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Friday, October 10, 2008
http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/10/10/google-and-yahoo-fight-with-the-feds/
Google and Yahoo have come to an agreement in which Yahoo has links and search ads to Google. This will help with the promotion of the Google as well as Yahoo. Anti-trust regulators got in the way in Washington and have been delaying the process for months. Washington claims that this merger would break several regulation rules, and have hired several lawyers and executives to work on the case. Apparently, the merger deal is breaking three major laws. First Google holds 70% share in the paid search market, and Yahoo holds 20%...so if the two companies merged it would be creating a monopoly. Second, Google would be paying Yahoo to exit the search arena, which is an illegal agreement. Third, they are performing illegal price fixing on their search offerings.
I think it is perfectly acceptable for the government to step in and regulate. Such large companies need monitoring and fine tuning especially when combining something as large as the search arena of Google and Yahoo.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Envisioning the Next Chapter for Electronic Books
Google has been working on a new project for several months now. They have started uploading all books and archives online. Soon it will hold all published works, available to the public. I think that advancements like this are wonderful. Upon the production of the iPod, everything has begun to go digital. The "Kindle" is the newest device that gives you access to all books available for an up front price of $400 to $500. For very avid readers this is a bargain considering all the books they have bought and will buy in their life. Technology is sweeping the nation with wonderful things, and as long as we don't forget our roots and remember to enjoy lifes simple pleasures then I think these new tools are amazing.
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