Industry News

Yahoo! to stream presidential debate
Yahoo! is set to host the first online-only presidential debate for the 2008 electoral campaign.

Google signs deal with Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Broadband and Telephone Services (B&TS) and search engine provider Google have just announced plans to work together to bring web-based services to Airtel's broadband community.

Yahoo! India MD departs
The managing director of search engine giant Yahoo! India George Zacharias has resigned to pursue entrepreneurial interests.

Google becomes a licensee of the OIN
Google has announced that it has become a licensee of the Open Invention Network (OIN).

Yahoo! proves popular in Japan
Yahoo! was the most popular internet property in Japan in June, according to research conducted by comScore.

Search engine to look for billions of names
Spock.com, a US internet firm, is in the process of developing an internet search engine that may eventually track down the names of six billion people across the world.

NMPA to join YouTube trial
The National Musical Publishers' Association (NMPA), a major body in the US music industry, has joined the case to sue YouTube.

Google News to allow people to comment
Google News is set to add a feature which will allow the people covered in its stories to add their own comments to the news page.

Phone company launches Yahoo! Messenger
Mobile media company 3 has announced it is launching the Yahoo! messenger service on its phones from this week.

Google turns down black background
Google has rejected the idea of providing a black background to its search homepage in order to reduce the energy used by computer monitors.