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Google's Headcount Soars 57% To 19,000 (GOOG)

Are they building a search engine... or a small army? Read >

Google: Getting Goose Eggs From YouTube, Six Other Businesses (GOOG)

You didn't seriously think Google Checkout was a breadwinner, did you? Read >

Google And Facebook Team Up: Where's MySpace?

Google’s (GOOG) Friend Connect works with rival Facebook. But not with supposed ally MySpace. Read >

Following The China Quake Using Google, Twitter

Don't want to wait for CNN to tell you what's happening? Put together your own news report. Read >

Why Does RIM Have To Bribe BlackBerry Developers?

RIM leads the U.S. smartphone market and should have plenty of people clamoring to make apps for its devices. So why is it dangling cash in front of BlackBerry coders? Read >

Google Confirms Plans To Put Display Ads On Google.com

Google is now talking explicitly about putting display ads on its own sites. This effort will likely start small--perhaps with image search--but over the next couple of years it could be a multi-billion dollar opportunity. Read >

Sergey Brin, Reluctant Voter (GOOG)

The Google founder can't bring himself to vote for or against shareholder proposals condemning censorship, human rights abuses. Read >

Google on Brain Drain: Not Just Blockheads Left Around Here

A Google spokesperson says that some smart people still work there. Read >

Microsoft (MSFT) Buying Facebook Not As Silly As You Think

Microsoft buying Facebook? Go ahead and laugh, but when you're done, consider this: It actually makes more sense than Microsoft buying Yahoo. And Mark Zuckerberg might just be in the mood to listen. Read >

Uh Oh--Google May Not Want to Do Search Deal With Yahoo, After All

Still counting on that ONE BILLION DOLLARS of incremental Yahoo cash flow from the forthcoming Google search deal? Then you don't want to read the short paragraph tucked into a WSJ article this afternoon. Read >

Android Developers: Mad As Hell, Definitely Going To Keep Taking It (GOOG)

Google hasn't announced the winners of its mobile platform contest. But the losers are already complaining. Read >

Is Sprint-Clearwire Doomed From The Start?

Sprint's $14.5 billion deal with Clearwire for super-fast wireless Internet has potential, and big commitments from the cable industry, Intel, and Google. But success is hardly guaranteed. Read >

$1 Billion of Cash Flow For Yahoo-Google Search Deal? Keep Dreaming

Giddy Yahoo investors are now expecting a Yahoo-Google search outsourcing deal to boost Yahoo's cash flow by $1 billion. It won't. The cash-flow benefit will also anniversary after a year, and it won't stem Yahoo's loss of share of search queries. Read >

Google, Viacom: We Won't Settle YouTube Fight Out Of Court

Sumner Redstone to Google: Stop stealing my stuff! Google: Let's see what Judge Scalia has to say. Read >

Sprint, Clearwire Announce $14.5 Billion WiMax Deal, Terms

The cable companies get their wireless play, and Google gets another outlet for Android and its mobile search/ad products. Sprint Nextel will own 51% of the new JV, with a target valuation of $14.5 billion. Read >

Sprint, Clearwire Join Cable, Tech Companies For WiMax JV

The $12 billion JV includes backing from Comcast, Intel, Google, and others. Read >

Google: Want To Watch TV? Watch Our Ad (GOOG)

Google's latest invention: A plan for mandatory TV viewing. Read >

Is Murdoch Still Looking To Deal MySpace? (NWS, YHOO, MSFT)

Why not? But with which partner: Yahoo or Microsoft? Read >

Why Yahoo (YHOO) Should Go Ahead With Google Outsourcing Deal (GOOG)

Now that Yahoo's search dalliance with Google has helped fight off Microsoft, should Yahoo abandon it? No. Yahoo has already lost the search game, so no sense in continuing to throw money down a rat hole. Read >

Comscore Q1 Earnings: Revenue In-Line, Blows Away EPS, Bumps Up Guidance

What Google click count controversy? Read >

Google: Let Us Buy You A TV Ad

Google TV finally comes out of beta. But this is one ad market Google has been unable to crack, even after a year of trying. Read >

Hey, Digital People, You're In the Wrong Business!

You think Google is profitable? Google doesn't know from profit. Read >

Adobe Finally Takes On Apple, Google In Mobile

Adobe has been a non-factor in mobile apps. That's going to change, starting today. Read >

Microsoft, AT&T: We'll Outsource Our Mobile Programming Too

Another "contest" where the real winner isn't the entrant. Read >

YouTube's Pretend Presidential Debate: Not A Bad Idea, Really

A publicity stunt, but an admirable one: The video site wants to remind us that New Orleans is in lousy shape. Read >

IAC, AOL: Thanks, Google!

Barry Diller and Jeff Bewkes get a helping hand from their pals in Mountain View. Read >

Eric Schmidt: Google Has Secret Plan To Mint Money With YouTube (GOOG)

How can Google make their $1.65 billion acquisition pay off? Stay tuned, says their CEO. Amazing, innovative products to be revealed soon. Read >

IAC Q1 In-Line; Ask Revenue "Grew Strongly" (IACI)

Barry Diller's soon-to-be split company offers at least one modest surprise: Improved results at its search engine unit. Read >

It's Trade Group vs. Google On Mobile Ads. Guess Who's Going To Win?

Why haven't mobile ads taken off? One reason: No one can figure out what they should look like. Read >

Up For Grabs: $42 Billion of Newspaper Ad Revenue

Yes, the newspaper business is screwed. But the bright side is that a post-print world will be cleaner and less wasteful. And $42 billion of newspaper advertising will move (mostly) online in the U.S. alone. Read >

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