Several of Google's key rivals, including Microsoft, have filed complaints with both U.S.and European regulators, citing their concerns with Google's market dominance, with the European Commission launching its own investigation into the firm last...
The Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance gave Microsoft direct access to some of Yahoo's search technologies as part of a 10-year licensing deal. Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance Everybody's been talking about search in 2011, but what were the events...
The Firefox search deal with Google historically accounted for more than 80 percent of Mozilla's revenue. There are reasons why Google might want to shuffle off their Mozilla affiliations; Google's Chrome browser has been in competition with...
In addition to becoming the default search engine on Russian Windows Phones after inking a deal with Microsoft, Yandex also acquired mobile software development company SPB Software to further beef up its mobile offerings.
Mozilla's search deal with Google, which makes rival browser Chrome, is expiring this month. It was August 2008 when Mozilla and Google extended their existing deal for an additional three years. Now in November 2011, the deal between Mozilla and...
For an Apple deal, it would not be just the search portion. Susan Kuchinskas wrote Yahoo: Deal for iPhone Not Strictly a Hallucination Sharma gave a preview of new products launching in Q4 and Q1 2012 -- and explained why he doesn't need to smoke...
As part of the deal, Bing apps will also have preferred placement and promotion within the BlackBerry App World carousel. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was on hand and on stage at RIM's annual Blackberry World event.
When asked what sources "influence your decision to use or not use a particular company, brand or product," 71 percent claim reviews from family members or friends exert a "great deal" or "fair amount" of influence.
ComScore reports Bing's marketshare is up near 30 percent because of the deal. Parameter handling is the best way to deal with URL normalization for Bing, since 301s are problematic and rel=canonical isn't yet supported.
Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, has asked Japan's Fair Trade Commission to review the search deal Google cut with Yahoo Japan. With Google Deal Under Investigation, ITA's OnTheFly For Android Takes Flight - TechCrunch
During an interview with Charlie Rose, Schmidt said that Google and Apple have extended their search deal, which will keep Google as the default app on Apple's iPhone and iPad. We do a search deal with them, recently extended, and we're doing all...
Specifically, there's a great deal of product development and usage percolating around search inputs that are more fitting to the mobile device (voice and visual), compared to those borrowed from the PC (typing).
Jobs might cut a deal with--gasp! Microsoft to make Bing Apple's engine of choice, or even launch its own search engine, Yarmis says. But the cult following will be disgusted if Apple licenses search from Microsoft.
Facebook in May announced that it was testing a new payments system that would deal in real money, rather than virtual currencies that it had been using for . Bing Continues Microsoft Search Share Growth in June 2009, According to StatCounter...
Last year, Microsoft struck a deal with HP to ship the Live Search toolbar on 2009 PCs. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and President, Entertainment & Devices Division Robbie Bach took to the stage at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas...
While Google may own the web search market, Microsoft's announced deal with Verizon could put them at the top of the mobile search space. Under a five-year agreement, Microsoft Live Search will become the default search service on cellphones and...
Microsoft Goes after the Verizon Default Search Deal Posted by Nathania Johnson Nov 7, 2008 Microsoft is attempting to pull the rug out from under Google's talks with Verizon to be the default search engine on its mobile phones.
Could this be why Google was unwilling to spend moolah on a costly court battle defending its now-defunct search advertising deal with Yahoo? Microsoft is attempting to pull the rug out from under Google's talks with Verizon to be the default...
This is the most significant distribution deal for Live Search that Microsoft has ever done, and we are very pleased to be partnering with HP to help bring Live Search to millions of consumers across North America.
With Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask battling for small gains against Google's dominant share of searches, local mobile search -- and the enterprise -- may be the final frontier. Google's strategic business development deals a couple years ago bundled...
