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Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo to Test Google Ads As It Mulls Broader Deal — Yahoo Inc. said it will carry search advertising from Google Inc. as part of a test effort that could lead to a broader partnership and boost Yahoo's leverage in its ongoing takeover standoff with Microsoft Corp.
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Jerry Strikes Back, Part 2: Yahoo-AOL May Announce Merger Next Week* — The WSJ confirms that a Yahoo-AOL deal may be imminent. Earlier, Rafat Ali at PaidContent had speculated that the Yahoo-Google search partnership could pave the way for a Yahoo-AOL merger announcement, perhaps as early as next week.
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New York Times:
News Corp. May Join Yahoo Bid With Microsoft — Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions. The combination, which would join Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corporation's MySpace …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Comments on Yahoo! Announcement — Microsoft Comments on Yahoo! Announcement — REDMOND, Wash. — April 9, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today issued the following statement from Brad Smith, Microsoft's General Counsel, related to an announcement today by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO):
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
In Another Surprise Twist, AOL-Yahoo Deal Said to Be Close At Hand — Things are moving fast in the Yahoo-Microsoft drama. All the different forces are aligning for an endgame. The latest twist: The WSJ is reporting that Yahoo is close to signing a deal to combine with AOL.
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Yahoo-AOL: Will It Happen Finally? In Advanced Talks on Combining — Update: Now WSJ is reporting the same thing, three hours later: that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and AOL (NYSE: TWX) are in serious advanced talks on combining. Under the plan being discussed, Time Warner would fold its AOL unit …
Business Wire:
Yahoo! to Conduct Limited U.S. Test of Google's AdSense for Search Service — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, announced today that it will begin a limited test of Google Inc.'s AdSense for Search service, which will deliver relevant Google ads alongside Yahoo!'s own search results.
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Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
News Corporation resumes talks with Microsoft over Yahoo takeover bid — News Corporation is again wading into the tense takeover negotiations between Microsoft and Yahoo, this time discussing how it could back up the technology giant's bid for the web company.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Engadget gets a new look and adds Switched to the family! — It's been well over a year since our last big redesign, which in gadget time means our last design was unveiled circa original Walkman. So we're freshening up the whole joint — all seven sites — with a brand new design.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:AOL Regroups Blogs, Launches AOL Tech Network
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Microsoft Introduces Tool for Avoiding Traffic Jams — SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Thursday plans to introduce a Web-based service for driving directions that incorporates complex software models to help users avoid traffic jams. — The new service's software technology, called Clearflow …
Economist:
Start making sense — Big and small companies are getting into the business of building an intelligent web of linked data — SOME new ideas take wing spontaneously. Others struggle to be born. The “semantic web” is definitely in the latter category. But it may have found its midwife in Reuters, a business-information company.
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
MySpaceTV inks international distribution deal — The MySpaceTV show ‘Quarterlife’ is going international — MySpace is a social-networking site that behaves increasingly like an entertainment conglomerate. — MySpace, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., is expected to announce Thursday morning …
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Hugh Macleod / gapingvoid:
WHY I DELETED MY TWITTER ACCOUNT — It's no big deal. I liked Twitter. But I found it too easy. — I think my time would be better spent drawing cartoons and writing books. — That's just how I feel.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Meebo Can't Get Their Price, Goes For Fundraising Instead Of Sale — Web chat startup Meebo has been working with investment bank Montgomery & Co. for the last few months to either find a buyer or raise a big new round of financing. The rumor was they were looking for a $250 million valuation.
Richard Felton / TG Daily:
Apple 's 3G iPhone to be priced from $399 — Chicago (IL) - We just came across a few more interesting 3G iPhone details. Industry sources told TG Daily that the device in fact will launch at WWDC 2008, in two or possible three different configurations, and prices starting at $399.
Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
Ashton Kutcher-backed startup Ooma is falling apart — Hold the phone: Voice-over-Internet startup Ooma is flailing, despite — or perhaps because of — a viral-video marketing campaign directed by Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher. Ooma launched its product, a $400 device which offers unlimited phone calls …
