Archive for April 29th, 2009

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-29 20:01 Google president of display ads to leave company (Interactive Investor)

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29 (Reuters) - The president of Google Inc's global display advertising business is leaving, marking the latest in a series of changes within the Internet company's sales team in the past two months. David Rosenblatt, who joined Google last year through its $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick, has resigned and will leave the company in mid-May, a Google spokeswoman said ...

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Google president of display ads to leave company (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The president of Google Inc's global display advertising business is leaving, marking the latest in a series of changes within the Internet company's sales team in the past two months.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Justice Dept to take long hard look at Google Book deal (The Register)

Monopoly and orphan fears Google is facing an investigation by the US Justice Department, after signing a controversial deal with the Author's Guild, which will see it censoring books included in its digital archive in the same way it censors videos on YouTube.… Whitepaper - Thinking beyond tape

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Google book deal hearing delayed (Channel 4)

The federal court overseeing Google's settlement over its book-scanning program is giving authors four more months to opt out of the deal and review its potential pitfalls.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Acer to launch Google Android phone (PC Advisor)

But CEO unsure about Google netbooks Acer plans to launch a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system this year.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009