Internet Companies

Yelp Complaints Growing Among Businesses, Audience

nytimes.com | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 04.03.2009 | Home


For computer and cellphone users in big American cities, Yelp has become a popular Web site for ranting, raving or just reading about local businesses...

Yahoo! Restructuring, Jorgensen Out

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business


UPDATE: CNBC Is reporting that Blake Jorgensen is leaving Yahoo! For more on the restructuring of the company, click here. The stock is rising on th...

Editorial: Marketing In The World Of The Web

Wall Street Journal | TOM HAYES and MICHAEL S. MALONE | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business


Retailers will eventually recover from the consumption tailspin that threatens this holiday season. But quite apart from the recession, there are othe...

Microsoft Not Interested In Acquiring Yahoo!

Wired | John C Abell | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business


Hours after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tantalized investors with the possibility of putting a deal with Yahoo back on the tracks, the company issued ...

iPhone Game Developer Quits Job After Making Bank

Silicon Alley Insider | Vasanth Sridharan | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business


Steve Demeter developed the iPhone puzzle game Trism as a side project, but now he's quitting his day job. Why? Because he says he's generated $250,00...

US Internet Companies Agree On Code Of Conduct For Repressive Regimes

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media


It's been a journey longer than the meandering, months-long trip the Olympic torch is taking to Friday's opening ceremonies in Beijing. But Google, Ya...

How To Make Money Online

Forbes | Lisa LaMotta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Fifteen billion smackers: That's the value Microsoft recently slapped on Facebook when the computer giant invested $240 million for a 1.6% stake in Ma...

Silicon Valley Start-Ups Awash in Dollars, Again

New York Times | BRAD STONE, MATT RICHTEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Silicon Valley's math is getting fuzzy again. Internet companies with funny names, little revenue and few customers are commanding high prices. And i...