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Great firewall of China silences iTunes
News In China, frustrated music fans have been unable to download songs through Apple's online store for the past several days.
Tags: Web sites, Firewalls, Apple iTunes, China, Beijing, Apple iPhone, U.S., blog, Olympic Games, BusinessWeek
Google-AdMob acquisition 'a good fit'
News Internet giant's purchase of mobile advertising firm will "bring benefits to both sides" but shouldn't be made exclusive on Android platform, say Ovum analyst.
Tags: Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Ovum, AdMob, advertisement, mobile, Mobile Advertising, monetization, Google Android
Apple's ambitious iPhone 3G plans
News Apple intends to make at least 40 million iPhones in the next year; selling so many will hinge on global success and fixing connection glitches.
Tags: Smart phones, 3G (Third Generation), Mac OS, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Sales, software, 3G, Germany, Best Buy Co. Inc.
Symantec CEO is top US commerce secretary candidate
News Reuters reports that John Thompson is being considered as the Obama administration's secretary of commerce.
Tags: Security, Politics, IBM Corp., Governor, Commerce Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, Symantec Corp., CEO, BusinessWeek, New Mexico
Report: BlackBerry app store to launch next week
News BusinessWeek reports that Research In Motion's BlackBerry App World mobile application store will be open for business next week during the CTIA trade show in Las Vegas.
Tags: Applications and tools, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., Developer, CTIA, trade show, software, Apple iPhone
Facebook ousts CFO Gideon Yu
News Facebook confirmed that CFO Yu will be leaving the company. Now the big question is, why?
Tags: Human resources, CFO, IPO, GAAP, Gideon Yu, Gideon, EBITDA, Facebook, financial, valuation
China's Alibaba expands to India, Japan
News The mainland's strong currency and weakening exports are driving the popular e-commerce business to look for customers abroad.
Tags: Web sites, E-commerce, India, B2B, Japan, stock price, earnings announcement, China, shareholder, Internet
Can Microsoft catch up with Google?
News news analysis No, but the software giant has been trying some interesting new things in search. And it has the money and time to spend on startups and new search features.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Web sites, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Search Engine, Advertisement, Facebook, strategy
Motorola preps its own Android phone
News The phone maker is gearing up to release by next June, a social-networking smartphone that uses Google's mobile OS, says report.
Tags: Open source, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, MySpace, Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, phone, mobile operating system, T-Mobile, Facebook
Software fix in the works for iPhone 3G
News Business Week reports that a software fix could be the answer to reception problems that have been frustrating iPhone 3G owners, rather than a more drastic recall.
Tags: Smart phones, Mac OS, 3G (Third Generation), Apple iPhone 3G, Infineon Technologies AG, phone, software, 3G, software upgrade, researcher
'BusinessWeek' site hacked in potential malware attack
News Security firm Sophos finds hacker attack waiting to happen on BusinessWeek.com, where malicious code lurks that could be used to steal Web surfers' data.
Tags: Hacking, Web sites, Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Google Inc., Site, Database, Attack, Graham Cluley
Mozilla's future directions for the Web
News Its R&D (research and development) arm has a new initiative aimed at hatching design ideas.
Tags: Web browsers, Open source, Video, Mozilla Corp., 3D, Mozilla Firefox, stock price, co-founder, columnist, barrier
China: Lenovo plunges as rivals gain
News The PC maker's Hong Kong shares took a hit as investors notice HP and Dell chipping away at Lenovo's No. 1 market-share position at home.
Tags: Desktops, Sales/revenue, Notebooks and tablets, Hewlett-Packard Co., stock price, Lenovo Group Ltd., China, U.S., brand, Dell Computer Corp.
Making social networks profitable
News Google's new approach could offer advertisers coveted online communities.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Advertisement, social networking, Nike Inc., Facebook, network, technique, Google PageRank
The iPhone eyes BlackBerry's turf
News But Apple still has a ways to go to catch up with RIM in the lucrative corporate market.
Tags: Mac OS, Smart phones, BlackBerry, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., phone, software, Apple iPhone, U.S.
