Unconfirmed Rumor: Google to Buy Yelp for $500M
TechCrunch is reporting this evening that a deal between Google and Yelp is “80% likely” to happen. Rumored to be in the ballpark of $500M or more, the acquisition could be a huge gain for Google Maps and Android. Meshing Yelp’s crowd-sourced business directory together with Google’s Favorite Places could create a powerful tool for those on the go. Yelp has over 5 years worth of user data and business information compiled which would certainly go a long way towards Google’s mobile experience.
It was announced back in September that Google is ready to start making both big and small purchases. Yelp is said to be expecting revenues of around $30 million this year and forecasting $50 million in 2010.
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Google updates Finance web app, adds Google Voice calls to Gmail
August 25, 2010 - 19:35
Tags: Apple, gmail, google, google finance, Google Voice, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, News, Web Apps
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Google has a nifty update ready for users of their Finance web app, and while it won’t work on iOS (of course), we’re sure many in the US will appreciate the new Google Voice integration with Gmail as well. Here’s the low down on Google Finance Mobile:
We heard your feedback and are please [...]
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LG, Verizon/Google, Palm preparing iPad competitors
August 20, 2010 - 20:59
Tags: android, Apple, chrome os, google, ipad, iphone, Lg, News, palm, The competition
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We’ve been asking where the iPad competition has been for a while now, and it seems like it’s slowly starting to pick up with LG, Palm, and Google/Verizon hitting the news this week.
We’ll take a look at a few of them, after the break.
Palm, recently acquired by HP, is full steam ahead on a webOS [...]
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DISH Network Sending out Surveys about Google TV
August 19, 2010 - 23:01
Tags: Dish, Dish Network, General News, google, google tv, google tv android, Hardware News, Network, News, tv
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Satellite TV Provider DISH Network has been sending out surveys today talking about Google TV specifically. We have several screen shots of the survey, thanks to one of our loyal readers. There are a few juicy tidbits of information from the survey, here is a run down of what DISH is claiming: Only DISH network [...]
NOTE: DISH Network Sending out Surveys about Google TV originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
Google stacks Gmail for iPad
August 19, 2010 - 14:15
Tags: Apple, gmail, google, ipad, iphone, News, Web Apps
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Google continues to rapidly reincarnate their iPad Gmail web app, this time introducing Apple Mail-style stacks into the mix. Back when the iPad optimized version of Gmail was launched, Google emphasized their new code base would allow for just this kind of fast feature development, and now hot on the heels of the new compose [...]
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Is Google Selling Out Net Neutrality? (UPDATED)
August 5, 2010 - 17:35
Tags: General News, google, net neutrality, Opinion & Editorials, Verizon
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Google has long championed the ideals of Net Neutrality: the idea that users should have equal access to the internet, and that ISPs (and the government) should not prioritize some traffic over other traffic. But the New York Times is reporting that Google is currently in talks with Verizon to “speed some online content to [...]
NOTE: Is Google Selling Out Net Neutrality? (UPDATED) originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
Woz talks iPhone 4 antenna, Google, and Steve Jobs
August 4, 2010 - 21:51
Tags: antennagate, Apple, google, iphone, Iphone 4, News, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, woz
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently held an interview at the Campus Party in Valencia, Spain. He talked about the iPhone 4’s antenna problems, Apples relationship with Google, his roll at Apple, and his relationship with Steve Jobs.
Here’s some of what he had to say.
On iPhone 4 antenna
“I have not really had a problem with [...]
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TCBY Congratulates Google on Froyo Rollout
August 4, 2010 - 17:20
Tags: froyo, General News, google, tcby
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The Country’s Best Yogurt is no stranger to frozen yogurt (Froyo) as it’s part of what makes up their delicious menu. Thus, they were only too tickled by the Android 2.2 (Froyo) rollout that is taking place across the world right now for many popular phones. Thinking of ways to make their appreciation known to [...]
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Apple ditched Skyhook and Google, rolled their own location database
July 30, 2010 - 03:17
Tags: Apple, apple vs google, google, iphone, location database, maps, News, skyhook
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TechCrunch went through the fine print and noticed that, with iOS 3.2 (iPhone 3.2 for iPad) Apple switched from using Skyhook and Google’s location database to using their own, home spun, solution.
When reached for comment, Skyhook wouldn’t specifically talk about their relationship with Apple, but they did say that “everyone who has [...]
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Google Owns 98.29% of Mobile Search Market
July 29, 2010 - 18:41
Tags: General News, google, Mobile Search, search
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All your mobile search are belong to Google. According to a recent report from Statcounter, Google commands 98.29 percent of the mobile search market while their next closest competitor, Yahoo, sits at .81 percent. Bing comes in third with .46 percent, the same as “other” combined search engines. It’s worth pointing out that Google’s mobile [...]
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Android to make Google obscenely rich(er)?
July 29, 2010 - 15:15
Tags: android, Eric Schmidt, General News, google, Money
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It appears Google is expecting to put a little extra coin in its pockets. In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Eric Schmidt said he thinks Android could bring in as much as $10 billion annually for Google, and based that estimate on the idea that Android could get to 1 billion users. [...]
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