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IT Trends :: Thursday, August 31, 2006

  • 08/30/06

Deals, Contracts, Awards

Microsoft and Facebook in Web Ad Deal

Microsoft becomes the sole provider of banner advertising and sponsored links on Facebook. The two companies began talks last week and expect the new ads to appear in early fall. This agreement comes on the heels of an earlier agreement whereby Google provides the same services to MySpace…

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Google: Free Wi-Fi for Our Hometown

If you live in Mountain View, California, there’ll soon be another reason to love Google. They’re giving the town free wireless Internet access. The rest of us, however, are disappointed that Google is stating so clearly that it is not going to hook up the rest of us for free. Similar Wi-Fi networks are under development in many other cities, including Philadelphia and Chicago, but most of those envision charging for Internet access…

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