Ingrid Lunden
Sep 26, 2011 9:22 AM
New developments today in the fight between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung over design and patent infringements in the company’s smartphones and tablets: the presiding judge in a case in Australia may issue Samsung with its first injunction in that market, on the Android-based Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet; and the…
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 24, 2011 11:46 AM
Big news from the little country of Holland today. The Dutch court in the Hague that has been hearing the case of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) versus Samsung for design infringements today sided with Apple and issued an EU-wide injunction on Samsung’s Android-based Galaxy smartphones. But Samsung lawyers appear to have…
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David Kaplan
Dec 1, 2010 8:50 AM
There’s been a great deal of M&A deals getting done in the online advertising and analytics space this past year and a number of companies are working on getting their shopping out of the way before the end of the year. Two relatively small deals were announced this morning that…
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Robert Andrews
Mar 12, 2010 9:37 AM
Print publishers can’t wait for iPad to hit the streets next month, perhaps so they can once again start producing info in a similar-looking format to their core products of yesteryear. NYT’s flagship app lit the blue touch paper for iPad, Wired also got in on the act early, both…
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Patrick Smith
Nov 27, 2009 4:33 AM
It calls itself “the ultimate BitTorrent source”, but P2P tracker Mininova has now removed almost all links to copyrighted content after complying with a cease-and-desist court ruling in August from Dutch entertainment rightsholder group Brein. As the site’s staff write in a blog post, only content uploaded via the site’s…
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Patrick Smith
Aug 3, 2009 11:44 AM
Private investment firm HIG Capital has taken a major stake in Dutch B2B publisher VNU Media, alongside majority shareholder, PE firm 3i. Reuters.com reports that the deal comes as part of a restructuring of VNU, the parent of Nielsen Media Research. VNU took on €200 million (£170 million, $288 million)…
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Robert Andrews
Nov 26, 2008 6:24 AM
It’s the end of the road. After putting itself on the auction block in April, Lycos Europe has finally conceded what had become increasingly clear - no-one wants to buy the ailing portal. So it confirmed Wednesday morning it will wind up its portal and its web hosting activities. It’s…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 9, 2007 11:30 PM
Joost will eventually reach the living room, isn’t planning a mobile launch but can expect more attention from one of its founding fathers. In Cannes for the Mipcom TV programming market, CEO Mike Volpi outlined the company’s strategy to paidContent:UK from a Riviera rooftop apartment. The overriding message - still…
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