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Ask.com Buys Owner of Dictionary.com
"We'll be able to dramatically grow our base of traffic"
Ask.com is not giving up on its quest to compete with the big search engines. Ask.com, owned by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, plans to announce Thursday that it has agreed to acquire privately held ... via New York Times
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Mergers and related efforts have the bulls enjoying the wind at their back in Thursday's first half. via Optionetics
Yahoo! India launches new sponsored search system
Mumbai: Yahoo! India today announced the launch of its new Yahoo! search marketing platform, a new sponsored search system designed to enable advertisers to target customer groups relevant to them. via Domain-B
Google Maps adds real estate listings, geo-tagged photos and Wikipedia entries
"Google Maps is evolving from a driving directions and business search tool, to a comprehensive representation of all the world's information, on a map."
If you're looking for a home in a certain location, you have a new search option: Google maps. via The Dallas Morning News
A New Web Site Brings Space Down to Earth
"People have always looked up to the night sky and made up stories"
For people who have gazed up at the night sky in wonder and wished they had someone there to identify what they were looking at, Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope is coming to the rescue. via Kansas' CW
Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, other references
"This (acquisition) isn't all we are going to do. It's the first tangible piece of the puzzle."
Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.
Besides Dictionary.com, Ask is picking up Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group LLC. Terms of the deal, set to be announced Thursday, aren't being disclosed.
With the addition of the widely used reference tools, Ask hopes to make more money showing ads to people looking for answers to basic questions. 'We want to 'super serve' those people,' said Jim Safka, who runs Ask for its corporate parent, IAC/InterActiveCorp. Read more
Increased Profit For Sina.com In China
"We had an excellent first quarter to start the year 2008"
Chinese Internet portal Sina.com said its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 show net revenues increased 39% year over year to US$71.3 million. via ChinaTechNews.com
NC law enforcement officials launch LInK database
"It allows investigators to connect the dots."
Law enforcement officials announced a new information sharing program Tuesday that will allow investigators to search crime and incident records in other jurisdictions and agencies. via News & Record
Twitters sccops media in reporting China quake
"It was an immediate pulse that sums up the zeitgeist of Twitter"
The world had real-time news about China's massive earthquake as victims dashed out "twitter" text messages while it took place, in what is being touted as micro-blogging outshining mainstream news. via The Sydney Morning Herald
Zoho Suite Opened To Google, Yahoo Users
Zoho has announced that its suite of web-based office tools is now not only open to its own registered membership, but also to registered users of both Google and Yahoo services as well. via Mashable
