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While the big deal in the Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo is the money and market share changing hands, there are plenty of…
Late trading after the bell continues to nudge shares of Yahoo upward, after a dramatic day initiated by Microsoft's disclosure of a $44.6 billion bid to acquire the Internet company.
User-generated videos (UGVs) totaled 22 billion views in 2007, an increase of 70 percent over 2006, according to Accustream iMedia Research's "UGV 2005-2008: Mania Meets Mainstream" report.
Well two days ago, in light of the woes coming from Yahoo's earnings conference call, I suggested that maybe now was just the time to pack it up and sell the ship to Microsoft, and it seems like somebody decided to take my advice. Only joking of course.
OK, everyone is already talking about Microsoft buying Yahoo. But what I find interesting is that Bill Gates is out and now Ray Ozzie is roaring. Microsoft has been so damn boring since I left in June of 2006. This shoots the boring in the head. Why is “Microhoo” not boring?
The acquisition of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has been something that's frankly made sense for years. Microsoft has a lot of strengths, but it just hasn't been able to crack the nut of content creation (does it even own a property that has any meaningful content prior to this acquisition?), particularly the semi-mythic user-generated content, and its attempts at competing with Google…
