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RIM, India at Stalemate as Deadline Arrives

John Paczkowski in News on January 31, 2011 at 2:01 pm PT

Research In Motion has reached another impasse in its negotiations with the Indian government, and this one may not be as easily overcome as those that preceded it. Though New Delhi has been provided with access to RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service and BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), it continues to demand access to the company’s BlackBerry Enterprise Service–something RIM insists it is unable to provide.

Spotify's Daniel Ek Splashes Down at D: Dive Into Mobile

Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2010 at 1:58 pm PT

Next week, we’ll be putting on our first brand extension of the highly successful D: All Things Digital conference with D: Dive Into Mobile. And we’ve just added an exciting new speaker to the already top-drawer list: Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of Spotify. For those living under a rock, Ek leads one of the most exciting music services on the Web right now.

Wonderwall Goes Latino

Kara Swisher in News on October 16, 2010 at 12:46 am PT

Hola Sofia Vergara! In an interesting brand extension, the popular celebrity and entertainment site Wonderwall has launched a version aimed at the U.S. Hispanic market called Wonderwall Latino. The main Wonderwall site, which is a partnership between Hollywood production company BermanBraun and Microsoft’s MSN portal that launched in early 2009, now has 11.3 million unique users and 337 million page views a month.

Exclusive: MySpace and Google Zero in on Renewing "Realistic" Search Deal

Kara Swisher in News on September 16, 2010 at 1:45 am PT

After what started out as one of Web 2.0′s most frothy deals and soon became a contentious relationship, several sources said that Google and MySpace are moving close to signing a new agreement, in which the search giant would remain the provider of search and online advertising technology for the social networking site. But, said sources, this deal is a lot different from the one signed four years back, when the News Corp. unit was flying high and Google forked over $900 million in guaranteed payments to stave off a competitive effort from Microsoft.

Meet ExtensionFM, the Music Start-Up Google Should Buy

Peter Kafka in Media on August 27, 2010 at 8:32 am PT

You’re going to have to wait some time before you can use Google Music, because the service doesn’t exist yet. But if you want a sense of what it should look like, go play with ExtensionFM, an interesting start-up that plays off Google’s Chrome browser.

Google Blows Book Search Deal Deadline

John Paczkowski in News on November 9, 2009 at 2:36 pm PT

Google’s five-year-old copyright feud with the publishing industry will drag on a few days more now that the deadline for submitting a revised settlement proposal has been pushed back once again. Google and attorneys representing the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers were supposed to file the document today, but instead asked the judge overseeing the matter to give them until the end of the week.

New York Times to Boston Globe Bidders: Take Your Time!

Peter Kafka in Media on July 7, 2009 at 7:46 am PT

Stressed about making tomorrow morning’s deadline to submit a bid for the Boston Globe? No worries! The New York Times, which is selling the paper it bought in 1993, is telling prospective buyers to take their time. Goldman Sachs, which is running the auction for the Times, had originally told bidders to submit their offer by July 8. But as of last night, that deadline has been pushed back, with no new deadline to replace it.

MobileMea Culpa, Redux

John Paczkowski in News on August 19, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

If, as Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently said, the launch of MobileMe was not Apple’s finest hour, then what can be said of the more than 800 hours that followed? Because they haven’t exactly been Apple’s finest hours either. So, how about a “60-day extension to MobileMe subscriptions free of charge”?