Joe Mullin
Jun 27, 2011 7:17 PM
The Chinese government is notorious for censoring content on the web; to do so, it has created a cyber-security mechanism known colloquially as the Great Firewall. But in truth, many world governments are looking to control the information shown online in one way or another. An extraordinary set of data…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Feb 22, 2011 2:02 PM
Facebook is taking aim at one of the only regions where Google’s Orkut is competitive: Latin America. The company has hired Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Latin America managing director Alexandre Hohagen as its vice president of sales for the region and tells us he will “help local and regional brands execute…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Nov 29, 2010 12:20 PM
In the latest sign of the huge interest in social games among investors, Vostu, a Brazilian social game developer which is known for its popular titles on Orkut, has raised $30 million. The WSJ says in its report that Accel Partners and Tiger Global Management participated in the funding round.…
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Robert Andrews
Jul 20, 2010 4:34 AM
To the folks who think Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has “failed” at social networking, or is “losing” the space to Facebook - chillax; Google isn’t even trying.
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 6, 2009 4:40 PM
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is expanding its real estate listings on Google Maps in a move that could pit it against existing listing sites and could also create additional tension with listing services. Starting Monday, users in Australia and New Zealand can search for available properties on Google Maps, according to…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jun 22, 2009 5:23 PM
Kevin Marks, who was behind many of Google’s social initiatives, has left the company—the latest in a long list of well-known employees to depart recently. At Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Marks was involved in almost all of the company’s social efforts, including Google Profiles, social networking site orkut, as well as…
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