Google NYC and Digitas Lead Google-Publicis Partnership
Google’s Tim Armstrong, president North American advertising and commerce, and Penry Price, vice-president of North American sales, with Digitas Chairman and CEO David Kenny will lead the global Google-Publicis partnership. Abby Klaasen broke the news late last night in Advertising Age. The news tops off a terrific week for Digitas, which won the P&G Crest [...]
Google Turns to Publicis to Increase its Madison Avenue Savvy
Google CEO Eric Schmidt was in Paris this week to visit Maurice Levy, chairman and CEO of ad agency holding company Publicis. The two shared few details, but said that Google and Publicis were more than a year into a relationship where Google’s technology smarts and Publicis’ media planning expertise are being shared to the [...]
Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen Bidding Against Google For WiFi Access
Paul Allen, Microsoft cofounder, has registered to bid in the upcoming auction for the 700-megahertz spectrum scheduled for January 24, 2008. This is the same auction that Google has shown much interest in developing. “Allen heads an investment company called Vulcan Capital and is also a majority shareholder in U.S. cable operator Charter Communications,” Reuters [...]
Yahoo Finance Airing CNBC Video
Yahoo wants to beef up its leading Finance site with videos, and will add CNBC content to the mix. On the Internet, Yahoo Finance has been tops among financial websites. The site will provide a boost to cable channel CNBC, last seen chastising Yahoo over its Cyber Monday outage. Doug McIntyre said at BloggingStocks the [...]
Sites Tied To Al Qaeda On The Rise
There are around 5,600 Web sites around the globe dedicated to spreading al Qaeda’s message with 900 more popping up each year according to a Saudi researcher. "Research shows there are more than 5,600 sites on the Internet promoting the ideology of al Qaeda," Khaled al-Faram told the Information Technology and National Security conference in [...]
Microsoft Exec Claims They Will Have 30% Search Market Share
Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft’s platforms and services division, said he thinks Microsoft can get a 40% share of the search market in the next 3-5 years, Reuters reported. “Speaking at a UBS investor conference, Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft’s platforms and services division, laid out the company’s strategy to become a leader in the [...]
Northeastern Sues Google Over Search Patent
Northeastern University has sued Google in the patent-friendly federal court for the Eastern District of Texas, accusing the search giant of infringing upon its work. The University has paired with a startup called Jarg, which is the exclusive licensee of technology patented in 1997, just before Google’s incorporation and subsequent rise in the world of [...]
Walmart.com Says No To Online Grocery Delivery
Walmart.com says it is not going into the online grocery delivery business. Last month there were reports that Wal-Mart was going to test online grocery sales by expanding its home delivery service for grocery items sold at its Sam’s Club warehouse division. A spokeswoman for Sam’s Club also said the retailer is not in the [...]
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