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09 Nov 2009 22:40

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Biz, Tech: Google admits its mobile ads aren’t working, acquires AdMob

  • $750 million for the mobile golden goose source
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04 Nov 2009 10:51

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Biz: Time Warner’s third-quarter profits look scary and anemic

  • -38% decline in profits at Time Warner; the company’s been most hurt by publishing and online ad declines
  • -18% decline in advertising revenue at AOL, which is in the midst of rebranding itself as a news resource source
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23 Oct 2009 13:36

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Tech: Daily Poll: Would you pay money to watch shows on Hulu?

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15 Oct 2009 10:58

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Tech: Google is a massive freaking chunk of the Internet

  • 6% of the Internet’s traffic goes through Google source
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27 Sep 2009 12:04

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Tech: Why everyone wants to share their articles online (including us!)

  • 18 Twitter users, on average, click a link posted to a site
  • eight LinkedIn users click a link when it’s posted to that site
  • five Digg users click a link every time a new one’s posted source
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24 Sep 2009 10:13

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Tech: Remember Compuserve, nerds? It just hit a historic anniversary.

  • 1979 The year Compuserve launched – 30 years ago today, in fact.
  • 300 The initial modem speed, in baud, you could access the iconic service.
  • 20% Percentage of users’ time spent on the popular CB, or chat, service.
  • 10 Number of major daily newspapers on the service by 1982. Here’s a video.
  • 2009 The year AOL finally killed Compuserve’s iconic service. Sigh. source
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22 Sep 2009 11:07

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Biz: Daily poll: How much are you willing to pay for news online?

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14 Sep 2009 21:22

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Tech: Google FastFlip: They’re trying to make us obsolete, guys!

Many news Web sites load really slow (including ours – we swear, we’re working on it!), which is why Google’s trying to make reading online more magazine-like. source
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01 Sep 2009 21:06

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Biz, Tech: Facebook and MySpace pretty much own the online ad market

  • 21% of online ads run on social media sites source
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16 Aug 2009 11:33

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Biz, Tech: Internet gambling operation BetOnSports didn’t bet on this plea

  • $41.7 million for running an illegal wire gambling operation source
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