Posts tagged Rupert Murdoch
Google CEO Schmidt tries to quell brouhaha over news aggregation (via postie)
Dec 3rd
Bookmark this category
After News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch paraded around in November threatening to de-index his properties from Google, this week has become the search giant’s turn to respond.
Google took several steps to manage its public image this week. Most of these are pretty minor concessions from the company’s standpoint:
It changed its first-click free program. First [...]
5 O’Clock Roundup: Microsoft CFO out, new Google ads, an $85 million fraud?
Nov 25th
Here’s the latest action:
Canopy Financial is accused of fraud: The health-IT company, which raised $85 million in venture capital, allegedly made fraudulent financial statements, even forging ones with fake KPMG letterhead. Spectrum Equity Investors may have taken the biggest loss on their recent $62.5 million investment in the company, TechCrunch reports.
Microsoft chief financial officer Chris [...]
Roundup: Microsoft and News Corp. plot Google’s demise, Taptu and Google Maps Navigation hop on Android, and more
Nov 24th
Here’s the latest action:
Amazon Web Services now calculates your app costs — To give users a better idea of how their applications will work and how much they will cost to run on Amazon Web Services, the company has just released a redesign of its AWS Simple Monthly Calculator. This tool allows users to select [...]
