Yahoo Earnings Preview: Display Revs Yay!?! (Search Not-So-Yay)

Will Yahoo’s revenue growth drought finally end this quarter? We’ll see tomorrow when Yahoo reports its first-quarter earnings, after the markets close. As usual, investors will be looking for some sign that the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s lackluster revenue results have improved in CEO Carol Bartz’s over-promised but still under-delivered turnaround effort.

Mobilized Gets Hands-On With Google’s Honeycomb (Video)

Following its big reveal of Honeycomb on Wednesday, we had a chance to see the new tablet version of Android in action. In a video, Google shows off new features, such as improved notifications and 3-D graphics.

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Twitter Testing Self-Serve Ads for Launch This Year [UPDATED]

Twitter wants to replicate Google’s and Facebook’s advertising success, and in order to do that it will have to have a self-service ad platform, just like the big guys. It’s now testing out the service, which it wants to launch later this year, and MediaPost has a lengthy preview. Takeaways: The platform is designed to sell Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts; buyers can use both search keywords and users’ interests to target the ads.

Google Time! Here's What to Look for During Earnings

Time to take the pulse of the Web ad business, courtesy of Google’s quarterly report. No surprise: Wall Street thinks it’s going to be very good!

Microsoft and HP Show Off the Fruits of Their Partnership

One year later, it’s time to see what the world’s biggest software company and the world’s biggest IT company could do with $250 million and a year to collaborate on cloud products.

Hulu Rolls Out a Highlights Show–”The Morning After"

Miss last night’s Golden Globes? Hulu has a summary, along with everything else you missed on TV last night. But maybe you’re better off reading about it.

DocVerse–Now Google Cloud Connect–Head Shan Sinha Talks About Web-Based Biz Apps

Shan Sinha headed the start-up DocVerse, which was acquired by Google in March for a reported $25 million to $30 million. Since then, he’s has been ferreting away on scaling up DocVerse’s product, which allows users of Microsoft Office documents to collaborate in real time on the Web, for the search giant. Its new name: Google Cloud Connect.

Viral Video: "Battle: Los Angeles"

This movie looks like a special-effects doozy. In “Battle: Los Angeles,” like all in this genre, the aliens want to kill us. With lots of explosions, natch. Here’s the noisy preview, in which it is not looking good for the human race.

Photo-Sharing App Picplz Gets a Makeover

The social mobile photo app for iPhone is adding the ability to see live previews of photo filters, along with various performance improvements. In an interview, Picplz’s creator said the changes are all about making the program even more fun.

Head Of Microsoft's Servers And Business Unit Leaving This Summer

Bob Muglia’s departure comes on the same day that Microsoft is previewing a new version of Dynamics.

Viral Video: More "Tron: Legacy"

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