Google's proposed $3.1 billion merger with DoubleClick encountered another stumbling block this week when two privacy groups filed a petition with the FTC, asking its chairwoman, Deborah Platt Majoras, to recuse herself from voting on the deal because of what they say is a conflict of interest. Ther...
Looking back over the course of 2007, it's clear the technology industry's landscape has shifted since the year began. Not only have market forces lifted some companies up while pushing others down, but a series of mergers and acquisitions have reshaped competitors' territories. "We've certainly see...
Salesforce.com has rolled out a service for its customers that allows them to share data, sources and leads in a social network. The service, which the company is not making available commercially, is a cross between a partner relationship management portal -- which Salesforce.com offers commerciall...
The European Commission will open an in-depth investigation into Google's proposed purchase of interactive ad giant DoubleClick, dashing the search company's hopes for a swift end to the ongoing regulatory review. The commission now has until April 2, 2008, to render a final ruling on the proposed $...
As the Federal Trade Commission geared up for its Town Hall meeting at the end of this week focusing on electronic behavioral marketing techniques, privacy advocates banded together to urge the agency to give consumers a way to opt out. Specifically, nine privacy organizations have requested that th...
Microsoft will pay $240 million for a small ownership stake in Facebook and the right to deliver ads to its members around the world, a move that values the four-year-old social networking firm at $15 billion. The agreement, billed as a strategic alliance by the two companies, calls for Microsoft to...
Google and Nielsen have formed a relationship designed to help advertisers create targeted ads for viewers and track how and where their advertising dollars are delivering a return. Under the agreement, Google will provide Nielsen's demographic data through its Google TV Ads advertising platform. Go...
Microsoft will not appeal the 2004 ruling against it by European antitrust regulators any further and has reached an agreement to bring it into compliance with all aspects of the ruling's wide-ranging penalties. Microsoft had the option of appealing a ruling made in September by the Court of First I...
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