Archive for October, 2006
Casualty of Internet regulation…
After the US Government recently banned online gambling, one must wonder what the fallout and consequences will be as a result. Well look no further, as Sportingbet PLC decided to pull out of its US operations by selling it for $1.00, thereby saving the company millions of dollars that it would have had to spend [...]
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There are always two sides to the story…
So not everyone is happy with the Google/YouTube deal. For all the efforts that Google is taking to assuage fears that it will take YouTube and manipulate it so badly that people will begin to stop using it, there is feedback on the recent announcement by the founders of YouTube on their site. Above you [...]
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YouTube: a Google company
Well-known for it’s online advertising programs, Google has captured a web giant and added it to its collection. Announced today, after being reported last Friday, the search engine giant paid $1.65 billion for YouTube.
While technically a part of Google, YouTube will remain largely independent with some autonomy. According to an article on CNNMoney.com, there are [...]
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All eyes are on YouTube…
With the rumoured purchase of YouTube by Google for $1.6 billion last week, it turns out that if these reports were true, then that number is probably likely to increase after reports surfaced this morning of a content partnership between the broadband video provider and CBS.
On the heels of YouTube’s previous arrangement with Warner Music [...]
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