by admin at Thursday, February 21, 2008 in Microsoft,Yahoo
Tags: Internet, Microsoft, search engines, Technology, Yahoo
As of late, the biggest news in the tech and internet industries is the possible takeover of Yahoo by Microsoft. While it is obvious that Microsoft is all for this deal, it is safe to say that Yahoo is trying to avoid it at all costs. Not only did they turn down Microsoft’s first offer, but company officials have not led on that they are thinking of changing their mind.
While both companies are sure to be effected if this deal goes down, there are two other groups that are sure to see some changes as well. They include those who own stock in either company, as well as those who use Yahoo and/or Microsoft web based services. With that being said, are you for or against a Microsoft takeover?
It seems that there is a split decision on this matter. If you own Yahoo stock, you are well aware that it has been under performing as of late. Many feel that a takeover by Microsoft will help to steady the ship, and in turn increase the overall performance of the stock. Is this a guarantee? Of course not. But it is definitely something that could happen if a deal takes place.
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by admin at Tuesday, January 01, 2008 in Microsoft
Tags: Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Web Browser
Breaking a long silence, Microsoft has finally started throwing light beams on its future version of “Internet Explorer 8”. The company says it has plans to launch a beta version of the Web browser for users sometime during the first half of 2008.
Internet Explorer 7 was released in October 2006. There has been a lot of criticism of Microsoft that it has been too quiet about its future plans for the market-leading browser. Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft ‘s General Manager for Internet Explorer, was also keeping mum in his blog for a long time until he wrote a post this month that revealed only that the next version would be called Internet Explorer 8.
Microsoft Chairman Bill gates had to mollify his concerns in an interview with bloggers last month, a transcript of which was posted online. He commented about the company’s openness about IE8. “I’ll have to ask Dean what the hell is going on. There’s not like some deep secret about what we’re doing with IE.”
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by admin at Friday, November 09, 2007 in Internet,Microsoft,Yahoo
Tags: Iran, Microsoft, webmail, webmail services, Yahoo
It is a sad day for the people of Iran as Yahoo and Microsoft have removed Iran from the country lists of their webmail services, claiming that they had to comply with the US policy that prevents them from doing business with Iran. Fortunately, Google mail is still available to the people of the country, and it seems that they are playing with the law by staying at the edge – claiming that they are still complying with the US export controls and sanction programs.
Since these services are free, there is the question of whether this course of action was even necessary. Skype’s removal of their paying Iranian members made more sense, since it dealt with the exchange of currency and would be more appropriately be considered as ‘conducting business’. Perhaps the lawyers of the giants, Yahoo and Microsoft were over-zealous, especially with Microsoft taking a few hits from huge law suits recently. If it is in compliance with the law, what the US is doing may be questionable. What justifies the action of taking away free international communication services from the Iranians?
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by admin at Thursday, October 25, 2007 in Google,Microsoft,Technology
Tags: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Tech, Technology
Microsoft has recently purchased 1.6 % stake in Facebook for $240 Million. A surprising fact here is that Facebook, about 3 ½ years old, doesn’t have annual revenues of even $200 Million.
This is believed to be Microsoft’s response to Google’s recent major acquisitions of YouTube and DoubleClick Inc. However, it turns out that the other side of the coin has a lot to do with Microsoft internet advertising plans. Also, this investment by Microsoft just goes to say that social networking – dating, friendship, photo sharing, etc. is valuable and is here to stay.
It’s amazing to note that Facebook, which started in a dorm room in Harvard University, has been valued at $15 Billion, thanks to Microsoft. One more important thing to note here is that Facebook is the second largest social networking website, after MySpace, which was acquired by News Corp. a couple of years ago, for $580 Million.
Microsoft is relying on Facebook’s reach and popularity, which it believes can help them sell more ads online, something Google is better than them at. In June 2007, online advertising revenues of Microsoft stood at $1.84 billion, an annual rise of 21 percent. During the same fiscal year, Google’s online advertising revenues rose to $13.3 Billion, a good 64 percent rise.
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