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Google Buys Ad Optimizer Teracent [MediaMemo]

All Things Digital  Nov 23 09

Google’s (GOOG) acquisition spree continues: It has bought Teracent, a startup that customizes online ads on the fly. All Things Digital had reported in September that Google was interested in the San Mateo-based company, which is filled with veterans of… Yahoo (YHOO). No purchase price disclosed, but I’m fairly confident this was in the sub-$50 million [...] Full story...

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No Verizon iPhone Until 2011? [Digital Daily]

All Things Digital  4 hours ago

Apple’s recent reiteration of support for AT&T and its decision to debut the iPad on the carrier's network are fueling speculation that AT&T may hold on to its iPhone exclusive far longer than anyone is expecting.

Book Publishers Beware! At iTunes, Expensive Music Equals Slower Sales [MediaMemo]

All Things Digital  5 hours ago

After years of complaints, last year the music labels finally got what they wanted from Apple — the ability to raise prices on their songs.

Was Google Ad Designed for Viral Mockery? "Parisian Oops," "Is Tiger Feeling Lucky Today"…What Next? [BoomTown]

All Things Digital  6 hours ago

Yesterday, the day after after Google aired its first national commercial on the Super Bowl, an exec at a rival Internet company marveled at what high favorable scores the "Parisian Love" advertisement got, adding that the possibilities of spoofs of it were also endless.

Intel's Itanium Again Marches to Different Drummer [Voices]

All Things Digital  7 hours ago

Intel loves to talk about Moore’s Law, its co-founder’s famed maxim about how rapidly miniaturization improves semiconductors.

A Big Music Veteran Explains Why Big Music Is Doomed [MediaMemo]

All Things Digital  8 hours ago

A former Universal Music executive, now headed to Yahoo, explains concisely why his former employer and the other big guys are just playing out the string: CD sales are wasting away, and the digital boost they were counting on simply isn't big enough.

Better Times for VCs? Redpoint Raise $400 Million Fund Focused on Social, Mobile, Cloud and Clean [BoomTown]

All Things Digital  12 hours ago

Redpoint Ventures announced that it had closed a new $400 million fund to invest in early-stage start-ups in the "social and mobile Internet, cloud computing and clean technology spaces.

The iPhone is the New Internet Explorer 6, Says Mobile Developer [Voices]

All Things Digital  12 hours ago

On the flip side of the debate about whether Flash is ill, in rude health, or simply untroubled by Apple's wilful refusal to countenance it on the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, we have an analysis from Peter-Paul Koch, a "mobile platform strategist, consultant and trainer" who says (with plenty of swearing to boot, if you're in filter territory) that the iPhone is the Internet Explorer 6 de nos jours.

‘Don’t Be Evil,’ Meet ‘Spy on Everyone’: How the NSA Deal Could Kill Google [Voices]

All Things Digital  12 hours ago

The company once known for its “don’t be evil” motto is now in bed with the spy agency known for the mass surveillance of American citizens.

More Posner Plagiarism [Voices]

All Things Digital  12 hours ago

Last week, a reader tipped me to an instance of potential plagiarism by Gerald Posner in the Daily Beast, for which Posner is chief investigative reporter.



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