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Microsoft & Alibaba Seeking Partners for Yahoo Bid
A bidding war for a potential buy of Yahoo is in the preliminary stages. While Microsoft, Alibaba, and several purchasing groups ready…
DuckDuckGo Raises Money From Union Square Ventures
Startup search engine DuckDuckGo raised its first round of funding led by Union Square Ventures, company founder Gabriel Weinberg announced. Terms of…
Yahoo-Bing Integration Complete Everywhere but Korea
Yahoo has finished transitioning to a Bing back-end in every country except Korea (where Bing will take over by the end of…
Microsoft CEO: We’ve Got Siri Beat, Bing vs Google = Draw
How do you really feel, Steve? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was as candid as ever at the Web 2.0 Summit as he…
Yahoo Q3 2011 Earnings: Search Revenues Fall 13%
Search revenue was $374 million, a 13 percent decrease from the previous quarter. Search revenue was bolstered by the fact that Microsoft…
Google Engineer Publishes, Then Deletes Opinionated Google+ Rant
Google engineer Steve Yegge posted an epic rant about the shortcomings of the Google+ social media platform on Google+. Though he deleted…
Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) Adds Bing, Social Integration
Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango update has been released. Users will find deep integration with social features and a mobile-tuned Bing search that…
Bing’s New Back-end: Cosmos and Tigers and Scope, Oh My
Microsoft’s plan to stop losing money on Bing includes a new back-end search infrastructure powered by Tiger, their search indexing technology, a…
Google’s ITA Deal Clears Final Hurdle
Google's $700 million ITA acquisition is officially in the clear after a federal court review. Google has agreed to conditions imposed by…
Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, 56, Apple cofounder and former CEO, has died after a long battle with cancer. A visionary and inspiration to millions,…