All Posts Tagged With: "mergers"

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Compare Mobile Broadband Providers With Broadband Genie

I’d like to welcome Broadband Genie as one of the Connected Internet’s sponsors.
For those of you who haven’t come across Broadband Genie before, the original site allowed users to quickly compare broadband providers and to find the best deal based on their requirements e.g. where they lived, what price they were willing to pay [...]

 17Jul2008 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
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13 Signs You May Be A Digg Power User

I know this image is a few months old, but I’m assuming that not all readers have seen it. The image was created by Gawker Media conceptual artist Richard Blakeley to explain why the type of users Digg attracts, might not make it a very attractive purchase to blue chip companies like Yahoo, Microsoft [...]

 23May2008 | Everton | 5 comments | Continued
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Breaking News: Microsoft Bids $44.6bn for Yahoo!

I’m stunned by the breaking story my boss has sent me that Microsoft have just bid $44.6bn for Yahoo! The price is 62% above Yahoo’s closing share price on Thursday, so it’s going to be a hard one for Yahoo’s shareholders to reject.
If the deal goes ahead it will be the biggest internet tech [...]

 1Feb2008 | Everton | 13 comments | Continued
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Are You Looking Forward To Google Buying Feedburner?

A post over by Amit on Digital Inspiration where he voiced his fears about Google buying Feedburner for $100m (almost confirmed) got me thinking about whether as a blogger I should be looking forward to Google muscling its way into another blog monetisation method. Amit’s main concern is that if Google continues its acquisition [...]

 25May2007 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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Why Is Yahoo! Publisher Network Still In Beta?

Yahoo! Publisher Network Beta launched in August 2005. Yet, nearly two years later it is still in beta and still isn’t accepting non-US applicants.
I’m starting to wonder if Yahoo! Publisher Network will ever see the light of day, and if it does, if it will be able to take away significant market share from [...]

 6May2007 | Everton | 7 comments | Continued