May 18, 2007

Clearing Up a Myth About L'Affaire Apple/Engadget

While I think Engadget is a great site, and Ryan has already stabbed himself enough in apologizing for his misstep in running as news a spoofed internal Apple email, he and others are still missing an important point on this...

Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi: Mine's Bigger Than Yours

Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi said on CNBC earlier today that aQantive serves up more ad impressions than soon-to-be Google's DoubleClick. I thought it was the reverse. Anyone have recent data?...

Me on CNBC Talking Eyeball Boom

I'm on CNBC tonight at 4pm talking about, to borrow Om's felicitous phrase, the eyeball boom (i.e., Microsoft/Aquantive, etc. etc.). I'll post a link here after the show....

Google / Feedburner?

If the rumor is true that Google is buying Feedburner, huge congrats to my friend Dick C., as well as to Brad. Great stuff, and it couldn't happen to two better guys.And if the rumor is not true, then ......

Microsoft's aQuantive Acquisition: Shut Up and Sing

That Seattle-based Aquantive was in play was one of the worst-kept supposed secrets in recent dealmaking history. It had been talked about for most of the year, and Google's DoubleClick deal had sealed the likelihood. What has surprised people, however,...