SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo mobile chief Marco Boerries is racing to lock down phone distribution deals that could deliver hundreds of millions of advertising customers before Google's own mobile strategy ever takes wing.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. spending on Internet advertising will surpass $21 billion this year and double by 2011, as more money moves away from traditional media like television and newspapers, research firm eMarketer forecast on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - The posting on YouTube of a clip announcing a school shooting in Finland before it happened shows how self-shot videos have become the favored means for modern killers wanting to get their message across.
LONDON (Reuters) - Fan sites dedicated to Prince say they have been served legal notice to remove all images of the singer, his lyrics and "anything linked to Prince's likeness", and have vowed to fight what they said was censorship.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL said on Wednesday it would buy Internet advertising technology company Quigo to bolster its ad force and make it more competitive with Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market Inc amended its code of business conduct last week to restrict online activities by top officials, according to the company's Web site.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Social network Facebook unveiled a new advertising system on Tuesday that will let companies introduce ads into the user pages of its 50 million members, and launch dedicated pages on the site for their brands.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. released on Tuesday a suite of free Web services that connect to its Windows operating system, delivering a major element of its strategy to maintain the dominance of its software while extending its reach on the Internet.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's chief executive was verbally lashed by U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday over the Internet company's role in helping identify a Chinese dissident who was later imprisoned by the government.
