Yahoo and Microsoft may have just extended their revenue-per-search guarantee, but Yahoo has apparently been trying to escape its 10-year search deal with Microsoft in order to join forces with Google, according to reports.
Yahoo and Microsoft have extended their revenue-per-search guarantee for one year, an extension of a partnership that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had hinted wouldn't continue when the current one expired March 31.
Former Google CEO shares vision in tech treatise (AP) provides a look at Schmidt's "exploration into the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead as the lines blur between the physical world around us and the virtual realm of the Internet.
As for Yahoo, CEO Marissa Mayer has made no secret that she’s not happy with the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal, which has seen Yahoo and Bing basically swapping search market share over the past two years, rather than eat into Google’s gigantic lead.
The Yahoo-Microsoft search deal isn't working as planned, according to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Yahoo's deal with Microsoft came after a long saga that included Microsoft trying to buy Yahoo, only for its then CEO and founder Jerry Yang to rebuff...
While Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, may well be open to such a deal, some have speculated that might lead to antitrust concerns. The deal is non-exclusive, so Yahoo will also continue to display ads from competitors such as...
Add to that the deal between Microsoft and Yahoo for Bing to power Yahoo’s organic results and Bing powers over 25 percent of search. While this may not seem like a big deal on the surface, it is actually huge.
Google was unimpressed by this, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggested that old media could not keep up in the new online world: Twentieth Century Fox also struck a deal with Google that will bring 600 new movies and TV shows to Google Play and...
Even back in April of this year, Yahoo and Google were reportedly talking about striking a search deal, despite their being shut down by regulators in 2008 before Yahoo turned to Microsoft. With the Bing deal ending next year, whether or not they...
Yelp aren’t the only ones unhappy about the Frommer’s deal. Just before Google announced the Frommer’s deal, Yelp was trading at over $26. Google actually tried to buy Yelp in 2009, though the deal didn’t go through.
Judging by the banner on Clickable’s homepage, they’re confident those conditions are just a formality and the deal is well on its way through. The deal is reportedly worth $33 million and consists mainly of stock options.
After you conduct a search, let’s say for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, look below the Wikipedia entry. Bing’s deal with the startup company will be initially limited to appearing beneath millions of Wikipedia results, but Bing promises “deeper...
In April, when Yahoo announced thousands of layoffs amidst a massive restructuring, there was much speculation they planned to end the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal and look to Google, instead. After just five months, Yahoo has replaced CEO Scott...
This seems to contradict rumors that Yahoo is planning to torch its search deal with Microsoft. I am personally working with Microsoft to make sure the alliance [is successful] going forward," CEO Scott Thompson explained.
As part of the deal, AOL has been granted a license to the patents it has sold to Microsoft. The agreement with Microsoft represents the culmination of a robust auction process for our patent portfolio,” said Tim Armstrong, AOL’s Chairman and CEO.
Left behind in search by Google, lacking a CEO, and the subject of constant speculation, the company is a long way from the Internet pioneer it once was. These brands are getting a “cheap” deal overall but are often missing a vital point – as Honda...
Huawei is in talks with Microsoft on a legal deal that would give Microsoft per-device royalties. Motorola stockholders will vote on the deal November 17. Google will run Motorola as an independent business unit to reassure Android partners such as...
CEO Rich Skrenta noted that the products Apple has brought to market have done far more damage to Microsoft than the Department of Justice lawsuit they faced in the 1990s. Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt will testify along with a...
Later in the interview, she discussed the botched Yahoo-Microsoft deal, which happened prior to her hiring at Yahoo: "The board was so spooked by being cast as the worst board in the country… Now they're trying to show that they're not the...
Documents, emails, and witnesses confirm that Google CEO Larry Page knew about and allowed ads from online pharmacies for years. Google and the DOJ struck a deal in which Google would hand over the $500 million that was gained since 2003, when the...
