Guy's Economics and the Internet Blog: April 2009

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Deal, no deal

Google-Twitter?

A story in the ECommerceTimes says that Google is close to making a bid for Twitter - at a cost of around $250 million - see Richard Adhikari, Loud Whispers Hint at Google-Twitter Deal 3rd April 2009.

IBM not buying Sun Microsystems after all

The New York Times reports that IBM has withdrawn its offer to pay $7 billion to takeover Sun Microsystems - see Steve Lohr and Ashlee Vance, IBM withdraws $7 billion offer for Sun 6th April 2009.

Some recent numbers

Spam

A recent Microsoft security report indicated that more than 97% of all e-mails sent are unwanted (spam) - see
Darren Waters, Spam overwhelms e-mail messages. 8th April 2008.

Facebook

There are now over 200 million Facebook users worldwide - see Barabara Ortutay, Facebook Nation Tops 200 Million 9th April 2009.

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Deal, no deal

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