3 posts and columns on Steve Berkowitz

Realtor.com Puts House-Hunting iPad App on the Market for Free!

in Commerce on April 25, 2011 at 4:47 pm PT

The next turf war for the real estate information sites has shifted from the Web to mobile devices. Realtor.com, which is the largest in the highly fragmented market, has launched an iPad application catching up with two of its closest rivals, Trulia and Zillow.

WWMD: What Will Microsoft Do?

in News on February 11, 2008 at 4:37 am PT

Well, I can tell you what Microsoft might do if it ever got Yahoo to stop snubbing its efforts to acquire the troubled Internet portal. According to numerous sources familiar with Microsoft’s thinking whom I have been talking to this past week, quite a lot–from creating a single search index to forming one common ad platform to running the place with longtime Microsoft execs at the helm. So let’s just ignore for now the latest wrinkle in this obviously dysfunctional relationship between Yahoo and Microsoft–which is beginning to remind me of that bizarre Charlie Brown, Lucy Van Pelt and football situation.

The Algorithm With the Lead Pipe in the Lounge

in News on January 10, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Barry Diller may have managed to turn Fox into a legitimate fourth major broadcast network. But he hasn’t had much luck doing the same thing with Ask.com in search. Despite Diller’s best efforts, Ask’s share of the search market dropped to 4.6% in November from 5% in November 2006, according to comScore. “We have certainly [...]