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Google’s launch of its Google Apps Engine web hosting service on Monday puts it in direct competition with Amazon’s web services offerings. But Google’s step goes beyond hosting web applications for startups - the company is now directly vying with Amazon to become the foundation upon which to build new Internet companies.
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Yesterday I reviewed the three best Internet acquisitions of last year. Today, an easier list to compile: the worst Internet acquisitions of 2007. Some of these acquisitions were too expensive, some were not a good strategic fit, and some were just plain dumb.
eBay acquires StumbleUpon for $45M. This is a case of […]

Now that a few months have passed since the start of the year, it’s time to look back and assess the best and worst acquisitions in the Internet space for 2007. Sure, you can say it’s way too early to make any definitive judgments about such recent deals, but I’m going to do it […]