Archive for GIGAOM

Why O2 Wants to Buy Jajah

Dec 21, 2009 No Comments by admin

O2, a division of Telefonica, a Spanish telecommunications company, is in talks to acquire Jajah, a VoIP startup, for about $200 million, Reuters reported today…

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Ballmer Pitches Windows 7 As Cost-Cutting Tool

Sep 29, 2009 No Comments by admin

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage today in San Francisco to extol how the company’s new slate of products — Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Exchange Server2010 — can help businesses save money and increase productivity as corporate IT budgets remain tight. The phrase Ballmer repeated throughout the talk was “with [...]

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Skype Founders Sue eBay — Big Surprise

Sep 16, 2009 No Comments by admin

Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have sued eBay, the company that acquired their Internet telephony startup and turned them into billionaires. The lawsuit was filed by their company Joltid, which controls the core technology that powers Skype, in U.S. district court in Northern California. A similar battle is going on in a court [...]

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As the Economy Turns, Tech M&A Is Back — and That’s Good News for Startups

Sep 16, 2009 No Comments by admin

Looks like the economy, and with it the urge to splurge, is back — especially in Silicon Valley. After a long chill, the M&A market seems to be thawing — welcome news for entrepreneurs and their backers, who have been stymied by the lack of exits and a moribund IPO market. And the recently announced [...]

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Adobe Agrees to Buy Omniture for $1.8B in Cash

Sep 16, 2009 No Comments by admin

Adobe said today it’s agreed to buy analytics and metrics firm Omniture for $1.8 billion in cash, or $21.50 a share. Customers want to integrate Adobe’s online products like Flash with services like those offered by Omniture, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said during the conference call announcing the deal. With the purchase, Adobe diversifies its [...]

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For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick up Where LEED Left off

Sep 08, 2009 No Comments

What do the growth of cloud-based services, online video and an ever-increasing appetite for digital media have in common? They all require power-hungry data centers — and lots of them. It’s a challenge that hasn’t escaped the IT industry; lately Microsoft and Apple have made some notable hires that reflect the critical nature of energy-efficient [...]

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Europe’s Approval of 60 GHz Makes Wireless HD Video Global

Sep 03, 2009 No Comments

Companies making products for wireless HD video transmission through the use of the 60 Ghz standard are showing off their wares in Europe, thanks to the European Union’s recent approval of the use of spectrum between 57 GHz and 66 GHz wireless bands for unlicensed commercial use. At the IFA Expo in Berlin today, consumer [...]

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Facebook Bows to Canada Over Privacy Concerns

Aug 26, 2009 No Comments

Facebook has been in hot water with Canada over how it protects user data, and the country’s privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, is set to announce at a news conference tomorrow that the company plans to comply with the government’s privacy concerns. Last month, Stoddart said that the social network breached Canada’s privacy law by holding [...]

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Yahoo Unleashes New Features in Mail, Messenger and Search

Aug 24, 2009 No Comments

Yahoo is releasing a series of updates today for its Mail and Messenger consumer web products, and it plans to test features in search that will be launched later this year. This follows the company’s debut of its new, cleaner homepage last month…

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