January 04, 2008 Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay current with the latest news and updates. Startup Plans WiFi Where Google Failed Plans for free wireless access for San Francisco could come to fruition if a startup called Meraki can do what Google and EarthLink could not: satisfy the local bureaucracy. The Free the Net project Meraki started in San Francisco has 40,000 people using its wireless service. By the end of 2008, they may have service throughout the city. EarthLink's woes and a combative local government confounded Google's efforts to unwire the City by the Bay. Meraki plans to accomplish their mesh network without City funds, according to the Wall Street Journal. Residents of San Francisco can obtain a small repeater box for free from Meraki; the box extends the mesh network. Meraki has taken an interesting approach to providing the wireless network for the city. They have categorized the build as a research & development expense, the Journal said. Read More... Click to Play Are You Ready For ChaCha? Today ChaCha launched a powerful new mobile initiative. The human-powered search engine’s service is called textChaCha. WebProNews Reporter Abby... Chris Sacca Dumps Google For Investing... The main person spearheading Google's WiFi efforts will jump from the Googleplex at the end of December. Valleywag should enjoy the... Read More... Google To Bid On Wireless Spectrum Speculation on Google's intent upon participating in the FCC's 700MHz wireless auction next year reached its terminus when the company... Read More... Apple Freed From Option Backdating... Apple received an early holiday present as its request for dismissal of a suit against CEO Steve Jobs and other company executives earned... Read More... ValueClick Flat On Q3 Profit The Federal Trade Commission has been looking into ValueClick's lead generation model, which likely contributed to weakness in that... Read More... Oracle Waves $6.66B At BEA Web middleware provider BEA has an all-cash offer on the table from Oracle for $6.66 billion, an acquisition that would put Oracle against... Read More... » See More Articles... Latest News Big Guys Put Squeeze On Search Ads Yahoo Plunks Down Cash For MyBlogLog DoubleClick Dumps Abacus At A Loss AOL & Yahoo: No Merger, No Cry Germans Bail From Quaero Partnership Fraud Could Rain On Holiday Parade Job Sites Poised For 2007 Boom Dreamweaver 8 Advises You On CSS Yahoo, Page Views, And The Next Metric YouTube Fans Love That CBS Content Financial Blog Talk Plaxo for Sale? Rumors seem like more than just rumors when theyre printed by the New York Times, dont they? Well heres one that you can judge for ... Ask and LookSmart Finally Sending Click... ...Settlement Letters! Both LookSmart and Ask have sent out click fraud settlement letters. The letters were sent for the class action suit... Do Venture Capitalists Fund a Company with... ...an Intent to Steal? There is an interesting article from Ask the VC. This is indeed a question most new entrepreneurs would ask... Sign Up For adCenter - Get $50 In Free* Clicks. More News WebVisible Sees Much Local Search Love The investments made by search companies into local search have been rewarded with extremely satisfied visitors, who become customers converting offline. Semel Upset By Media Critics At an "all-hands" meeting at Yahoo, CEO Terry Semel decried the shots being taken at his leadership at the company as coming from critics who are "full of sh*t." Yahoo Tweaks Bidding Information Yahoo's Search Marketing will make some changes to the information made available to its clients, as they announce alterations to the Manage Bids pages during... Diller Not Buying This Bubble Barry Diller, the head of IAC/InterActiveCorp, thinks the market for Internet companies is priced well above what they are truly worth. InternetFinancialNews is an iEntry, Inc. ® publication © 1998-2008 All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Legal - Sitemap - Contact Us - RSS Feeds - Newsletter Signup