Tag Archive 'news corp'

Can Google News be fixed?

dan tynan on Dec 01 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Web 2.0

Dan Lyons, perhaps better known to residents of Cringeville as the evil genius behind the Fake Steve Jobs blog, has a curious piece in the current issue of Newsweek talking about the rivalry between Google and Microsoft.
It’s curious, because Lyons — who usually seems like a pretty sharp guy — doesn’t seem to [...]

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Axis of Evil: Microsoft Meets Murdoch

dan tynan on Nov 23 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Deadpool, Google, Infoworld, Web 2.0

Is Microsoft planning a secret news cartel that will ace out Google? Are Steve Ballmer and Rupert Murdoch in cahoots? That’s the butt that’s been scuttling across the blogosphere this morning, as reports leak that Bing has offered to pay News Corp. actual cash dollars for exclusive rights to index its various properties (Wall [...]

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