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Today in Tech: Yahoo products RIP, Oracle beats Street
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Hot on the heels of layoffs comes news that Yahoo is shutting down eight products, including MyBlogLog, Yahoo! Picks, AltaVista, Yahoo! Bookmarks, Yahoo! Buzz and Delicious. Meanwhile, other products like Fire Eagle and Yahoo People Search will be merged, and Yahoo! Alerts and Yahoo! Calendar will be turned into features which will presumably be implemented elsewhere. MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 17, 2010 8:27 AM ET -
Google and MySpace finalize search and advertising deal
Myspace will use the Google Display Network and DoubleClick Ad Exchange going forward.
Google (GOOG) and MySpace (NWS) today announced a continuation of their advertising and search partnership.
In August of 2006, Google and MySpace first joined forces in a $900 million deal that expired this year. News Corp-owned MySpace no longer commands the power it once did, having been overtaken by Facebook long ago, so the deal won't be nearly as sweet MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 16, 2010 11:22 AM ETPosted in: Facebook, Google, MySpace, Nada Stirratt, News Corporation, Search advertising, Searching, Web search engine -
How Google can thrive in the age of Facebook
By some measures. we're hitting an Internet age that leaves Google behind. But here's a prescription to keep search relevant in the face of Facebook's social empire.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
Being king of the web is a short-lived gig. Only several years ago the web was navigated by search and Google was the clear king of innovation. Now, as the web takes on an increasingly social structure we seem to be MORE
Dec 6, 2010 3:00 AM ETPosted in: Eric E. Schmidt, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Google, Google Buzz, Microsoft, MySpace, Orkut, Silicon Valley, Twitter, YouTube -
Q&A with MySpace CEO Mike Jones
MySpace CEO Mike Jones has the challenging task of rejuvenating a faded brand. He is overseeing a re-launch of the still popular site, that despite its size –130 million unique users worldwide – has become far less important than Facebook. MySpace no longer is challenging Facebook directly. In fact, it recently signed a deal with Facebook to allows its users to sign up for MySpace using their Facebook credentials. An MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Nov 30, 2010 12:29 PM ET -
Today in Tech: "Cyber Monday," George W. Bush, Google and Groupon
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
"The PC industry's inability to significantly innovate, and its overreliance on a business model predicated on driving volume through price declines, are finally impacting the industry's ability to induce new replacement cycles." -- Gartner Research director George MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 30, 2010 6:00 AM ETPosted in: Android, Cyber Monday, Facebook, Financial, Google, Groupon, IDC, iPad, Kleiner Perkins, Mary Meeker, Microsoft, Mobile, Morgan Stanley, MySpace, News Corp., PC, Seagate, Tablet -
How Facebook fixed the social advertising problem
MySpace was once the big kid on the social networking block, but Facebook beat it in part by improving on its social advertising strategy, or lack thereof.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
So much of the discussion around Facebook centers on the way it's shaping our social interactions with others that it's easy to overlook how profoundly the company is rewriting the rules of online advertising. When Facebook's revenue is mentioned, it's MORE
Nov 22, 2010 3:39 PM ET -
How Facebook learned from MySpace's mistakes
Facebook and MySpace were neck and neck competitors for years, but with yesterday's announcement, Mark Zuckerberg became the clear victor of this round of social. Here's how Facebook did it.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
In six fast years, Facebook has grown from startup into a billion dollar enterprise. Estimates for Facebook's revenue range from $1.2 billion to $2 billion this year. Jim Friedland, a Cowan & Co. analyst whose 2010 estimate sees MORE
Nov 19, 2010 11:37 AM ET -
Today in Tech
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
"Almost every single app I have is better on the iPhone." -- Steve Wozniak (engadget via ITProPortal)
MySpace and Facebook announced "Mashup with Facebook," a product that lets MySpace users with Facebook accounts port their FB interests and MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 19, 2010 8:08 AM ETPosted in: Angry Birds, cablevision, Dell, Facebook, Financial, Google Street View, iPad, iPhone, Mobile, MySpace, Rovio Mobile, Sun Life, Tablet, TD Bank Financial Group, virtual property -
Facebook Like-buttons MySpace
MySpace CEO Mike Jones announces profile data sharing and login via Facebook. And yes, there are Like buttons.
On Thursday, Facebook and MySpace announced "Mashup with Facebook," a new partnered product that lets MySpace users with Facebook accounts port their Facebook interests and likes into their MySpace profiles, allowing for personalized MySpace media streams.
"MySpace is very committed to this new direction social entertainment," said MySpace CEO Mike Jones during the announcement. MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 18, 2010 3:25 PM ETPosted in: Dan Rose, Facebook, Mashup, Mike Jones, MySpace, social network, television, Television program -
Today in Tech
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
"Who wouldn't aspire to be Google? But we're not a Google, we're Yahoo." -- Carol Bartz, Yahoo CEO. (Third Age)
Bartz took to the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco earlier this week and revealed MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 17, 2010 4:25 AM ETPosted in: Adobe, Apple, August Capital, Carol Bartz, Facebook, Financial, Google, Gravity, iPad, Khosla Ventures, Maveron, Microsoft, Mobile, MySpace, Palm, PayNearMe, PlayBook, RIM, Shantanu Narayen, Steve Ballmer, Tablet, True Ventures, Yahoo
