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Nov 16, 2011, 9:33 AM

Microsoft: Live@edu tops 22M users, claims title as biggest cloud service in education

[Updated with more info from Microsoft and Google.] Microsoft’s Live@edu service has surpassed 22 million users, growing more than 100 percent… Read More

Nov 16, 2011, 9:13 AM

Is Microsoft about to enter the social networking fray with Socl?

Back in July, a Microsoft splash page under the name of Socl.com mysteriously emerged. A short description on the site at… Read More

Nov 15, 2011, 8:00 AM

Young workers prefer Amazon to Microsoft, but they really want a job at Google

Amazon.com, Microsoft, Google and Facebook constantly compete for talent, wooing employees with lucrative stock grants, big salaries or nifty office… Read More

Nov 14, 2011, 5:50 AM

Bezos: Amazon is perfectly happy with its low profit margins

Today’s must-read for anyone interested in Amazon.com is Steven Levy’s interview with CEO Jeff Bezos in Wired magazine. It covers… Read More

Nov 13, 2011, 10:58 AM

Startups are like standing in line for Space Mountain; Google as Death Star… and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “A friend, on the choice to quit… Read More

Nov 11, 2011, 9:16 AM

Google started it: 5 reasons to hope display ads as we know them will die

Hate when you land on a site crawling with ads? So does Google, apparently. Google spam expert Matt Cutts said Wednesday… Read More

Nov 11, 2011, 6:26 AM

Google boosts lead in search, now accounts for 66 percent of queries

Microsoft is still trying to carve off market share from Google in search. But, at least during the month of… Read More

Nov 10, 2011, 2:19 PM

From Bill Gates to Google, Startup Weekend is on a roll

The folks over at Startup Weekend continue to pull in key partnerships as they look to spread the gospel of… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 11:43 PM

Barnes & Noble’s 29-page slide deck calls B.S. on Microsoft’s Android patent campaign

Is this PowerPoint’s Revenge? A 29-page slide deck — made public this week in Microsoft’s patent lawsuit against Barnes & Noble… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 1:07 PM

Barnes & Noble wants U.S. to stop Microsoft’s Android patent campaign

Updated with Microsoft statement. Barnes & Noble is asking the U.S. Justice Department to examine Microsoft’s effort to use its… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 10:51 AM

How to sell your startup to Google: Travel in first class between Seattle and the Valley

Entrepreneur Dan Shapiro –who sold Sparkbuy to Google back in May and merged Ontela with Photobucket in 2009 — offers… Read More

Nov 7, 2011, 9:29 PM

Zuckerberg on the tech ‘war’ with Amazon, Apple and Google

Mark Zuckerberg is more of a lover, than a fighter. After all, he doesn’t want to engage in an all-out… Read More

Nov 7, 2011, 12:53 PM

Google+ opens to businesses, with link to Google search

Google today announced the long-awaited debut of pages for businesses on Google+, looking to boost the functionality of its fledgling… Read More

Nov 4, 2011, 7:29 PM

Latest Windows Phone data: Nowhere to go but up … right?

The latest numbers from comScore Networks show Microsoft’s share of U.S. smartphone subscribers slipping again, to 5.6 percent for the… Read More

Nov 4, 2011, 11:44 AM

Friday Fun: How to make any web page ‘do a barrel roll’

By now many of you have probably heard of what happens when you type “do a barrel roll” into Google.… Read More

Nov 3, 2011, 10:05 AM

Chart: Majority of 18-to-44 year old mobile users own a smartphone

Well, the economy is in rough shape, and it’s still tough to find a job. But, somehow, more Americans are… Read More

Nov 3, 2011, 5:00 AM

Tech Moves: Sony vet hired at WildTangent; Keegan Hall joins Pirq; RescueTime and more

Mark Donohue, a former senior vice president of ad sales at Sony Digital, has joined WildTangent to oversee the Redmond… Read More

Oct 31, 2011, 8:07 PM

Who did it better? Microsoft Bing vs. Google on Halloween

The two major search engines, Google and Microsoft Bing (does Yahoo count anymore?) outdid themselves on Halloween this year. Google’s… Read More

Oct 29, 2011, 10:14 AM

Memo: Microsoft’s Ballmer finds an employee survey to love

Anonymous third-party surveys of Microsoft employees don’t always turn out so well for Steve Ballmer. But Microsoft this week came… Read More

Oct 27, 2011, 11:34 AM

Google+ expands with Apps, ‘Ripples,’ and photo effects

Google+ is still trying to find its niche as an alternative to Facebook, with mixed results. But the company announced… Read More

Oct 26, 2011, 1:20 PM

Why we’re not using Google+ to reach consumers, so far

Guest commentary: Since Google+ launched in June of this year, two questions have been on everyone’s mind in the digital… Read More

Oct 24, 2011, 2:49 PM

Microsoft chart: Android patent deals outpacing disputes

Announcing its latest patent agreement with an Android device maker, Microsoft over the weekend released a series of statistics and charts making… Read More

Oct 23, 2011, 9:42 AM

Another day, another Android licensing deal for Microsoft

Microsoft today announced its 10th Android patent licensing agreement in the past 18 months, sealing a deal with Taiwan-based electronics… Read More

Oct 19, 2011, 12:30 PM

News flash: Google, Microsoft don’t like each other’s phones

Speaking at the Web 2.0 conference yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn’t hold back when asked for his take on… Read More

Oct 19, 2011, 6:12 AM

Ballmer says Microsoft is ‘winning, winning, winning’ in rivalry with Google Apps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8en0Sqy9s Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company is consistently beating Google in online productivity and communications applications, a market… Read More

Oct 18, 2011, 9:53 AM

Microsoft idea: Search the Internet like a celebrity

How would Megan Fox search? Microsoft is seeking a patent on the concept of applying a “persona” to Internet search… Read More

Oct 17, 2011, 11:31 PM

Twitter handles 250M Tweets a day, targets everyone on planet

Twitter’s growth over the past few years has been nothing short of staggering. And now we’re getting a closer look… Read More

Oct 13, 2011, 2:58 PM

Hiring boom continues at Google as shares soar on profit and revenue increases

Google engineer Steve Yegge may think some things are messed up at Google. But the search giant continues to deliver,… Read More

Oct 13, 2011, 12:05 PM

Classic rant by Google engineer rips apart Google + and describes Jeff Bezos as a micromanager

I’ve never met Steve Yegge. But after reading the Google engineer’s 4,771-word rant — in which he slashes everything from… Read More

Oct 13, 2011, 9:12 AM

Microsoft signs Quanta deal, ninth Android patent pact in 18 months

Microsoft just announced another Android patent licensing deal, this one with Quanta Computer — saying that the agreement “provides broad… Read More