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In a nod to the growing need to track mobile users for marketing purposes, Internet research firm comScore has acquired M:Metrics, a top provider of mobile user data, for $44.3 million in cash and 50,000 stock options. The deal extends comScore's measurement and research reach beyond the traditional...

Selling Facebook to Microsoft would not be the best way to fulfill its mission of enabling people to connect with one another, said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the social network. During the D6: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, Calif., Zuckerberg was asked whether he would consider...

Companies in the SMB market segment often don't have the expertise or financial resources to formulate and then implement formal business continuity and disaster recovery plans like larger enterprises. In a recent Aberdeen Benchmark Report, Business Continuity: Implementing Disaster Recovery Strateg...

The patchwork system of digital commerce laws adopted in recent years is showing signs of wear as Viacom's $1 billion suit against Google moves forward. Last year, Viacom filed its complaint in a U.S. District Court, alleging that Google owed it damages for purloined content that had made its way on...

Enterprise application integration services will emerge as the biggest opportunity in the Asia-Pacific IT marketplace, excluding Japan, between now and 2011, according to a forecast by Springboard Research. Defined as "the integration -- typically across varied platforms and applications -- of an en...

A group of Belgian newspapers that won a court ruling against Google last year over its practice of linking to their content is now asking a court to award up to $77 million in damages. Copiepresse reportedly asked a Brussels court to force Google to pay between $51.5 million and $77 million in dama...

Intel and Grameen Trust are joining forces in an effort to bridge the financial and digital divides separating many of the world's most wanting from basic services and economic opportunities. Joined via video link by Grameen Trust founder and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, Intel Chair...

The current and unavoidable recession that is impacting the United States, slowly affecting Canada and Mexico and spreading its wings toward the farthest corners of the world, is nothing to be either afraid of or surprised by. It is just one of those cycles that appears every decade or so. Some will...

The going is tough and the competition fierce, but opportunities are out there for small and medium-sized businesses looking to build businesses more global in scope than ever before. A lot rides on their choice and use of enterprise-wide applications -- software that supports core business function...

"Quit while you're ahead" is one nugget of conventional wisdom that few CEOs appear to heed, at least judging by the number of executives who have left companies at the behest of shareholders -- or, worse, regulators. Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin, however, appears to be an exception. Sarin, who has been ...

Microsoft believes it can grow the market for its Windows Mobile operating system by at least 50 percent in each of the next two years as the market for smartphones explodes globally. The software giant could sell as many as 20 million copies of Windows Mobile during the soon-to-end fiscal year, alm...

Borders officially cut its ties with Amazon.com on Tuesday, with the rollout of its long-planned solo e-commerce site. The book retailer announced last March that it would go it alone online after teaming with Amazon for six years. Borders is now striving to differentiate itself from its online comp...

Globalization, adoption of more open, capitalist economies in developing countries, and technological advances have made building a small or medium-sized business as tough as it's ever been. The potential rewards are substantial, however. Thanks to developments in the IT and telecommunications indus...

Globalization, adoption of more open, capitalist economies in developing countries, and technological advances have made building a small or medium-sized business as tough as it's ever been. The potential rewards are substantial, however. Thanks to developments in the IT and telecommunications indus...

Globalization, adoption of more open, capitalist economies in developing countries, and technological advances have made building a small or medium-sized business as tough as it's ever been. The potential rewards are substantial, however. Thanks to developments in the IT and telecommunications indus...