Kenneth Corbin

Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor who made so much trouble for Yahoo last year, has spoken out in favor of a deal with Microsoft, which reportedly could be announced as early as this week. “I’ve been a strong advocate of getting a search deal done with Microsoft,” Icahn told Reuters. “It would enhance value if […]

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing in Washington lately over the exclusivity deals wireless carriers sign with device manufacturers. Lawmakers have been holding hearings on the subject, and a number of smaller carriers and advocacy groups have been asking the Federal Communications Commission to enact regulation to curb the arrangements. Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest […]

Upscale jeweler Tiffany had its day in court yesterday, leaning on an appeals judge to overturn a ruling that cleared eBay in a spat over trademark infringement. By some accounts, Judge Robert Sack of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t seem wholly sympathetic to Tiffany’s argument that eBay doesn’t do enough to keep counterfeit […]

Could they finally pull the trigger? After a tortured year-and-a-half of stop-start negotiations, Microsoft and Yahoo could be getting close to signing a deal to partner in online advertising. Or not. That’s the gist of an unconfirmed story from the All Things Digital blog, which, citing unnamed sources, reports that a gaggle of Microsoft (NASDAQ: […]

Google today reported its earnings for the second quarter, turning in a solid performance that slightly topped analysts’ expectations. Total revenues for the quarter checked in at $5.52 billion, up 3 percent from the year-earlier period and ahead of the $5.49 billion analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had been expecting. Net income for the period […]

Social networking giant Facebook has rolled out a new set of ad-targeting technologies to better help developers monetize their applications and expanded its virtual currency program across the Facebook Platform. The news comes amid another mile marker for the company, which on Wednesday triumphantly announced that it had signed up its 250 millionth user. “The […]

We’re almost there. The two nominees to the Federal Communication Commission who have yet to secure confirmation appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee today, a hearing that offered no indication that either Democrat Mignon Clyburn or Republican Meredith Baker will have any difficulty winning approval either from the committee or the full Senate. Instead, much […]

In case anyone was curious just how much the economic downturn has been on people’s minds, the Pew Internet Project is on the case. Pew today released a report finding that more than two-thirds of all American adults have taken to the Web for information or advice about the recession. That amounts to 88 percent […]

If it works for the smartphone, why not the TV? Verizon today unveiled its vision for syncing the Web up with its FiOS TV service, complete with the type of app marketplace that has transformed devices like Apple’s iPhone into everything from a simulation of a beer stein to a glucose meter. The new Widget […]

After Congress set aside $7.2 billion for broadband projects in the stimulus package, Internet advocates heralded the bill as a welcome first step for bringing the country’s digital communications infrastructure up to speed. But only a first step. Count among those Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, who this morning […]

Facebook has confirmed it is moving ahead with the next stage of its deal with Digital Sky Technologies (DST), a Russian investment firm that first bought into the world’s biggest social network in May. Under the new deal, DST is offering to buy up to $100 million of common stock from Facebook employees at a […]