http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/google Blog Articles Tagged with 'google' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104441?rsstype=tag&tag=google On today s SquawkBox (June 30), we talked a lot about the changes at Microsoft and what may be next for the company.With Bill Gates formally departing Microsoft (see his farewell speech), much of the conversation has been about what comes next ... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:52:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104441?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fc-now-the-fast-company-blog/1104764?rsstype=tag&tag=google This morning Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] confirmed rumors that it will be acquring Powerset, a Bay Area-based company specializing in natural language Web search. According to press materials, Redmond's strategy is to incorporate Powerset's proprietary t... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:03:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fc-now-the-fast-company-blog/1104764?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104733?rsstype=tag&tag=google Microsoft s (MSFT) search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google (GOOG) (and even Yahoo) (YHOO) sear... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:31:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104733?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1104935?rsstype=tag&tag=google Microsoft s (MSFT) search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google (GOOG) (and even Yahoo) (YHOO) sear... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:31:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1104935?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1104920?rsstype=tag&tag=google I have various proprietary tools I have created to track layoffs, and they are all through the roof right now. Admittedly the tools have only been around for one economic cycle, but the explosion in layoffs I've been observing over the last ten days ... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:35:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1104920?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104489?rsstype=tag&tag=google Lately, I have been playing with Posterous -- a no coding necessary, post by email blog site. Email text, pictures, mp3s, whatever -- Post@Posterous.com -- and it appears like magic. It is absurdly simply to use, and I already see how it is going t... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104489?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104811?rsstype=tag&tag=google Last week, OStatic noted the rumor, first reported by VentureBeat, that Microsoft intended to buy Silicon Valley semantic search engine Powerset for $100 million. Lo and behold, Microsoft and Powerset are confirming today that an acquisition agreemen... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:29:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104811?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1104658?rsstype=tag&tag=google Yesterday, we broke down Yahoo's proxy presentation to shareholders in their attempt at setting the record straight. MarketWatch, Henry Blodget, and Portfolio have additional takes on the presentation. All seem to be in agreement that Yahoo blew t... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:31:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1104658?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105012?rsstype=tag&tag=google Update:The much-rumoured Microsoft acquisition of natural-language search startup Powerset is now official, with a statement from MSFT and one from Powerset. Mike Arrington says that sources close to the deal tell him the rumoured $100-million ... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:04:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105012?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105013?rsstype=tag&tag=google It s been a veritable geek flash-mob in more ways than one since Google announced that it will now be able to search and index Flash files on the Web, thanks to a special player that Adobe has created for it and Yahoo to use. The player eff... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:10:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105013?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104813?rsstype=tag&tag=google Many entrepreneurs today have their heads in the clouds. They re either outsourcing most of their network infrastructure to a provider such as Amazon Web Services or are building out such infrastructures to capitalize on the incredible momentum aro... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:19:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104813?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1104594?rsstype=tag&tag=google Spiders - September S&P E-mini Futures: The S&P s will probably drop to 1262 today but the subsequent rally should take the market to 1310 and be the initial leg up to 1500. The 10 and 20 moving averages of NYSE issues are below the low established... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:27:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1104594?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104815?rsstype=tag&tag=google A few minutes after she delivered a speech at our Structure 08 conference in San Francisco, I caught up with Microsoft s corporate VP of global foundation services, Debra Chrapaty, for a video chat. I think a more appropriate title for her would be... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:17:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104815?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104971?rsstype=tag&tag=google This is a Big Deal. Now, I want to know: how will Flash files be ranked? Any ideas? Adobe is a major competitor to Microsoft in this front. How will Microsoft make Silverlight searchable? And will Google index all both equally? (My take: Oh yes it wi... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:18:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104971?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104972?rsstype=tag&tag=google Google rebranded its Performics affiliate network, which it acquired as part of Doubleclick, as Google Affiliate Network, apparently sometime over the past few days.I say apparently because I can't find any actual Google press release on the subj... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:38:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104972?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104817?rsstype=tag&tag=google In planning for last Wednesday s Structure 08 conference, we at GigaOM had our heads in the cloud. We aimed to draw attention to the resurgence of hardware underlying the various software and web services that consumers and businesses now use, and ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:19:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104817?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/digital-rules/1104689?rsstype=tag&tag=google The U.S. economic slowdown is hard to diagnose right now for many reasons. Do we have a recession or stagflation? Are we nearing the beginning or end of the housing bust and credit crisis?Regional disparities confuse the issue. Last week I was in my ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:07:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/digital-rules/1104689?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1104777?rsstype=tag&tag=google Today's Wall Street Journal has an article titled Tech Giants Join Together To Head Off Patent Suits. It describes the efforts of a new organization named Allied Security Trust who's goal is to buy up key intellectual property before it falls into... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:56:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1104777?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1104596?rsstype=tag&tag=google Spiders - September S&P E-mini Futures: The market bounced off of 1272 support Friday. I still think it is in the process of making a low above the March 1253 low. If I am right about this we soon should see a rally at least to 1305 and more probably... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:22:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/carlfutia.com/1104596?rsstype=tag&tag=google http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104442?rsstype=tag&tag=google Alec s away for the next few weeks and so we have the perfect opportunity to crack Canadian jokes and comment about Alec having a very large TV so that he can watch hockey Seriously, though, here are the links for the shows this week that I ll ... 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