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Connected Internet (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
According to TechCrunch, the Google Phone is very real and it is being developed right now at Google HQ. But this rumor is not without its complications and TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington knows that. Which is why he proposes that the Google Phone won’t essentially be a phone, it will be something else. Google is on the [...] Read Related Posts Google Voice Coming Soon to Gmail New Service...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In a new disclosure, Zynga tells us it makes 90% of its revenues from gamers putting their own money into the system to buy virtual goods. Zynga says 10% of its revenues come from "offers" marketing, where sponsors agree to buy virtual goods for gamers, so long as those gamers agree to try a product. The company also says a marginal amount of dollars come in from traditional advertising....
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
For our last discussion at the RealTime CrunchUp, we've got a panel on actually generating revenue from these services. Participating in the discussion are some of the Valley's top VCs and veterans of the space. Brian Singerman — Founders Fund Ron Conway — Angel Investor Dan'l Lewin — Corporate VP for Strategic and Emerging Business Development at Microsoft George Zachary —...
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Twitter COO Dick Costolo says ads are coming soon. At a TechCrunch event, Dick told Michael Arrington, they will be "fascinating, non-traditional, and people will love it." Read the rest of this story » See Also: Twitter's New Retweeting Function Solves A Problem That Didn't Exist How To Make Money On Twitter AOLers Need To Remember What Kind Of Company They Work For Now (TWX)
Adotas (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
ADOTAS - Call it the expletive heard ’round the social mediascape: at the Virtual Goods Summit three weeks ago, now-former Offerpal CEO Anu Shukla infamously called concerns over unethical practices in the industry (raised by TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington) three types of excrement. At the time, the crowd applauded, but the backlash was fast and brutal: by Nov. 4, Shukla had been shoved...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Burned by a scandal in its offer business over inappropriate promos, Offerpal Media is moving to set standards which forbids offers that are misleading, deceptive or otherwise objectionable. The action is the first move the company has made since it brought in a new chief executive, George Garrick, a couple of weeks ago. The CEO transition happened in the midst of a debate over scam offers that were...
Super Tech News / Published News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is reporting that a Google Phone is imminent, possibly in early 2010. However, it may be a data-only VoIP ‘phone’ but what would be cool is if Google issues Google Voice phone numbers to those phones.About the only bad piece of news here is that it may end up initially only on AT&T with other GSM carriers being maybes. The hardware would in all lik 10...
Technologizer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
God, no: Apple tablet delayed. Courts: Verizon’s AT&T ads OK. AT&t’s snarky anti-Verizon ad. How to improve Office 2010. Flips to get Wi-Fi soon? Pre for $80; Pixi, $25. Trillian for iPhone now available. ThinkPad Edge: hey, what’s that? Blu-Ray for $78? That’s tempting. AOL to shed mucho employees. Michael Arrington annoys Lance Ulanoff. ________________________ Like...
Bigmouthmedia (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Yahoo! is withdrawing its mobile phone service in January, in order to focus its efforts on improving its mobile web offerings. The Business Insider reports that Yahoo! is discontinuing its service from 12 January 2010. The decision has been attributed to CEO Carol Bartz refocusing Yahoo!'s efforts on its portal business, and follows this week's news that Yahoo! is losing its search engine market...
iPhone, the Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
UPDATE: Daring Fireball points out: [This story] puts [TechCrunch’s Michael] Arrington on the same side as the almost-always-full-of-sh*t Scott Moritz. On the other side: Andy Rubin, vice president of engineering for Android at Google, who just two weeks ago said Google would not compete with its customers and Were not making hardware. Were enabling other people [...]
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
As if we weren't already buried in Android buzz. A week after Verizon Wireless rolled out the Droid, a smartphone manufactured by Motorola and powered by Google’s Android operating system, one blogger is reporting that Google is prepping its very own Android handset. According to the estimable Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, ...
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my friend tells me to not to buy an i phone he said that Google is coming out with there own phone. i was wandering whether it was true or not. if it is...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Reading some of the Web's headlines today, you'd be hard-pressed not to think the so-called Google Phone is as good as on store shelves. Fresh from the tech page of Google News: • "Get Ready for the Google Phone" • "Google Building Its Own Android Phone" • "The Google Phone: Coming Soon" And, last but certainly not least: • "The Google Phone Does...
Moco News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has been one of the most vocal supporters of the Android operating system. He’s written endlessly about the virtues of the open network, which lets him bypass evil telecom companies, like AT&T ( NYSE: T ), by using Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) Voice. Now, he’s salivating over what’s next, , and if he has the rumors correct , Google is close to releasing...
Gadget Lab (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Google has already delivered its own mobile operating system Android to several smartphone manufacturers. But the search giant isn’t stopping there, says TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. The blogger claims with absolute confidence that Google is making its own smartphone hardware. “Everything up until now has just been a warm up to the Google phone,” Arrington wrote [...]
PC Mag (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Apparently, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington can write anything he wants and get away with it.
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