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Google to Announce Wireless Plans in Two Weeks...Maybe

According to other blogs, Google already has a deal with T-Mobile in the works. See www.newsvisual.com/new... . I'm curious as to their new phone. The iPhone was successful but Apple makes computers. Google makes money through online ads, do they really think they can crack the telecommunications industry?

Google to Distribute YouTube Ads; Shares Top $600

NewsVisual created an interesting map demonstrating the experience of the board of directors at Google www.newsvisual.com/new... . The management experience is pretty impressive.

Google/Microsoft Testimony: Neither Side Seems Honest

Doesn't it seem strange that Microsoft is calling monopoly foul even after it tried to buy Doubleclick itself? This is just another battle in the Microsoft-Google-Yahoo... war. Microsoft and Yahoo! want to regain some of the online ad market they lost. The WSJ even reported earlier that Microsoft has been quietly pressuring ad firms, Time Warner, and AT&T to not support this deal. NewsVisual created some interesting maps www.newsvisual.com/new... of the ties Microsoft has to Time Warner and AT&T, which they could have used to pressure the two companies. The earlier WSJ article is also in the link.

Google-Doubleclick Deal Faces Congressional Scrutiny

This whole situation seems a bit strange to me for 2 reasons: first, this is Microsoft complaining about a possible monopoly, and second, Microsoft tried to buy Doubleclick. Basically, this is just part of the wider war that Microsoft (and Yahoo!) are in with Google. The WSJ even reported earlier that Microsoft tried to use backroom ties to pressure ad firms, Time Warner, and AT&T to not support this deal. Here's the WSJ article and some interesting maps from NewsVisual showing the ties Microsoft has to Time Warner and AT&T which they probably used to pressure them www.newsvisual.com/new... . Microsoft's ultimate goal is to regain some of the online ad market.