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Can YouTube's quest for alternate revenue streams succeed?

With Ad revenues falling, content owners are looking to develop alternate revenue streams more closely tied to their users' online behaviour. In a slowing worldwide economy, these initiatives are key to their survival until growth returns to the market. YouTube exemplifies the challenges that the sector as a whole faces in the coming months.

Michelle Wong, 26 April 2009

FriendFeed tries to change the face of social networking

A new generation of social networking sites, led by FriendFeed, is trying to challenge the model of social networking companies such as MySpace and Facebook. The new service started by the creators of Google Maps and Gmail, claims that it is at the heart of an anarchic counter movement of... More »

19 September 2008

Google invests in Satellite-based Broadband service for Africa

Google is investing in a service to bring internet access to 3bn people in Africa and other emerging markets by launching at least 16 satellites to provide services to the unconnected half of the globe. The company has teamed up with John Malone, the cable television magnate, and HSBC to set... More »

10 September 2008

Google planning to launch Translation Centre

Google is preparing to launch Google Translation Center, a new translation tool for freelance and professional translators. The new service has broad implications for the translation industry, which is still very fragmented and technologically un-sophisticated. More »

02 September 2008

Google launches Browser to compete against Microsoft

Google has announced plans to release a new browser to compete with Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox. This comes shortly after Microsoft released a beta version of Internet Explorer 8, which makes it easier to block ads from Google and others. A beta version of the Google... More »

02 September 2008

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