Youku, the highly promising Chinese online-video site, had the strongest first-day rally of anyone on a U.S. exchange since China’s Baidu in 2005. But the flip side to promise is risk — and the risks of pinning big hopes on Yo…
Google has again denied that it’s building a Facebook-like service, this time in comments made by its head of mobile product development, reports Reuters. The executive, Hugo Barra, reiterated that Google’s plans involve adding…
A group of private-equity investors is calling on the CEO of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group to throw his support behind a buyout offer for Yahoo, Reuters reports. Alibaba founder Jack Ma is reportedly considering his opt…
In August, Microsoft’s Bing overtook Yahoo as the No. 2 U.S. Internet search engine for the first time, according to a Nielson report. Bing has been rapidly rising in popularity since its launch in June of last year. Can it giv…
Here comes a faster Google. The search giant announced today a new enhancement called Google Instant that’s designed to shave two to five seconds off a typical search query.
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