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Ten tech buys that didn't work out

Ten tech buys that didn't work out

...In 2004 IAC/InterActiveCorp chairman Barry Diller spun off travel business Expedia — a move that effectively... Read more

20 December, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy and Josh Lowensohn
Obama appoints tech execs to transition team

Obama appoints tech execs to transition team

President-elect Barack Obama has named technology executives from Google.org and InterActiveCorp to his transition team, according to reports. Google.org's Sonal Shah... Read more

7 November, 2008 by Margaret Kane

$1.85bn Ask Jeeves sale agreed

InterActiveCorp has agreed to a $1.85bn buyout of search engine Ask Jeeves... Read more

21 March, 2005 by Matt Hines

Update: Barry Diller group bids $1.85bn for Ask Jeeves

Going up against the search elite... InterActiveCorp has agreed to a $1.85bn buyout of search engine Ask Jeeves... Read more

21 March, 2005 by Matt Hines

Facebook to fork out £5.9m in privacy settlement

...Fandango (owned by Comcast), Overstock.com, STA Travel, Zappos, Hotwire (owned by InterActiveCorp) and GameFly. Another Beacon-related lawsuit had been filed against movie-rental... Read more

21 September, 2009 by Caroline McCarthy
Top 10 candidates to be Obama's CTO

Top 10 candidates to be Obama's CTO

President-elect Barack Obama is planning to employ the US's first chief technology officer. But who is the tech industry's most likely candidate for the job? Read more

2 December, 2008 by Jason Hiner
Obama's search for a national CTO

Obama's search for a national CTO

By naming technology executives to his transition team — especially former InterActiveCorp executive Julius Genachowski — president elect Barack Obama is signalling that he's... Read more

7 November, 2008 by Stephanie Condon

Google hit by GraphOn patent suit

...the Google suit follows similar claims against AutoTrader.com, Classified Ventures, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Match.com, Yahoo, eHarmony.com and CareerBuilder. The suit involves patents 6... Read more

18 August, 2008 by Margaret Kane

Billionaire seeks to derail AOL-Google deal

...preclude a merger or other type of transaction with companies such as (InterActiveCorp), eBay, Yahoo or Microsoft." He cited a recent Goldman Sachs report that... Read more

20 December, 2005 by Elinor Mills

$8m advertising patent victory for Yahoo

...to talk about taking licences," Siino added. Ask Jeeves, recently acquired by InterActiveCorp, said earlier this month that it would let advertisers bid for ad... Read more

17 August, 2005 by Elinor Mills

Overture founder set to unveil new search venture

...league Internet companies see it. In the last year, Yahoo, Google and InterActiveCorp's Citysearch.com have invested heavily in improving local-search services and... Read more

5 October, 2004 by Stefanie Olsen

Friendster rivals get together

In further evidence of a minor boom in social networking start-ups, InterActiveCorp said its Evite invitation service will compete with Friendster, and a San... Read more

13 November, 2003 by Paul Festa

Facebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns

...Fandango (owned by Comcast), Overstock.com, STA Travel, Zappos, Hotwire (owned by InterActiveCorp), and GameFly. Another Beacon-related lawsuit had been filed against Blockbuster several... Read more

21 September, 2009 by Caroline McCarthy

ebookers still struggling to find a buyer

...out earlier this month. Rival online travel site Expedia's parent company InterActiveCorp dropped plans to buy the firm last week but in a trading... Read more

14 October, 2004 by Andy McCue

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