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The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it has agreed to provide short-form videos from its ABC and ESPN television properties to run on Google’s YouTube under an ad-revenue sharing arrangement. Disney has yet to announce a deal with YouTube to share full episodes of such programs as “Lost” or “Desperate Housewives,” despite the shows being available in full on ABC.com and sites such as Comcast’s Fancast or Time Warner’s AOL.
Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, on Monday said it settled a patent dispute over car navigation technology with TomTom for an undisclosed amount. In February, Microsoft filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Washington and with the International Trade Commission against TomTom NV and its U.S. subsidiary, TomTom Inc.
Companies deploy CRM solutions to improve business performance, maximize customer relationships and enhance customer service, but many deployments fail to meet expectations. There are many reasons technology rollouts fail, from lack of planning to lack of funding, but there’s another, less-understood culprit: poorly defined business processes.
Layoffs are an unfortunate but predictable byproduct of an economy in decline. As the global economic crisis stretches into yet another month, companies in nearly all industries continue the painful process of purging employees in an effort to reduce costs. After the automotive and manufacturing sectors, one of the hardest hit areas of the economy has been the IT sector.
Google has launched a new music search service in China in conjunction with Top100.cn, one of mainland China’s top Internet music sites. The new Google Music Search provides users with links to free, legal music downloads. Google, Top100.cn and several major American record labels will share revenue generated from online advertising.