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Holy Sh*t! Facebook’s Net Worth Is Now $15 Billion?! (2007)

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 27, 2007 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

According to The Wall Street Journal, Facebook is negotiating with Microsoft to sell a small stake in the social network at a valuation of around $15 …

J. Frank Wilson on Aug 23, 2007 (Updated: Dec 16, 2020)

YouTube did not claim to invent the video overlay ad concept. They obviously just liked it enough to steal it from VideoEgg. I guess Google's strategy …

J. Frank Wilson on Aug 16, 2007 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Online video-sharing sites continue to see growing usage, and YouTube is still way out in front of its competitors. Online video sites in general …

J. Frank Wilson on Aug 13, 2007

Starting this week, the search engine is experimenting with a mechanism to allow newsmakers to publish their comments to prevent from being misquoted. …

J. Frank Wilson on Jul 24, 2007 (Updated: Mar 27, 2011)

As you take a bird’s-eye tour of downtown Washington, compliments of Google Maps’ updated satellite feature, you hit a haze over the Mall. …

Dave Brown on Jun 20, 2007 (Updated: Dec 6, 2023)

Google announced a commitment to solar energy production and launched the largest solar panel installation to date on a corporate campus in the United …

J. Frank Wilson on Jun 4, 2007 (Updated: Mar 27, 2011)

Google Maps is the most popular online mapping service in the world, and it is adding new features for you. Google has launched the Street View, a new …

J. Frank Wilson on Jun 4, 2007

These days, Google seems to be doing everything, everywhere. It takes pictures of your house from outer space, copies rare Sanskrit books in India, …

J. Frank Wilson on May 31, 2007 (Updated: Jun 20, 2017)

It looks like Google's 2006 acquisition of Neven Vision, a company specializing in facial recognition software, is finally starting to pay off. Google …

J. Frank Wilson on May 30, 2007 (Updated: Aug 13, 2011)

Google has launched a new home page for Korea that departs from Google's "classic," minimalist home page approach. The new look features animated …

J. Frank Wilson on May 29, 2007 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

The Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into Google Inc.’s proposed $3.1 billion purchase of New York City-based …

J. Frank Wilson on May 22, 2007

Google now offers its gadgets data (widgets) to be embedded in your subscribed links, allowing you to have live data included in your Google searches. …

J. Frank Wilson on May 21, 2007 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Last week, Microsoft announced the largest acquisition in its history, purchasing Seattle-based interactive ad firm aQuantive for $6 billion in what …