Kenneth Corbin

In advance of a major reorganization at IAC/InterActive Corp., Ask.com has announced a shakeup of its top executives. Jim Safka, the former CEO of Match.com, will take the helm as the new CEO of Ask, IAC’s Internet search property. He will replace Jim Lanzone, who joined Ask in 2001. Lanzone is leaving to take a […]

The Hollywood writers may still be on strike, but no matter — TV’s not the only game in town anymore. New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project identified 2007 as a year of explosive growth for Internet video, with far more Americans tuning in to sites like YouTube to view and share […]

Yahoo on Wednesday announced a partnership with Belo Corp., a media group that will deliver exclusive video content from its television Web sites to Yahoo News. Under the agreement, Belo will provide local news clips in 13 of the 15 markets where it operates television stations. They are all large or mid-sized cities, mostly spread […]

Filling in two of the last major gaps in the drive toward easing the exchange of data across the social Web, Google and Facebook have announced their support of the DataPortability Workgroup. Also joining the group is the online address service Plaxo. The announcement could defuse talk of the emerging rivalry between Google and Facebook […]

Online media firm Zango is firing back after a highly publicized security warning charged it with illicitly propagating adware through a rapidly spreading Facebook widget. Zango executives told InternetNews.com that security researchers at Fortinet, who initially identified the now-infamous “Secret Crush” widget and labeled it as spyware, were mistaken in blaming it on Zango. “Fortinet’s […]

Microsoft announced today that it would acquire Fast Search & Transfer, a Norwegian enterprise search company, for about $1.2 billion in cash. The purchase price is based on a $3.5 per-share valuation of FAST’s stock, 42 percent higher than its closing price of Jan. 4th. The purchase could add more muscle to Microsoft’s maneuvering against […]

Yahoo may not be an Internet Goliath of the order that can be found in Mountain View, Calif., but CEO Jerry Yang isn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. After spending the first half of his keynote address at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on the open mobile initiatives announced today, […]

As it attempts to regroup from a sobering year — when it became all too clear that Google is winning the race in Web search and advertising — Yahoo is now diving headlong into the mobile sector. In advance of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang’s keynote address today at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) […]

Declaring that Internet search is currently broken, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is trying to fix it. And he wants your help. After several months of development and acquisitions to assemble the infrastructure needed to build a viable search engine, Wikia Search service goes live today. Wikia Search is a product of Wikia Inc., a for-profit […]

Researchers at security firm Fortinet have discovered a malicious application spreading rapidly across Facebook, prompting users to install adware from Zango, an online media company that promotes free downloads of games and ringtones. Zango is also a notorious malware distributor that has run into trouble with regulators over its practices. The widget first appeared under […]

ChaCha, the human-powered search engine, is now applying its “search+brainpower” motto to the cell phone. Through its mobile answers service launched today, users can submit a question by texting 242242 (“ChaCha” spelled on a phone keypad), and a ChaCha guide will text back with an answer within minutes, accompanied by a URL to the site […]

Plenty of businesses are trying to build an online community of loyal users around their brands. But the one in place by Sears Holding Company (SHC), called “My SHC Community,” is building some opposition, too. The site offers members discounts, products previews and interactive services, such as a budget planner. The only catch is, membership […]