internet

Google says when Microsoft’s products fail, it wields patents

Published on: 12th November, 2011

Google’s patent counsel, Tim Porter, said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle that the currently in use system of patent registration for software was mainly to blame for the series of lawsuits started by Microsoft and other companies against the Android operating system. As Porter said, the current law allows Microsoft to use [...]

Yahoo trying to shed Alibaba stake, but not paying taxes

Published on: 9th November, 2011

It is believed that Yahoo tries to find a way to shed its stake in Alibaba Group avoiding to pay taxes related to the sale, says a Wall Street Journal report. Not paying these taxes would bring about $5 billion savings, as Yahoo has a forty percent stake in the Chinese company, which means about [...]

Leaks show Google+ 2.0 and Google Music 4.0

Published on: 8th November, 2011

Leaks of an Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) build reveal two important remade applications. One of them, Google Music 4.0 would have a cleaner, streamlined interface, more adapted to the “holographic” look, as Android Police said. More control over playback is expected, with thumbs-up and thumbs-down options and a much larger album art. The new [...]

Mac near 6.5% web share, while Safari reaches 5%

Published on: 8th November, 2011

The Mac reached a few web share record highs in September as a consequence of the back-to-school time, according to NetApplications. The Mac had one of its best gains during the past year and went up to 6.45 percent, about half a point more than before. Thanks to the new leap, the company’s stake in [...]

Simple, free Wi-Fi sign-in for UK’s Starbucks

Published on: 30th October, 2011

On October 2011, Starbucks, the British coffee houses, took a large stride forward in encouraging Internet use with a change in the Free Wi-Fi service. As well as for Canada and the USA, drinkers now just have to visit a single sign-in page at BT Openzone, in order to gain access to a hotspot. In [...]

Microsoft’s purchase of Skype approved by EU

Published on: 30th October, 2011

The $8.5 billion Microsoft purchase of Skype has been approved by the European Commission on October 7, 2011. Microsoft’s largest-ever buy was announced since May and received the blessing of the US Federal Trade Commission in June. The European Commission discovered that the two companies overlap in video communications and that there are no competition [...]

Alibaba intending to buy all of Yahoo

Published on: 30th October, 2011

Jack Ma, Alibaba chief, declared at Stanford University that the company would be interested in acquiring ‘all’ of Yahoo. Alibaba, valued in the range of billions of dollars, is an online commerce firm and Yahoo has forty percent stake in it. However, according to All Things D reports, Ma has claimed that his company intends [...]

Yahoo! up for sale, says Jerry Yang

Published on: 25th October, 2011

Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!, has agreed that his company would be up for sale. According to a leaked internal memo obtained by Business Insider, Allen & Company was engaged to study multiple options coming from parties that have expressed their interest in buying Yahoo. Yang also said that the company was trying to hire [...]

Google Propeller to carry AdSense ads and pay-only articles

Published on: 29th September, 2011

The Propeller tablet application of Google may be imagined as a vehicle for the ad platform of the company. A recent rumor suggests that Google wants to help publishers and itself as well to profit from articles by using AdSense ads inserted into formatted articles. Sources from 9to5 say that publishers would be able to [...]

Congress vote against FCC’s net neutrality

Published on: 13th April, 2011

A few days ago, Republicans, in a symbolic Congressional vote, nullified the order of net neutrality issued by the FCC. A resolution for disapproval has been voted 241-178 and the House claimed that rules banning application blocking and some cases of unfair network management should be deprived of force or “effect”. Rob Woodall, Georgia Congressman, [...]

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