Google buys Zagat

Google said Thursday that it is buying Zagat, maker of the slender guidebooks that offer one-paragraph reviews and numerical ratings of eateries, peppered with partial quotes from the people who love and hate them.
 

Google plans to integrate Zagat's online reviews into its Google Maps service and its basic search results. Google said Zagat's style, drawing on snippet-sized customer reviews, was mobile before mobile was cool.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. It is likely a windfall for Zagat's founders, who tried to sell the company in 2008.

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Yahoo Ceo Carol Bartz fired

Former CEO of Yahoo Carol Bartz has been fired from the Company.She Confirmed her own Firing From an Ipad. Carol Bartz was named CEO of Yahoo on January 13th, 2009. This is the note Bartz just sent out to Yahoo employees:
"To all, I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board. It has been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the best going forward. Carol Sent from my iPad"

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