Google and Microsoft Bing will be hot topics in Seattle this week, as people from around the search industry huddle here for one of their biggest annual conferences. But Facebook and… Read More
Scott Thompson, who resigned as CEO of Yahoo on Sunday after a scandal broke over claims he had made about obtaining a computer science degree, has stepped down from the… Read More
Will Scott Thomson put this on his resume? The embattled Yahoo CEO is officially out, according to an announcement from the company this afternoon following an uproar over his false… Read More
Microsoft Research is opening a new lab in New York City, seeding it with a group of former Yahoo researchers who have made their mark in social networks, computational economics… Read More
Facebook will pay Microsoft $550 million in cash to buy a portion of the AOL patent portfolio that Microsoft recently agreed to acquire. Two weeks ago Microsoft agreed to pay… Read More
When Microsoft Bing marketing general manager Danielle Tiedt was hired by YouTube in February, Microsoft took the unusual step of saying that it had decided to “part ways” with her,… Read More
Yahoo this morning confirmed that it’s cutting 2,000 jobs, or about 15 percent of its workforce — part of an effort by new CEO Scott Thompson to make the company “smaller,… Read More
Microsoft confirmed today that it has hired Raghu Ramakrishnan, a former Yahoo chief scientist, as a technical fellow in its Server & Tools business. A database specialist and the co-author… Read More
Yahoo grabbed the attention of the tech industry today, but not with a new product announcement. The company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook, a bold move under the… Read More
Google’s share of the U.S. search market climbed to its highest point in more than a year in January, surpassing 66 percent and extending the company’s lead over Microsoft and… Read More
Yahoo today reported fourth-quarter profits that met Wall Street’s relatively modest expectations, but the numbers also show how Yahoo’s 2009 search agreement with Microsoft is changing the financial picture for… Read More
Microsoft’s quarterly profits topped Wall Street’s expectations, thanks in part to growth in the company’s server and business software divisions, but the company’s Windows unit continued to feel the effects… Read More
Nearly 17 years after co-founding Yahoo, Jerry Yang is resigning from the board and “all other positions with the company,” according to an announcement this afternoon. Yahoo shares are up… Read More
Yahoo has been discussed as possible acquisition bait for some of the bigger media and technology companies on the planet. But the Silicon Valley stalwart may go on a buying… Read More
Well, at the end of the day and after weeks of speculation, Yahoo didn’t go with a former Microsoft or ex-Amazon.com exec for the CEO post. Instead, the struggling Silicon… Read More
Yahoo is in hot pursuit of a new CEO. And as the one-time tech leader scans the landscape of available talent, it need not look much further than Seattle online… Read More
Venture capitalist Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of Seattle online advertising powerhouse aQuantive, and Jason Kilar, a former Amazon.com executive who now runs Hulu, are among the technology executives being… Read More
Microsoft’s Bing search engine is still No. 3 in the U.S. search market, but not by much. The Redmond company came in at an even 15 percent of the market… Read More
Microsoft is aiming to own a minority stake in Yahoo as part of a bid led by private equity firm Silver Lake, according to Bloomberg News and the New York… Read More
Microsoft has signed a non-disclosure agreement allowing it to examine Yahoo’s finances as it considers participating in a buyout of the Internet company, according to a New York Times report… Read More
Microsoft is still trying to carve off market share from Google in search. But, at least during the month of October, it had very little luck. According to a new… Read More
Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo this afternoon announced a deal to sell display advertising inventory on each other’s sites. The unusual collaboration between the web giants will “dramatically improve the process… Read More
Google continues to hold a dominant lead in the Internet search business, with two reports out this week highlighting the Mountain View, California company’s strong position. According to comScore, which… Read More
[Update: Bloomberg News reports Microsoft is “nowhere close” to making a Yahoo bid. AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher likewise throws cold water on the idea.] It’s déjà vu all over again — the… Read More
A few of the stories and headlines catching our attention this morning … Rumors about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 launch are spreading fast and furious after a case maker posted… Read More
Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL plan to work together to allow their respective sales forces to sell leftover online advertising inventory on each other’s sites, teaming up in an attempt to… Read More
Google is still the dominant player when it comes to Internet search queries, but Microsoft’s Bing continues to gain share in part through its alliance with troubled Yahoo. That’s the… Read More
Carol Bartz, the fiery Yahoo leader who entered the company into an alliance with Microsoft in an attempt to challenge Google in the Internet search market, is no longer the… Read More
This could be a jam-packed month in technology dealmaking, and it’s not just because of the drama unfolding over AT&T’s bid for T-Mobile USA. Nope, another interesting development is occurring… Read More
A federal judge in California has dismissed a pair of cases that were filed last year against Microsoft and Yahoo by a bulk emailing firm that argued the companies violated… Read More
