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Thought you might find this interesting … how Google got it’s name:
Stanford student Sean Anderson was the guy who gave Larry Page the name of his search engine and company:
Sean and Larry were in their office, trying to think up a good name — something that related to the indexing of an immense amount of […]

The AP reports that as part of a proposed settlement to a class-action suit Sprint Nextel has agreed to provide customers with the code necessary to unlock their phones, after they’ve finished the service and paid their bills. Sprint won’t have to pay financial damages under the terms of the settlement. Considering people have to […]

I’ve been using compete.com for several months now and really enjoy the site’s features for keeping tabs on my competition. I got an email from them this morning annoucing the official launch of their new Search Analytics which they say allows users to:

Identify new relevant keywords for possible bids
Learn competitor’s search strategies
Track performance of specific […]

Na … ya think?
That’s eBay for ya, at the time. I mean hey, they were sitting pretty with a ton of money in the bank  - so who’da’thunk it that this “brand new technology” wouldn’t turn our to be as profitable as they initially thought.
Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom has said that he agrees the […]

For a number of years, a large group of Google engineers have been working in secret on a mobile phone project. The unknown project name has sperd curiousity and names like Google Phone and GPhone have been spreading around the Net like Apples iPhone hype prior to hitting the streets. But the GPhone is not […]

Steve Ballmer’s plans for the computer software giant include taking on Yahoo! and Google in their own internet territor.
Steve Ballmer doesn’t do half-measures. The veteran Microsoft chief executive says that he relaxes by running, playing golf and seeing his children “and the other 18 hours of the day I work”.
Moments later, the dynamo charged with […]

Online shopping is going places and Microsoft wants a piece of action. According to a their Live Search Blog, Microsoft Corp. has bought comparative shopping search engine web site Jellyfish.com. The site gives a portion of the advertising revenue it earns from the retailers back to the customers, which materializes in a rebate on […]