I always though about this, and never knew the answer to the question until now. This is what surprised me the most:
I have heard that it can take a new engineer at Google anywhere from 3-6 months to become accustomed to using these tools and services.
It requires lot of cash to have a developer at [...]
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Why Google Slows Down Acquired Companies
Google Ad Manager lauches, OpenX says you should worry!
After the DoubleClick purchase was approved Google did not waste any time to release their new Ad Manager, that allows publishers to sell and manage their own ads:
Directed at addressing the ad management and serving needs of publishers with smaller sales teams, Google Ad Manager is a free, hosted ad and inventory management tool that [...]
Microsoft To Play Nice With Open-Source?
The words Microsoft and Open Source usually leave a bad taste in my mouth after I say them in the same sentence. Hopefully that will change with Ray Ozzie’s new Microsoft pledge:
Microsoft is providing a covenant not to sue open source developers for development or non-commercial distribution of implementations of these protocols. These developers will [...]
Google Comments on the M$ bid for Yahoo!
Karen, from the official Google blog on the implications of the Microsoft-Yahoo! purchase:
Could the acquisition of Yahoo! allow Microsoft — despite its legacy of serious legal and regulatory offenses — to extend unfair practices from browsers and operating systems to the Internet? In addition, Microsoft plus Yahoo! equals an overwhelming share of instant messaging and [...]