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Posted: Wednesday, May 16th 2012

Yahoo Bringing Instant Messaging to Email

Early next year, Yahoo will begin giving Yahoo Mail users the ability to initiate an IM conversation with the email's recepient, without either party having to download Yahoo Messenger. With the new service, Yahoo Mail users can chat via email, as well as with Microsoft Windows Live Messenger users, CNET reports. The new feature will allow Yahoo Mail users to see whether their contac  [...]
Posted: Friday, November 10th 2006

Murdoch: MySpace Can Beat Theirs (Yahoo's, MSN's)

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch finally revealed, at least in part, his plans for the social-networking website MySpace.com, announcing that the recently acquired site would challenge portals such as Yahoo and MSN, writes iMedia, citing a Wall Street Journal report. Murdoch said MySpace would offer free video downloads,   [...]
Posted: Thursday, January 12th 2006

'Yahoo Go': Mobile, TV, PC Services without a Browser

Click to enlarge Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel is scheduled to announce today the Yahoo Go  [...]
Posted: Friday, January 6th 2006

'Google Pack' Bundle to Include Firefox, Other Goodies

In yet another shot across Microsoft's bow, Google is expected to announce today the release of Google Pack, a software bundle that includes not only Google goodies but also the Firefox browser, open-source instant message product Trillian, Norton AntiVirus, and RealPlayer, writes MediaPost. Also included in the bundle are Google Desktop Search, Google Earth, Picasa, Google Talk, and the Googl  [...]
Posted: Friday, January 6th 2006

Google, AOL Deal Finalized; Includes IM, Video Components

Google's $1 billion investment in a 5 percent stake in Time Warner's AOL was officially announced Tuesday and expands their existing search engine agreement to include advertising, instant messaging and video components, reports CNET. The deal also creates an "AOL Marketplace through white labeling of Goo  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, December 21st 2005

Microsoft, MCI Partner for Internet Phone Service

Microsoft and MCI have partnered to offer calls from PCs to standard phones, but for now Microsoft's Windows Live Call, to be tested beginning this week, will offer only outbound calls from PCs to regular phones - unlike the services of some of its major rivals, which also offer the ability to receive calls on PC's from phones - writes the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Moreover, the per  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, December 13th 2005

Yahoo Voice Calls Confront Skype, Telcos

The latest version of Yahoo Messenger - the text, voice and video communications application to be released in the coming days - will allow computer users to make and receive calls from phones at rates that undercut those of rival Skype (owned by eBay) and traditional phone companies, reports Reuters. Yahoo's "Phone Out" will offer low per-  [...]
Posted: Thursday, December 8th 2005

AOL Launches AIM Triton Upgrade

AOL officially launched the Triton upgrade to its AOL Instant Messenger, which it now describes as a "new front door" to digital communications, including PC-to-PC chat through voice over internet protocol (VOIP) technology that would help AOL compete with programs such as Skype, reports E-Commerce Times. "We anticipate that the AIM Triton service will accelerate the growing use of  [...]
Posted: Monday, November 28th 2005

U.S. Census: Most Have PCs and Online Access

According to just-released U.S. Census data, in 2003 some 62 million U.S. households - or 55 percent of the total - had a computer connected to the web, reports ClickZ. In 2001, that proportion was 50 percent, and in 1997 it was18 percent. About 95 percent of households earning over $100,000 per year own at least one computer, and 92 percent have web access; among households with less than $40,000 income, only 41 percent have web acces  [...]
Posted: Monday, October 31st 2005

AOL's AIM Campaign Targets College Audience

AOL will be launching a campaign to attract users age 18-24 to its AIM instant messaging (IM) service and has named San Francisco independent shop Attik to executed the "I AM" campaign, which relies heavily on nontraditional and interactive means of reaching the intended demographic - such as campus-wide postings in colleges and ads on websites f  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, October 25th 2005

Now Google, Comcast in Talks for Piece of AOL

Google and Comcast have reportedly joined forces and are in talks with Time Warner to buy a piece of America Online in what is likely a move to head off Microsoft, according to several people in the know, reports the New York Times. Microsoft is seeking a stake in AOL and was reported last month to have entered into talks with Time Warner, which was   [...]
Posted: Thursday, October 13th 2005

MSN, Yahoo IM Services to Become Compatible

Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to make their instant-messaging services compatible with each other, and the deal is expected to be announced today (Wednesday), reports the Associated Press, citing unnamed sources. Until now, none of the leading consumer IM systems have communicated directly with each other (enterprise versions have), although Microsoft has reportedly been in talks with AOL over possible partnership  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, October 12th 2005

Omnicom Acquires Mobile Agency Ipsh

Omnicom Group said it has gained mobile-marketing expertise with the acquisition of San Francisco-based ipsh, which helps agencies and brands build wireless promotions that use text messaging and other mobile applications, reports AdWeek. The four-year-old agency has completed 400 campaigns, including promotions for Elizabeth Arden, British Airways and Disney. Financial terms of the deal were not   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, October 11th 2005

MSN Buys Net-Phone Startup; Pay-per-Call Possible for adCenter

Microsoft announced that it has purchased internet-calling startup Teleo to expand the capabilities of MSN Messenger, a week after Google launched Google Talk instant-messaging service, emphasizing its voice-chat capabilities, reports CNET. Microsoft, however, is reportedly seeking capabilities such as those of intern  [...]
Posted: Thursday, September 1st 2005

Advertisers Poised to Pounce on Google Talk

Google Talk, released yesterday, isn't yet ad-supported - but if it were to become so, marketers are saying they would jump at the opportunity, just as they have with other instant messaging services, writes MediaPost, quoting Carat Interactive media buyer Sarah Fay, whose agency has placed ads on all major IM networks. But whether Google wants display advertising on Google Talk is another ma  [...]
Posted: Thursday, August 25th 2005

Google Talk Offers Text and Voice Messaging

As widely anticipated, Google today launched its o  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, August 24th 2005

Preschoolers, Parents Together Online for Nick Jr. 'Playtime'

NickJr.com has launched a sneak peeks video platform meant to draw users to the network's larger broadband re-launch that will make available full-length episodes of shows such as Dora the Explorer, reports AdAge (via   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, August 23rd 2005

Google Eyes China's Massive Mobile Market, Buys Android

A somewhat rambling UPI article in the E-Commerce Times that rehashes recent months' developments regarding Google, China and Microsoft quotes Duncan Clark, a managing director at technology consultancy BDA China, as saying that "with mobile users being over three times the number of Internet users in China, a focus on mobile solutions will be a key priority for Google." In mid-2005, China repo  [...]
Posted: Monday, August 22nd 2005

New Media Sway African-Americans and Hispanics More

Blogs, IM's and PicPhones influence the purchase of African-Americans and Hispanics more than whites', according to BIGresearch's 2005 Simultaneous Media Survey (SIMM VI), reports MediaPost - particularly for purchase decisions for home improvement, grocery, telecom, and apparel, among others. "These media represent an extension of word of mouth and pose a serious challenge that marketers wi  [...]
Posted: Monday, August 22nd 2005