Some high-powered tech industry professionals have suggestions for the two companies, whose inability to make some kind of deal left the tech industry wondering why they could not reach some kind of accord.
Microsoft Not Interested In Yahoo Merger
Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang said on Wednesday that a deal with Microsoft has plenty of power but that the software company is not considering a full merger.Yang said Yahoo is open to a possible deal but added that Microsoft was not considering a merger fro now. Earlier this month Microsoft ended its bid to acquire Yahoo for $47.5 billion, or $33 per share, after Yahoo turned down its offer saying it would only sell for $37 a share.
Microsoft Offering Cash Back Of Live Search Usage
Microsoft is all set to follow the footsteps of corporate banks that offer ‘CashBacks’ on Credit Card purchases.
Google Thinking Hard About Microsoft’s Yahoo Offer
With Microsoft reportedly trying to make a deal for Yahoo’s search business, Google’s ruling triumvirate is trying to figure out what to do next.
Microsoft’s Yahoo Alternative
Carl Icahn’s threat to takeover Yahoo’s board may have worked to get the two sides talking about a deal, though not the full-scale acquisition Microsoft first raised in January.
Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope Beta
Microsoft offered a sneak peak back in February, and as of Tuesday the public beta of WorldWide Telescope has been made available, according to a Press Release issued by Microsoft.
Microsoft Sends Off Its Yahoo Board Nominees
People who would have voted in favor of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo, were they on the Yahoo board, no longer need to wonder if Microsoft will nominate them to do that task.
Microsoft Needs A Search Identity
Too much variation between the company’s Live and MSN properties makes it look like the branding professionals had no input into the design.
Yahoo, Microsoft Get Down To Talking
Negotiations could lead to a middle ground in Microsoft’s effort to acquire Yahoo, which claimed a greater worth than Microsoft’s initial bid at the end of January.
Microsoft Shows Off New Product Search Features
The other day, Doug reported that Microsoft Live Search Mobile had added product search abilities to its arsenal, but that is not all that the softies are up to on the product search front.