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We’re not sure what exactly investors are expecting to hear from Yahoo! Inc. CEO Jerry Yang following his 100th day in office next month, though we doubt anyone expects him to come up with something that would make us forget about Google Inc. Seeking to defuse speculation that some big announcement with streamers and confetti is being planned, “people familiar...

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Facebook Inc.'s new public search feature is surely prompting the many startups that specialize in people search to huddle with their venture backers to figure out whether the social network's move is a death sentence, or the best thing that could happen to them. On its way to becoming an operating system for social networking, Facebook is letting standard search engines, including Google...

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When Tech Confidential spoke with BlueLithium Inc. CEO Gurbaksh Chahal in May, he acknowledged receiving feelers from potential buyers, but said the behavioral advertising firm was focused on an IPO in early 2008. Whether that was a subtle negotiating ploy or the company’s actual strategy is uncertain, but BlueLithium is now a part of Yahoo! Inc. after it was...

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VCs have found another reason to gripe about Google Inc. Not only is the search giant diverting talent from VC-backed startups, but it's starting to compete with private investors for deals. BusinessWeek reports that Google has begun making small investments, of $500,000 or less, in promising young companies and then, in some cases, turning around and acquiring them on...

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After getting blindsided in the Internet search business, especially by Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc. is making sure it’s a force to be reckoned with on the next frontier of search — mobile devices. The Internet media giant snapped up mobile marketing firm Actionality Inc. for an undisclosed amount. A Yahoo! spokesperson tells Tech Confidential that the acquisition is "continuing...

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Though it continues to trail search leader Baidu.com Inc. in China, Google Inc. has shown it will continue to invest in the country in an effort to tap into the gazillions of Chinese who use the Internet or eventually will. In January, it reportedly invested $5 million in Chinese video and game download firm Xunlei Network Technology Ltd. and...

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Attention former tech executives. Would you like to parlay your leaderships skills into new ventures? Love spending quality time with board members on a weekly basis? Enjoy making a difference? Or maybe just $100 million? If so, the private equity world wants you! It's no secret the private equity world is drawing from the ranks of top CEOs in...

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Anyone worried about competition in the online ad space in the wake of Google Inc.'s pending $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. need only look at the rampant consolidation in the sector to feel better. That's the message conveyed by Google policy counsel Pablo Chavez in a recent blog posting. Seems the spin is in full swing ahead of...

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Much of the news surrounding Yahoo! Inc. of late has not been very flattering. Its recent management shakeup that saw Terry Semel replaced by Jerry Yang has done little to appease an increasingly frustrated shareholder base, and its recent earnings report provided little solace as well. But news that Chinese e-commerce Web site Alibaba.com Corp. is moving closer to an...

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Yahoo! Inc. executives spoke with a sense of urgency during Tuesday's earnings announcement about the need to turn things around at the beleaguered Internet media company; nevertheless, expect the cries for a sale of the company to increase if no visible progress is made soon. By replacing CEO Terry Semel with Jerry Yang and promoting Susan Decker to company...

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