Jul. 25, 2007:
AOL is on an acquisition spree
For this year, other recent corporate acquisitions by AOL include Third Screen Media, the
leading mobile advertising network and software provider, and AdTech AG, the online ad-serving
company based in Frankfurt, Germany.
Jul. 24, 2007:
Mobile search in the U.S. has all the right parts
Senior analyst John du Pre Gauntt at eMarketer said "mobile search in the U.S. has all the right
parts on the table: a huge online advertising ecosystem, the world's leading content industry,
massive portal players, major league mobile operators and a host of VC-backed start-ups."
Jul. 23, 2007:
Privacy issues, and as they relate to the search engines' privacy policies
Hans Tischler, a German member of the group, said "it is a very, very difficult topic." The
commissioners are expected to make a ruling on the privacy issue by October, he said. Lately,
Google has come under increased pressure since it announced plans three months ago to acquire
New York-based online advertiser DoubleClick Inc. for $3.1 billion. Regulators reviewing Google's
DoubleClick acquisition in the U.S. are looking at the amount of user data Google can control.