Google, Facebook rivalry to heat up in 2012

	Holiday online spending up 15% to $35.3B, comScore says | Google, Microsoft each seek search 'game changer'
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	Google, Facebook rivalry to heat up in 2012 As Google works to make its Google+ social network a major competitor to market leader Facebook, the battle between the two could reach a critical point in 2012, analysts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Government at Carahsoft Adobe ColdFusion 9 Server Lockdown Guide This guide describes how server administrators can improve the security of their ColdFusion server. Learn more In this Issue Holiday online spending up 15% to $35.3B, comScore says Google, Microsoft each seek search 'game changer' Google to pay Mozilla $300M yearly in new search deal, says report EBay buys BillSafe for 'purchase-on-invoice' technology Microsoft bails from CES tech trade show after '12 Stanford professor files net neutrality complaint against Verizon Wireless WHITE PAPER: IBM Business Analytics: Pushing Toward Relevance Although business analytics and business intelligence tools are becoming ubiquitous, they frequently remain underutilized. Part of the challenge is the disconnect between the IT teams deploying these tools and the business users who are supposed to be using them. Learn More Holiday online spending up 15% to $35.3B, comScore says Online spending for the most recent holiday season in the U.S. was 15% higher than last year, rising to $35.3 billion, according to preliminary figures released by comScore. Read More Google, Microsoft each seek search 'game changer' While Google and Microsoft waged trench warfare in the search business this year, both are hoping to come up with a market game changer for 2012. Read More Google to pay Mozilla $300M yearly in new search deal, says report Google promised to pay Mozilla almost $300 million annually to keep its search engine as the default in Firefox, according to a report today on AllThingsD, a blog operated by the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Meeting Network Video Delivery Requirements Businesses are increasingly relying on video to inform, educate and inspire, but video can overwhelm even the most robust networks. Video optimization ensures your infrastructure is able to support all multimedia demands by offloading media servers and delivering a high-quality user experience. Read now! EBay buys BillSafe for 'purchase-on-invoice' technology EBay has purchased German vendor BillSafe to complement its PayPal online payment system, the company announced. Terms were not disclosed. Read More Microsoft bails from CES tech trade show after '12 Microsoft announced that next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will its last as an exhibitor. Read More Stanford professor files net neutrality complaint against Verizon Wireless The FCC should investigate Verizon Wireless for allegedly blocking Google Wallet on a new smartphone available to the carrier's customers, a law professor has said. Read More
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