Facebook's search engine is now venturing beyond the walled gardens of Facebook.com to the greater web. Will its user-generated results give it an advantage over Google?
AllFacebook is reporting that Facebook is now displaying some 'outside' webpages with in its Facebook search results. For instance, if you Search for the Annapolis Marriott hotel in Facebook, one of the results is the TripAdvisor page which has been favorited by five 'Facebookers.'
To make matters worse MORE
Seth Weintraub - Jun 25, 2010 9:47 AM ET
This is one in a series of articles leading up to Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which takes place July 22-24 in Aspen, Colo. The articles will look back at the progress of companies that presented at Brainstorm in 2009 as well as look forward to those that will present this year.
By Mary Jo A Pham, contributor
Gilt Groupe CEO Susan Lyne. (Photo: TechCrunch, Flickr.com)
Shoppers who thrive on elbowing competitors out of MORE
Jun 25, 2010 8:43 AM ET
According to one analyst, Apple has blown past all previous launch-day records
Click to enlarge. Source: Oppenheimer
"Guessing launch day iPhone sales," writes Oppenheimer's Yair Reiner in a note to clients issued Friday, 'has become something of a national sport, a bit like guessing whether Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow."
But that doesn't stop him from playing the game. Reiner's guess: 1.5 million, one and a half as many iPhones as MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 25, 2010 7:38 AM ET
Apple has built a recurring revenue stream from a growing base of loyal users
Click to enlarge. Source: Piper Jaffray
"Mission accomplished," writes Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster in a report to clients issued early Friday, the day after Apple's (AAPL) biggest product launch ever. "Apple has in three years built brand loyalty in the phone market that compels users to upgrade to the latest version and wait in line for one MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 25, 2010 5:16 AM ET
I'll be sad to no longer see those embarrassing documents coming out of the court proceedings. Here's a recap.
Clip from Viacom's Daily Show on YouTube
"YouTube wins its case against Viacom" or "The Court Ruling" either way, it was a serious case involving billions of dollars...but it was also quite entertaining to read the details.
Jon Stewart on Viacom subsidiary Comedy Central does the backstory.
The news is good for YouTube and the people MORE
Seth Weintraub - Jun 25, 2010 12:22 AM ET
A TV-on-your-PC company has created a way to block the locust noise from World Cup broadcasts. It's just the start of the personal-filterized future of TV.
By Paul Smalera, senior editor
In honor of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, YouTube recently added a "vuvuzela" button that would enable the plastic horn's trademark buzzing on just about any video available on the site. That's pretty funny, and if you're watching "OMG MORE
Jun 24, 2010 11:49 AM ET
Apple Store, Regent Street, London. Photo: Engadget
Me, I'm headed to Chicago for a wedding. Taking my chances on Michigan Avenue this afternoon.
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 24, 2010 7:33 AM ET
It's the company's No. 1 source of revenue, driving growth that could reach 50% this year
If you're an investor wondering whether Apple's (AAPL) latest iPhone is worth all this fuss, Bullish Cross's Andy Zaky has done you a favor. The blogger-analyst whose quarterly estimates of Apple's earnings regularly beat Wall Street's (see here and here and here) has boiled it down to the color-coded chart below:
Click to enlarge. MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 24, 2010 3:12 AM ET
Roger McNamee (Source: Elevation Partners)
Last December I wrote that Elevation Partners was beginning to make noise about raising a second fund, an Act 2 for its less-than-successful, $1.9-billion first effort. Elevation is the private-equity firm started by Roger McNamee, Bono and others that was supposed to focus on next-generation media and entertainment deals but drifted instead into consumer electronics (by buying Palm (PALM)), online real estate and tired old MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Jun 23, 2010 5:21 PM ET
Verizon, Google, Motorola and Adobe join forces on new mobile phone. Is this a tech "dream team" or merely an alliance of Apple foes?
From left: Shantanu Narayen of Adobe, Andy Rubin of Google, Sanjay Jha from Motorola, and Verizon's John Stratton
The press conference for the forthcoming Droid X was filled with some subtle and not-so-subtle signals that the new Motorola (MOT) device is not an iPhon
e, and that Apple MORE
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