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Quick Hits: Facebook Opens a New York Engineering Office, Google Can Buy AdMeld, More
In a press conference today, featuring big names like Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Facebook announced it’ll commence engineering operations from its New York office in early 2012. There are currently 100 Facebook employees based in New York City, but [...] more...
Alibaba Reportedly in Talks to Buy Yahoo
ADOTAS – Eight days after the announcement that Microsoft had entered a nondisclosure bid with Yahoo — a move that indicated Microsoft was jockeying to bid on the down-on-its-luck search engine — reports have arisen that Chinese online retail giant Alibaba and Japanese telecom/e-commerce company SoftBank had entered were in [...] more...
Alibaba CEO Suggests Yahoo! Break Into Smaller Bits
ADOTAS – Alibaba Group CEO Jack Ma said at All Things Digital’s D9 conference that Yahoo! should break itself down into a smaller, more-focused units. “If running a big company isn’t easy, than make it smaller,” he intones. What should Yahoo! focus on? “What they believe in.” Hmm… That’s not [...] more...
Facebook Insists Mainland China Offering Be Connected to Global Network
ADOTAS – “How can you connect the whole world if you leave out 1.6 billion people?” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asked during a talk at Stanford University last year. Of course he was referencing mainland China, where Facebook’s presence was turned off almost as soon as a Chinese language version appeared. [...] more...
Top Alibaba Execs Out After Fraud Report
ADOTAS – Two top executives of Chinese Internet marketplace Alibaba are resigning after an internal investigation discovered that more than 2,300 sellers were actively committing fraud, some with the assistance of the Alibaba sales staff. The company reported that CEO David Wei and COO Elvis Lee were not involved in [...] more...
Mahalo, a wikipedia that pays, and fed probe targets Google, Yahoo, Apple.
ADOTAS — A quick news glance around the webosphere. Federal Antitrust Probe Targets Google, Yahoo and Apple. (Washington Post) Plaintiff’s Lawyers Allege NebuAd Staged Closing. (Mediapost) Silicon Alley vs. Silicon Valley. (WSJ) Jason Calacanis Tries Turning Mahalo Into a Wikipedia That Pays. (MediaMemo) Alibaba Plans To Spend At Least $200 Million On Acquisitions. (Paidcontent) Microsoft issues [...] more...
Will China Save Yahoo From Microsoft’s Embrace?
ADOTAS — A new antimonopoly law in China with implications well beyond its borders will likely affect countless future mergers and investments. Currently on the hot seat: Microsoft and Yahoo. The new law goes into effect August 1 and it is intended to strengthen an existing set of antitrust regulations established [...] more...
Alibaba May Throw Wrench in Microsoft/Yahoo Deal
ADOTAS — Roadblock ahead! Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group, which runs Yahoo’s China operation, is reportedly getting ready to join the already vocal chorus protesting the potential Microsoft/Yahoo marriage. Alibaba is concerned about how China would view the merger if Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid is eventually accepted, according to reports. Yahoo is [...] more...
Alibaba Joins the Ad Party
Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba.com announced yesterday it has entered the fray of Internet advertising with an online platform for Websites and advertisers to match up. Its new unit – Alimama.com – which has gone through 100 days’ trial operation, will compete with other Chinese online ads alliances led by Baidu.com and Google [...] more...
Alibaba Invests in Chinese Classifieds Site
Alibaba.com, one of the leading e-commerce websites in China, has announced a major investment in online classifieds site Koubei.com. Just over two years old, Koubei, whose name means “word of mouth,” provides localized classified listings and discussion forums that let people share information about apartments, restaurants, entertainment, jobs, and other [...] more...
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