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The European Union (EU) has approved funding worth €120m (£80m) for a German search engine project to be developed by firms including Bertelsmann, Siemens and Deutsche Thomson.
The Theseus project aims to develop the world's most advanced multimedia search engine, creating a set of tools for indexing images, sound and text.
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by Graham Charlton
20 July 2007 13:46pm
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Social networking site Facebook has made the first acquisition in its three year history – a small start-up called Parakey whose software is still in development.
The purchase looks set to boost its recently launched open source strategy – Parakey is run by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt, two techies best known for helping to create the Firefox web browser.
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by Richard Maven
20 July 2007 11:22am
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Mobile customers are "profoundly dissatisfied" by m-commerce sites that don't allow them to make purchases, according to a new survey.
The report, by Strategy Analytics, found mobile users didn't like being limited to research and pre-purchase evaluation and considered m-commerce sites to be vastly inferior to their fixed internet counterparts.
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by Graham Charlton
20 July 2007 10:55am
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European photo sharing and printing website Photobox has raised €10m (£6.7m) in financing led by HarbourVest Partners.
Index Ventures and Highland Capital Partners also participated in the funding round, which the company will use to launch new sites and products, as well as expanding its current capacity.
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by Graham Charlton
20 July 2007 10:42am
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Online payment processor Neteller has struck a deal with US authorities that will see the firm forfeit $136m (£66m) to avoid a prosecution related to its handling of online gambling proceeds.
The two founders of Neteller, Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre, were charged with conspiracy back in January as it was being used by US citizens to place bets through foreign-based internet gambling sites.
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by Graham Charlton
19 July 2007 15:38pm
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Internet news blog TechCrunch has announced it has bought InviteShare; an app that makes it possible for users to share invitations to private betas.
The idea behind the service, which only launched last month, is very simple - users register for the beta invites they want and share spare ones with others.
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by Graham Charlton
19 July 2007 15:02pm
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Children's TV network Nickelodeon is to increase its investment in online games for kids - what is fast becoming a valuable market online.
The firm says it will invest $100m (£49m) over the next two years in improving and adding to its current online offering, including new subscription services, multiplayer games and virtual worlds.
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by Graham Charlton
19 July 2007 13:16pm
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eBay has announced its second quarter results today, with net profits rising by 50%. Revenue for the auction site was up 26%, though the number of new listings fell by 6%.
The company's net income for Q2 rose to $376m (£185m) while eBay said that profits for the whole of 2007 are set to reach $7.45bn (£3.75bn).
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by Graham Charlton
19 July 2007 11:11am
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Google has continued its assault on traditional ad distribution by opening up its Print Ads service in the US.
The move, following trials of the system with a limited number of advertisers and publishers, will see Google brokering space in more than 225 newspapers.
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by Richard Maven
19 July 2007 09:51am
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Submitting your site to a range of blog and RSS subscription directories can be a great way to increase visibility, but there are some mistakes to avoid.
Jeff Behrendt at Search Engine Journal has written a very useful post that lists some of the common mistakes blogs make when submitting links to directories.
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by Graham Charlton
18 July 2007 13:34pm
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