A filing with the SEC has now unveiled further details into the Microsoft Yahoo deal. Among the items revealed is the fact that Microsoft will be getting some Yahoo employees. As part of the transition plan, the filing says:
Is Google Really Threatened By This Yahoo Microsoft Deal?
Are you tired of reading about the Microsoft Yahoo deal yet? Obviously not or you wouldn’t be reading this. There has been a whole lot of coverage to digest, and there will certainly be a whole lot more as the deal gets scrutinized and continues its journey to fruition.
Advocacy Group Calls For Scrutiny Of Microsoft-Yahoo Deal
Advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog is urging the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department to look closely at the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo search deal to ensure there are no antitrust violations and that user privacy is guaranteed.
Under the proposed deal Yahoo would use Microsoft’s Bing to sell ads that appear with search results. Google currently has 65 percent of the U.S. search market. Microsoft and Yahoo have 28 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the combination of the two smaller search businesses would offer stronger competition to Google.
Microsoft, Yahoo CEOs Comment On Employees’ Fates
Personnel-related "efficiencies" can be good or bad, depending on one’s perspective. Companies want to save money, of course, and their shareholders also appreciate savings. But employees like to keep their jobs. So let’s take a look at what sort of effect the Microsoft-Yahoo deal may have.
Bartz and Ballmer Talk Yahoo Microsoft Deal
You have no doubt read or at least heard about the deal between Microsoft and Yahoo that aims to "change the search landscape." You may or may not know that the two companies have set up a joint site for the deal at ChoiceValueInnovation.com.
Microsoft and Yahoo Finally Announce Deal
Well, they’ve finally gone and done it. Microsoft and Yahoo have partnered to "change the search landscape." The two companies today announced a long-awaited deal, in which Microsoft will power Yahoo search while Yahoo will become the exclusive search advertising provider for Microsoft’s search engine, Bing.
You know this history by now. Here’s what the companies have to say:
Microsoft Celebrates Ten Years of Windows Live Messenger
Tomorrow marks the tenth anniversary of Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger. Microsoft says it has become the most widely used free instant messaging service in the world, with 330 million users.
A spokesperson for Microsoft shared some interesting findings with Murdok from a survey about Windows Live Messenger:
Apple Tells Microsoft To Stop Running Laptop Hunter Ads
Recently during his Worldwide Partner Conference keynote Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s COO, informed partners of an interesting development. Apparently Apple has taken notice of Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter ads… and really don’t like them.
Apple doesn’t like them to the tune of having their lawyers contact Microsoft, telling them stop running the ads.
Microsoft Puts Out New Version of Silverlight
Microsoft has launched Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 today. Silverlight is a browser plug-in that enables companies to design, develop, and deliver web apps. Expression is a set of design tools and technologies.
The new Silverlight release in particular is big news. Over 1/3 of Internet devices have installed version 2 since its launch less than nine months ago.
Microsoft also announced that MGM and NBC Sports are using Silverlight for different forthcoming video efforts.
Matt Cutts Discusses “Google’s Microsoft Moment”
As just about everybody knows, Google takes great care of its employees, has been something of a media darling, and uses "don’t be evil" as the first three words of its official Code of Conduct. However, Google’s not perfect, and Matt Cutts recently discussed a few potential problems related to its image.