Google’s Schmidt at Senate Antitrust Hearing: Eric “Gets It!”

Google faces the antitrust music in Washington, D.C.
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QOTD: Microsoft Was Called a “Monopoly” Once, Too …

AOL and MySpace were called “gatekeepers” once too…

Excerpt from Google’s viewer’s guide to the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee’s hearing into its dominance of Internet search

Electronic Arts Becomes Second-Largest Social Games Company After Zynga

Zynga easily tops the social games charts, but Electronic Arts is slowly creeping up behind the highflier with a combination of acquisitions and launching games based on well-known brands.
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An Inside Look at EA’s Social Games Business as Zynga’s IPO Awaits

As part of Electronic Arts’ first-quarter earnings report today, it shed some light on the company’s social games business, which is both up and down at the same time.
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Electronic Arts Regains Major League Baseball License For Facebook Game

World Series Superstars, the first official Major League Baseball game on Facebook, was published today by Electronic Arts, which is increasing its efforts to bring branded titles to the Facebook platform.

Bing Launches New "Price Predictors" Travel Feature

Microsoft’s Bing has launched a new way to search among billions of airfares much faster, while Google’s $700 million acquisition of ITA Software continues to be reviewed by antitrust regulators.

Electronic Arts Focuses on Digital Strategy as Earnings Beat Expectations for Fourth Straight Quarter

Electronic Arts’ stock is up after reporting solid earnings for the third quarter. Now the company is turning its attention to digital games, which generated just 15 percent of overall revenues.

Verizon Wireless Touts 4G Network, Shows Off Devices

Verizon showed off 10 devices coming in the first half of the year and said it will cover another 140 cities with the high-speed network by year’s end.

The Social Web's Big New Theme for 2011: Multiple Identities for Everyone!

Even as Facebook extended its dominance in 2010 to the point where it seems to have a social Web monopoly, it was a landmark year for social network competition. Where in the past, tech industry watchers derided new start-ups for launching “yet another social network,” an increasing number of users seem to be constructing multiple online presences that utilize the strengths of various platforms and networks.

Windows Phone 7: There’s an App for Some of That

How many Windows Phone 7 apps will be available when the first devices running the OS ship? Microsoft refuses to say, but I’m told it will be plenty. Or, as one exec told me, “enough.”