In this case, WAN’s particular interest is in making sure its members receive competitive returns for advertising placed on their sites, while getting competitive prices when they buy paid search advertising.
“The fact is that newspapers are winning well in a world of heightened digital fragmentation. In properly assessing the performance of newspapers, one [...]
Sirius XM is in a tight spot. The merger was long and costly, both companies have shelled out extraordinary amounts of money to secure personalities like Howard Stern (who cost $500 million alone), and the credit crunch has dealt a blow to the most lucrative base of new satellite radio subscribers–car buyers. Sirius XM also [...]
Microsoft and Akamai Technologies are teaming up on high-definition video streaming efforts for PCs, the companies said Tuesday.
The move comes as broadband increasingly becomes a fixture in homes and as consumer expectations grow for smooth-running video on PCs. The clarity of HD images is also ramping up in consumer interest in video on PCs.
Akamai plans [...]
Also in this podcast: Sun shares tank on word that IBM has withdrawn its acquisition offer; the PS3 outsells the Wii in Japan; MIT scientists are using a virus to help build power hybrid cars; and Major League Baseball decides to put Adobe Flash–and not Microsoft’s Silverlight–in its starting lineup.
State Dept. brings new innovation adviser [...]
Micron expects to restructure the previously-announced MeiYa joint venture with Nanya. “It is anticipated that both parties will cease future resource commitments to MeiYa and redirect those resources to Inotera,” Micron said.
Under the agreement, Micron will acquire access to half of the manufacturing capacity of Inotera, with the other half allocated to Nanya. Micron [...]
Apple knows it can’t afford to coast coming off results like these.
And having deposited another $4 billion in cash into a now-enormous war chest of $28 billion probably increases one’s confidence as well.
That seemed like “a period of time where banks were going down seemingly every other day,” Cook said. But now, “it is not as unpredictable as it was in October, perhaps.”
Apple’s Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer acknowledged We
