Monthly Archives: May 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc unveiled major changes to its shopping business on Thursday that will likely prove controversial in the e-commerce world. Starting in the fall, product search results for users in the United States will be influenced … Continue reading →

Comcast Unveils Cloud-Based Unified CommunicationsInformation ManagementComcast, a provider of information and communications products and services, announced Comcast Business VoiceEdge, a cloud-based voice and unified communications service that's managed over Comcast's network. The company says Business VoiceEdge …and more » Original story … Continue reading →

Comcast adds 100 positions to Beaverton call centerBeaverton Valley TimesComcast announced Wednesday that it will add more than 100 jobs to its Beaverton call center. These new roles will be primarily in its inbound sales call center cues and supervisory … Continue reading →

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – CBS Interactive, the digital wing of CBS Corp, has locked up exclusive advertising deals with six major professional leagues, capitalizing on a sport that is rapidly growing in popularity while managing to run under the … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers on Thursday said they are united when it comes to keeping the Internet free from centralized control and preventing the United Nations from gaining power over Web content and infrastructure. The U.S. government wants to bring … Continue reading →

Comcast Declares Quarterly DividendSYS-CON Media (press release)By Business Wire By Bruce Armstrong Come to New York and get yourself up to date with the Big Data revolution! As advanced data storage, access and analytics technologies aimed at handling high-volume and/or … Continue reading →

Comcast has still not entered the zone of positive pay-TV subscriber additions but looks as though it may be on that path. Original story here.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – LivingSocial, the world’s second-largest daily deal company, signed an exclusive partnership with Philip Anschutz’s AEG business to offer members access to live events run by the entertainment giant. LivingSocial’s more than 60 million members will be … Continue reading →

Look here for a clue. Original story here.

Brian Roberts and his team also got questions about the controversial hiring of a former FCC commissioner as a lobbyist at the event, which was interrupted by a "we are the 99 percent" chant. read more Original story here.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian internet firms Yandex, Mail.Ru and Vkontakte may be included in a list of the country’s strategic assets, meaning they must obtain official permission before selling stakes to foreign investors, according to a draft law. The initiative … Continue reading →

Hollywood Reporter Comcast CEO Hears Labor, MSNBC, Other Criticism at Annual MeetingHollywood ReporterComcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts faced criticism about labor conditions and MSNBC's liberal primetime hosts during the company's annual meeting Thursday, even though one speaker late in … Continue reading →

Pop diva Lady Gaga set a social media record Thursday when she became the first person on Twitter to amass more than 25 million followers, more than anyone else on the micro-blogging website. Original story here.

(Reuters) – Robert W. Baird raised Zynga Inc to "outperform" from "neutral," saying the social gaming company will benefit from the launch of new games this summer and its expansion into mobile devices. "This summer, we believe that Zynga will … Continue reading →

GigaOM Technology Veterans Invest $2 Million in Diffbot Visual RobotMarketWatch (press release)"Diffbot is an incredibly sophisticated tool for developers to rapidly build compelling applications around Web content," said Sky Dayton, founder of EarthLink and Boingo, and investor in Diffbot. "The … Continue reading →