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Microsoft to deploy “Microsoft Gurus”
As part of the $300 million ad campaign that kicked off last night, Microsoft plans to deploy about 155 in-store representatives by the end of the year. Nicknamed Microsoft Gurus, these representatives will not only promote the Microsoft brand, but will also help answer your questions about Windows. The Microsoft Gurus will also demo other [...]
Continue reading...Gates looks back
Monday, June 23, 2008
So if you haven’t heard (or living under a rock), Bill Gates will step down as Microsoft’s chief software architect. Starting July, Gates plans to work full-time at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This doesn’t mean he will completely be disassociated with Microsoft. Gates will remain Chairman of Microsoft and will have his say [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft buys TV ad service
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Microsoft announced Wednesday the acquisition of Navic Networks, specializing in television advertising. With the acquisition, Microsoft plans to optimize the placement and delivery of TV advertising. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Navic has raised $43 million in three rounds of funding. “Television media represents the largest percentage of advertisers and agencies’ media budget [...]
Continue reading...And the winner is…Microsoft
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
In Europe’s Great Place to Work Institute, 1250 companies compete, with only one taking the title for Best. This year, Microsoft won first in Best Workplaces in Europe for “Best Large Workplaces.” You can look over the full results here.
Continue reading...Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope launched
Monday, May 12, 2008
The long awaited project from Microsoft Research, WorldWide Telescope is finally here for you to enjoy. Head on over to the site to download and start exploring the universe.
Continue reading...News Corp and Microsoft in talks about Yahoo! bid
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
In another twist to this whole Microsoft, Yahoo! deal, the New York Times is reporting that News Corp and Microsoft are now in talks to bid together on Yahoo. If such a deal was to work out, it would create an even bigger challenge to Google with a combination of Microsoft’s services, Yahoo’s services, and [...]
Continue reading...Yahoo! sleeps with Google, Microsoft responds
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Earlier today, Yahoo! announced they’ll be handing over search advertising to Google for two weeks. Can you imagine Steve Ballmer’s reaction? We didn’t think so. However, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s General Counsel, did have something to say about the move: “Any definitive agreement between Yahoo! and Google would consolidate over 90% of the search advertising market in [...]
Continue reading...Yahoo! rejects Microsoft again
Monday, April 7, 2008
So two days ago, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer handed Yahoo! a threatening letter to accept their big ass offer, $44.6 Billion, or face a proxy fight. Well today Yahoo! once again decided the offer undervalues the company and rejected Microsoft’s offer of a buyout. In Yahoo’s own words: We are open to all alternatives that maximize stockholder [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft gives Yahoo three weeks to accept offer
Saturday, April 5, 2008
If you’ve been keeping up with the Microsoft-Yahoo acquisition, you know that it has been nothing but a stalemate. It started out with Microsoft offering to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion and a few days later, Yahoo rejected the offer. Since then, the two companies have done nothing to speed up the process due to [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft wins ISO vote
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
After 15 months for a standards battle, Microsoft has finally won. Open XML, Microsoft’s file format for documents, was unofficially announced to have been voted as an International Standard by Microsoft with the official announcement coming tomorrow, April 2, from the ISO group. Microsoft won votes from countries such as the U.S., Britain, Japan, and [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Videos Site launched
Monday, March 31, 2008
A few weeks back, Microsoft announced they’ll be releasing a new site in April that will host videos from their subsidiaries around the world. Today, Microsoft launched a beta version of the silverlight powered site with videos about products such as Windows, Office, Xbox, and more. The site also contains how-to videos and various [...]
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Friday, September 5, 2008
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