Word: portale
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...that's certain to improve with time as the company refines its technology. Let's remember, Google came late the search engine party and quickly demolished the other players - even Yahoo! uses its search engine. The news service may very well follow a similar trajectory. So if the portal wars are over, somebody clearly forgot to tell Google...
...quivering that Google has caused among old-media players, ink-stained editors have little to worry about. Rather, Google's move is a swift jab in its slugfest with Yahoo! Not long ago the twosome played nice, but now they are fisting it out to be Portal Supreme. For the moment, Yahoo! News unquestionably has the edge. Devotees trust the site for up to the minute headlines, photos, and commentary from a cadre of well-known sources. Yahoo! also has well-trodden daily features such as "most popular photo" and other favorites. Most news junkies won't jilt...
...same, at ground level the church lacks the imposing central portal that has signified a great church from the time of the Gothic cathedrals. Instead, the main entrance is set off to one side, marked by a pair of 30-ft.-high bronze doors designed by the sculptor Robert Graham. And what those doors open onto is not the central aisle that leads to the altar but a long side corridor with a series of small chapels along its right, a passage that offers almost no glimpse of the main interior...
...mail has been another key to South Korea's mobile-telecom success. About 80% of Korea's 47 million people will soon be connected to the Internet at home, with more than half using high-speed connections. A new service offered by Daum, a South Korean Web portal with 32 million users, allows users to forward the free e-mail they receive on their PCs to their mobile phones for the nominal fee of $1 a month and has become an instant...
...recent deals have been less successful. Bertelsmann invested heavily in e-commerce, including a stake in the booksellers Barnes & Noble.com in the U.S. and bol.com in Europe. He also put $30 million into Napster, which he hoped to turn from an illegal song-sharing website to a legitimate portal for selling music. The site is currently being retooled for its new mission. Last year, Bertelsmann admitted having ?890 million in Internet startup losses. Another questionable buy was the $550 million or so Middlehoff paid for the U.S. magazines Fast Company and Inc. just as the Internet boom was fading...