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Google Sites, Fueled by YouTube.com, Account for More than Half of All Video Viewing in the Market

Hong Kong, May 26, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released its March 2010 rankings of the top video properties in Hong Kong based on data from its comScore Video Metrix service.

The report found that 88.5 percent of Hong Kong’s Internet population viewed video online in March, with visitors averaging more than 10 hours of video viewing per person during the month.

Tokyo, Japan and Mountain View, Calif. (May 20, 2010) – Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced an alliance to provide a range of new and rich entertainment experiences that combine Google’s open-source Android OS platform with Sony’s expertise in technology and product design. The two companies are exploring the joint development of compelling new Android-based hardware products for the home, mobile and personal product categories

DISH Network, Best Buy, Adobe to Support Bringing Devices to Market

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (May 20, 2010) – Today at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco, leading industry players announced the development of Google TV – an open platform that adds the power of the web to the television viewing experience, ushering in a new category of devices for the living room. Intel, Sony, and Logitech, together with Best Buy, DISH Network and Adobe, joined Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) on stage to announce their support for Google TV.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (20 May, 2010) - Today at its annual I/O Developer Conference in San Francisco, Google announced Android 2.2. Codenamed Froyo (short for Frozen Yogurt), it is the latest update to the first open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices.

Android 2.2 offers valuable new features for consumers, including portable hotspot functionality, support for Adobe Flash within the Android Browser, and improvements to Android Market.

Google Announces New Development Tools and Opportunities to More Than 5,000 Attendees at Annual Developer Conference

SAN FRANCISCO (May 19, 2010) – Today Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) opens I/O 2010, its largest developer conference of the year. The event, which sold out 10 weeks in advance, is being held May 19 and 20 at Moscone West in San Francisco.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (17 May, 2010) - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Global IP Solutions (GIPS) Holding AB (publ) (OSE:GIPS) today announced that they have entered into a transaction agreement under which Google Acquisition Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, will make a recommended voluntary public cash offer to acquire all the issued and to be issued shares of GIPS for NOK 13.0 (USD 2.12) in cash per share, or an aggregate price of approximately NOK 421 million (USD 68.2 million) based on the currently issued and outstanding share capital of GIPS.

New Version Released for iPhone and iPod Touch

March 23, 2010 -- WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Ad-ology Research announced their popular Marketing Forecast app is now available for Android-powered mobile devices. Marketing Forecast provides industry research, news and trends for advertisers and marketers.

The latest version for iPhone and Android includes a new small business section, social media sharing functions and more content for all marketers.

March 19, 2009 -- A recent post on the official Google blog provides a fairly comprehensive look at Google's view of trends in display advertising, particularly focused on DoubleClick integration, ad serving, and rich media. Here are a few excerpts:

"The best display ads today are often like mini-websites with complex animations, stunning graphics or videos, interactive and social elements. As technology enables better ways of matching ads, they're becoming more relevant to the audience that views them and the website that hosts them."

Raises $2.2 Million from Foundry Group and Angel Investors to Boost Search Ad Results in Google and Yahoo

March 18, 2010 -- BOULDER, Colo. -- Trada commercially launched today the first online marketplace allowing small and medium businesses and agencies to leverage the skills of hundreds of paid search experts, who in turn earn money by generating low-cost clicks and conversions for advertisers.

Trada entered private beta in January 2009 and has more than 70 advertisers and 280 experts to date.

March 17, 2010 -- OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Nexus One, the first wireless phone sold through Google’s web store, is planned for Sprint’s 3G Mobile Broadband Network. Sprint (NYSE:S) will announce pricing and an exact availability date soon.

“While a pricing plan has not yet been determined for Nexus One, we are confident that it will be consistent with Sprint’s commitment to deliver more value than our competitors and keep pricing simple”