1, 2012AP - Microsoft Corp. slammed search rival Google Inc. with full-page newspaper ads Wednesday, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail are meant to allow advertisers to better target customers.
House lawmakers seek Google answers on privacy policy (Reuters)
January 27, 2012Reuters - Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked Google Inc on Thursday to provide answers about recent changes to the search engine's privacy policy.
Analysis: Wall Street puzzles over Google's new direction (Reuters)
January 25, 2012
Reuters - Google Inc, which revolutionized Internet searches with an easy-to-use website, has itself become an increasingly tricky business to grasp.
Core suppliers savor bigger Apple pie (Reuters)
January 25, 2012Reuters - Suppliers basked in the reflection of Apple's glowing results on Wednesday after the company's gold standard iPhones and iPads flew off the shelves over the holiday sales season.
New Yahoo CEO says company needs to "do better" (Reuters)
January 25, 2012Reuters - Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson tried to manage expectations on his first earnings call as the new CEO, broadly addressing numerous issues the Internet company is grappling with -- from a potential sale to reviving its core display advertising business -- but declined to lay out a detailed strategy.
Yahoo delivers another listless performance in 4Q (AP)
January 25, 2012
AP - Yahoo slipped further behind in the online advertising race during the fourth quarter as the Internet company entered the fourth year of a revenue slump.
Google to unify privacy policy across products (Reuters)
January 25, 2012
Reuters - Google Inc plans to unify its privacy policy and terms of service across its online offerings, including its flagship search, Gmail and Google+ products, to make them easier to use, but the move could attract greater scrutiny from anti-trust regulators.
Google to merge user data across more services (AP)
January 25, 2012AP - Google announced a plan Tuesday to link user data across its email, video, social-networking and other services that it says will create a "beautifully simple and intuitive" user experience. But critics raised privacy concerns like those that helped kill the search giant's Buzz social networking service.
Google's 4Q lobbying bill triples to $3.76 million (AP)
January 24, 2012AP - Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $3.76 million in the fourth quarter as the Internet search leader fought proposed changes to online piracy laws and sought to influence a wide range of other issues that could affect its fortunes.
Google reportedly courts Hollywood for (more) YouTube movie rentals (Ben Patterson)
January 23, 2012Ben Patterson - Google has been dabbling in streaming movie rentals for months now, but word has it that the search giant wants to plunge into the pay-per-view market head-first. Hollywood, meet YouTube.