SAN FRANCISCO Google said it has acquired a new online advertising technology firm that will strengthen its content-targeted advertising ability. Continuing its efforts to push advertising beyond just ...

Google expects the move to bolster its search and online advertising programs--and possibly throw a hurdle in the path of fast-charging competitor Overture. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Applied Semantics, a 4-year-old company based in Santa Monica, Calif., offers technology that understands, organizes and extracts information from Web sites. The ...

Gil Elbaz wants people to make lots of spreadsheet tables filled with fun and important facts and share them across the Web. Later today, he will be launching Factual, which he describes as “a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

To bolster its search and advertising programs, Internet search powerhouse Google has acquired Applied Semantics, which makes software that improves the way online ads are matched to Web pages. The ...

Google has acquired Applied Semantics, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based producer of software applications for the online advertising, domain name and enterprise information management markets. Applied ...