Companies have been scrambling to throw down billions of dollars to buy up patent portfolios. One expert warns the purchases reflect a market distortion while the impending Kodak sale suggests a… Read more »
The 650 patents that Facebook acquired from Microsoft (s msft) are “web-related” said a source with knowledge of the deal and listed some specific examples. The source said the portfolio includes… Read more »
Facebook announced today that it will pay $550 million for the right to 650 patents and patent applications from Microsoft. Microsoft acquired those patents and hundreds of others in a deal… Read more »
TechCrunch, the long-time darling of the digerati, is smashed to bits and all of AOL’s horses and men will be hard-pressed to put it togethe… Read more »
The White House announced major privacy initiatives this week amidst a growing hubbub over how technology companies use consumers’ personal… Read more »
AOL (NYSE: AOL) has hired a new Chief Content Officer in its latest attempt to reboot Patch, the network of hundreds of sites that offer “hy… Read more »
Well, that was predictable. The chance to buy a “.xxx” domain is now open to the public and already someone appears to have used the opportu… Read more »
The Huffington Post not only poached the Gray Lady’s popular “Motherlode” columnist, it also had the chutzpah to name the upstart blog “Pare… Read more »
Arianna Huffington’s current legal battle over the rights to the idea for the Huffington Post isn’t her first encounter with the court syste… Read more »