Gmail adds voice and video chat

Google has introduced Gmail voice and video chat, which lets you have free voice and video conversations right from within Gmail.
Many of us have already been using Gmail’s voicemail feature to send them to email ids (very useful), and this voice and video chat will make it even better.

Checkout these Google blog posts for more [...]

Battle Update: Google Youtube vs Viacom

Fresh updates have come from the courtroom on the Legal Battle between Google Youtube vs Viacom.
You will like how Viacom asked for the house-keys of Google Youtube with it’s list of demands, which includes:

Youtube User Data and Logging Histories
Copies of all current and deleted videos (including private videos!)
Source Code of Google Advertising Schema
Source Code for [...]

Analysis of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo

Microsoft is dealing from a position of strength, with an offer that most Yahoo shareholders see very good to let pass.
Meanwhile, Google is trying what it can to see how to counter this deal, and has also been talking to Yahoo to see if Yahoo can outsource the search to Google, which is expected to [...]

Microsoft bids for Yahoo at $44bn

A jumbo deal has been proposed in the Internet space. Here’s some quick analysis:
1. Deal Makes Sense To Microsoft and Yahoo shareholders – exact price point can change a bit on negotiation. This is like a lifeline for Yahoo shareholders who have not been seeing much good news.
2. The real question: can two B+ guys [...]

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