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Microsoft says merging with Yahoo will allow it to offer a competitive alternative to Google in the market for online services.
Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.
CEO Steve Ballmer made the offer in a letter to [...]
February 2nd, 2008 | Posted in yahoo, Google, Microsoft, World and Business | 1 Comment
Yahoo Mosh
We don’t know much yet, other than the project exists, it will be launched at mosh.yahoo.com and is being called a “new cool social network product” within Yahoo. No screen shots are available yet.
July 10th, 2007 | Posted in yahoo, Google | No Comments
YouTube has begun offering a Web-based editing tool that is apparently provided by Adobe Systems.
The “remixer,” which is branded with an Adobe logo, enables users to create more professional-looking videos by splicing together media such as video clips, photos, music, graphics and other effects, according to information found on the site.
June 17th, 2007 | Posted in Software, yahoo | 1 Comment
As Yahoo! Mail approaches its 10-year anniversary, I’m the lucky one who gets to announce that we will begin offering everyone unlimited email storage starting in May 2007. To mark the occasion, I checked in with David Nakayama, our group vice president of engineering, for some perspective on this milestone. In case that name doesn’t [...]
March 28th, 2007 | Posted in yahoo | No Comments
Ah, poor Google. First Viacom files suit against YouTube, alleging a billion dollars worth of copyright infringement. Now two more massive media conglomerates are joining up to open a second battle front, this time in the market instead of the courts. NBC and News Corp. issued a joint press release this morning, saying [...]
March 23rd, 2007 | Posted in yahoo, Google, Entertainment | 1 Comment
Hoping to take advantage of the popularity of Web 2.0 services, MSN Soapbox lets users tag and categorize videos within the same screen.
Microsoft has launched in public beta MSN Soapbox, an online video service that would compete with Google’s YouTube.
February 17th, 2007 | Posted in yahoo, Microsoft | No Comments
SAN FRANCISCO — Internet icons Google and Yahoo are intensifying their efforts to become more accessible on mobile phones, a platform widely seen as the next big battleground for the longtime rivals.
The Silicon Valley foes underscored their commitments to the mobile market Monday at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where they brandished [...]
January 10th, 2007 | Posted in yahoo, Search Engine, Google, Technology | No Comments