Clint Boulton

AOL Nov. 19 began showing video ticker ads for video content shown over the Internet, the latest alternative to pre-roll online ads that put off impatient consumers. Developed with the help of the TickerBoy technology from PointRoll, AOLs video ticker ad is a graphics banner ad integrated within a streaming video. AOLs video ticker ad […]

AOL began showing video ticker ads for video content shown over the Internet on Nov. 19, the latest alternative to pre-roll online ads that put off impatient consumers. Developed with the help of the TickerBoy technology from PointRoll, AOLs video ticker ad is a graphic banner ad integrated within a streaming video. AOLs video ticker […]

Paglo, a startup with designs on carving its own niche in the enterprise search market, is testing a search engine designed to help IT personnel keep abreast of their companies computer, network and security systems. The platform, launching Nov. 19, lets users find out such details as whether their machines have the latest security patches […]

AT&T agreed, Nov. 19, to acquire pay-per-call search provider Ingenio for an undisclosed sum, a move that bolsters its directory service and local search advertising offerings. Ingenio offers Pay Per Call, a pay-for-performance advertising service that lets advertisers pay based on phone calls to their businesses rather than on Web site clicks. Like sponsored links […]

Google has added another weapon to its arsenal to help programmers move data from the productivity applications of Microsoft and others. Launched Nov. 15, the Google Apps Email Migration API is an application programming interface that lets software developers create tools that can move e-mail from any data source to Google Apps Premier, Education or […]

Google is testing its own wireless network to prepare for the Federal Communication Commission’s 700 MHz spectrum auction in January, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Using a test license from the FCC, the search company is running mobile phones with its Android software on the network. The idea […]

With content providers struggling to bring Web material to handheld devices, Bango debuted software Nov. 15 that allows anyone using a social networking site or blog to push content out to mobile phone users with a click of the “Bango Button.” The Bango Button lets content providers launch music files, photos and other media from […]

Nothing like hearing the soothing tones of a presidential hopeful to comfort your masses. Google employees were treated to a chat by Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday in the cafeteria at the search giant’s Mountain View, Calif., home base, according to a Reuters report. The report made a point of portraying both Obama and Google as […]

A Google investment in Clearwire could fortify the search companys quest to reach more users through their mobile devices. If Google can help Clearwire build out its wireless network, Google could sell consumers mobile applications and services rich with targeted, contextual and localized ads, analysts agreed. Since announcing its Android mobile software stack Nov. 5, […]

Capgemini didnt take long to leverage its deal with Google, announcing Nov. 14 its first enterprise deployment of Google Apps at its new Customer Care & Intelligence center in Junction City, Kan. Some 165 agents and supervisors at the contact center are using GAPE (Google Apps Premier Edition), which includes Google Docs word processing software, […]