Tag Archive for 'yahoo'
In a dumb series of events, MS offered Yahoo a large some of money to take over their company, Yahoo refused, and then we got a surprise. There are now talks of Yahoo merging with AOL, which is partly owned by Google.
Starbucks is ending a 6 year deal with T-Mobile where there was no free WiFi and the paid WiFi cost more than with AT&T. My only question is how much did Apple have to do with this move?
In not so surprising move, Microsoft bids for Yahoo with $44.6 billion in cash and stock to stay competitive against Google. Microsoft’s Live.com has not been very successful in capturing more online services market share. By buying out Yahoo, it will allow Microsoft to stay in the game, at least for now. Microsoft bid $31 [...]
If you have been interested in the new Sidekick that was made by Motorola, the purple and black one, then you can pick one up today for $199.99 at your choice of T-Mobile outlets. Of course that price is with a two-year contract.
On to better news, they have decided to give both the Slide and [...]
Don’t want a cell phone but looking for an instant messaging solution for when you are on the go? Well here it is, it supports AOL, Yahoo, and MSN, the three basics, if you need more than that, you probably wouldn’t find it on a cell phone either.
There is a miniSD card slot that you [...]
So this isn’t really new technology, or even and entirely new concept, however most companies that tried it previously had it as their main feature, whereas for Yahoo it is just an added bonus. Previous iterations of such a service either failed miserably, or began charging money, not this one, its completely free.
Market research can be tricky - I know I’ve lied to someone surveying me, so I always try to take results with a generous pinch (or shovel) of salt. I’d tentatively say that, going by The EQUS Group’s findings, the well-recognised brand name of Google or Yahoo! would be a good place to launch a [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo are reported not actively talking on the merger anymore. However the desperation of Microsoft in competing with Google in search and online-ads market might result in Microsoft and Yahoo to form an alliance or some sort of co-operations between the two.
Yahoo does not seem to be interested in full-scale deal at this [...]
No doubt Microsoft has been trying to get their Live search engine going, but it seems impossible for Microsoft to compete with Google in that space. Microsoft thinks of a new way to put up a front war against Google, and that is buying Yahoo.
