+ IAC Renews Ad Deal: $3.5 Billion Deal With Google For Sponsored Listings (via Dow Jones)
Ask.com* also has its own sponsored listing, pay-per-click, service named Ask Sponsored Listings.
UPDATE: IAC and Google Sign Multi-Year Deal
It’s a Five Year Deal

* Gary is Director of Online Information Resources at Ask.com

+ Google unveils cell phone software and alliance

Thirty-four companies have said they will join the Open Handset Alliance, a multinational alliance that will work on developing applications on the Android platform. Members of the alliance include mobile handset makers HTC and Motorola, U.S. operator T-Mobile, and chipmaker Qualcomm.

The Android platform consists of an operating system, middleware, a user-friendly interface, and applications. Consumers should expect the first phones based on Android to be available in the second half of 2008, Google said in a press release.

See Also: Google’s Android Arrives: Not Gphone But An Open Source Mobile Phone Platform
See Also: Official News Release

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