
Google Introduces Digital Couponing And Loyalty Solution “Zavers”
Punchd. Some of these programs have been directed toward small businesses and some more broadly to brands and national marketers. Now...

Eric Schmidt Preaches Gospel Of “Openness” To North Koreans
Richardson was ostensibly there to help win or accelerate the release of a Korean-American, Kenneth Bae, being held in captivity. But...

Google’s Schmidt Goes To North Korea But Why?
arrived earlier this morning in Pyongyang, North Korea. They were there on what was described by Richardson as “a private humanitarian...

Google Wins With FTC Antitrust Settlement, Industry Reacts Pro & Con
FTC antitrust investigation settlement, and in the 24 hours or so since that announcement, the online/marketing/tech industry has...

Stock Price Be Damned! Facebook Is Top Company On ‘Best Places To Work 2013’ List
Employees’ Choice Awards. Overall, Facebook scored a 4.7 rating (on a 1-5 scale) and CEO Mark Zuckerberg got a 99 percent approval rating...

Strange Bedfellows: Apple-Google Team Up In $500MM Bid For Kodak Patents
the “thermonuclear” rift happened and the cacophony of bitter lawsuits. Indeed, in the wake of the global litigation between Apple and...

Google Apps For Business Drops Free Version
Previously, Google Apps for Business had two versions: (1) A free version that mimicked the same feature set and size requirements of a...

BufferBox Part Of Google Effort To Own Commerce Value Chain “End-To-End”
BufferBox? On Friday we found out that Google had acquired one of its own Google Ventures investments; however the acquisition price for...

French Come After Google For “Back Taxes”
reports that French authorities are talking to Google about paying substantial “back taxes.” The wire service says that the French Budget...

Google: Government Requests To Remove Content Spiked In First Half Of 2012
Google announced that the number of content removal requests submitted by governments have spiked in the first half of the year. From...

A Plea For An End To Internet Partisanship
suggested today that politicians elected tonight in the US elections should resign from their parties and act as independents. As a...

Nexus 4 Is Google’s Best Smartphone — Except For Missing LTE
So it has been with nearly every Nexus handset to date. The new Nexus 4, built by LG, is in every way (but one) the best Nexus handset so...

Cash-Strapped Euro Governments Look To Online Giants For Additional Tax Revenues
criticized and investigated for what several European governments consider to be tax avoidance. In the UK and France in particular Google...

What To Make Of Google’s $8 Billion “Mobile Run Rate” Figure
earnings call CEO Larry Page announced a much larger number — $8 billion: This time last year, I announced that our run-rate for mobile...

Google Q3 Earnings ($14.1B) Leak Early, Company Blames RR Donnelley
the SEC Edgar website. It showed revenues of $14.1 billion, including $2.58 billion from Motorola. The language of the release made it...

Schmidt’s Choice: He’d Take Apple CEO Spot Over Amazon & Facebook
Once CEO of Google, now executive chairman, if Eric Schmidt could become CEO of Apple, Amazon or Facebook, which would he choose? Asked...

One Down: Google Settles With Publishers Over Book Scanning
announced today that it had settled long-standing litigation with Google over its book scanning project. Google was sued in late 2005...

Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, Sold $130 Million In Stock
Here is the breakdown on the shares sold over the past week or so: Sept. 24 sold 63,592 shares worth $47.33 million Sept. 26 sold 44,742...

Google Now Valued Higher Than Microsoft
When the markets open this morning, Google will — for the first time — be valued higher than Microsoft. Google’s stock closed Monday at...