Google and U.C. sign contract to digitize books
Google has added another partner to its controversial library-book scanning project–the University of California, which is also working with a team led by Yahoo, Microsoft and the Internet Archive.
Google will be scanning and digitizing millions of books from the University of California’s more than 100 libraries across its 10 campuses and making those titles fully [...]
Google signs $900m News Corp deal
Google is to provide search and advertising on MySpace.com and other websites owned by News Corporation’s Fox International Media.
The deal will see Google pay Fox at least $900m (£472m) provided certain web traffic targets are met.
However the agreement does not include FoxSports.com, which already has contracts with Microsoft and MSN.
Google said online community MySpace was [...]
Google to distribute MTV clips with ads
In a further reach for online video, Google Inc. will begin distributing clips from MTV Networks’ shows to other Web sites through its budding video service in a model that offers content creators a new source of distribution and revenue.
The deal announced Sunday will begin as a test later this month, offering 100 hours of [...]
Google quashes talk of expansion into music sales
Don’t look for Google to get into digital music sales anytime soon.
The Internet search giant used a keynote slot at the annual NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) conference to quash rumors of a so-called “Gtunes” store — much to the delight of retailers attending the confab.
“We are not going to be selling music,” Chris [...]
Google Expands Advertising Network Into XM Satellite Radio
Google-powered advertisements will soon surface on XM Satellite Radio, part of a quickly-broadening push into broadcast formats. Earlier this year, the search giant purchased dMarc Broadcasting, a technology firm that specializes in automated, radio-based advertising. The expansion builds upon the success of both Google AdWords and AdSense, which position contextually-relevant advertisements within search results and [...]
Google strikes advertising deal with XM Satellite
Google Inc. on Wednesday said it struck a deal with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to help the search engine’s advertisers automatically insert ads on XM’s nonmusic radio channels.
The deal would give Google advertisers a way to reach XM’s subscriber base of more than 7 million people as they tune in to talk-based offerings such [...]
Media heir wants ‘Airbus of the web’
Christoph Mohn, the heir to the Bertelsmann media empire, has called for Europe to create an Airbus of the internet, to compete with US giants such as Google and Ebay.
Mr Mohn, chief executive of Lycos Europe, said his online community and search company would introduce some products to the US market in the next 12 [...]
Google-porn site battle puts Internet freedoms in balance
Key Internet freedoms are under threat in a legal battle between online search leader Google and pornography publisher Perfect 10, a prominent Internet rights foundation said.
At issue in the landmark case being appealed to the San Francisco circuit court of appeals is whether Google infringed on copyrights by creating links to Perfect 10 pictures copied [...]
Google offers live traffic maps on cell phones
Google Inc. said on Tuesday that the company has begun offering mobile phone users in more than 30 major U.S. cities the capacity to view highway maps with “live” traffic data.
The Mountain View, California-based company said that Google Maps for Mobile would allow mobile phone users to chose a destination within Google Maps and select [...]
Digital Copyright Battle Puts Linking at Risk
EFF and Libraries Support Google Image Search Against Adult Website.
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of library organizations filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday supporting Google Image Search in a showdown over critical digital copyright issues.
Adult entertainment publisher Perfect 10 claims [...]
