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Microsoft exec: Siri integration will make Bing better

Microsoft exec Gurdeep Singh Pall is speaking right now at the SMX Advanced search industry conference in Seattle, and host Danny… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on $1.1 billion Tumblr deal: ‘We promise not to screw it up’

Well, this kind of says something. In her first public remarks about the blockbuster $1.1 billion cash purchase of Tumblr, Yahoo… Read More

Report: Yahoo buying blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion

Yahoo is reportedly buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, a deal that was first reported by All Things D.… Read More

Amazon.com and Google employees bullish on future, but 25% of Microsofties say things will get worse

Microsoft just hit a five-year stock high, and during the last quarterly financial report posted profits of $6 billion. But… Read More

Microsoft cites progress on Yahoo search ads, says it’s still committed to providing an alternative to Google

Microsoft’s search advertising group says it’s starting to wring more revenue out of the Internet search ads that it’s serving… Read More

Microsoft to cover Yahoo search revenue shortfalls in U.S. for another year

Microsoft and Yahoo will give their search partnership more time to meet their financial expectations. Microsoft has agreed to extend,… Read More

Blake Irving wants GoDaddy to grow up, and keep its edge

It’s hard not to notice: New GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving looks a lot like that dude in the company’s logo… Read More

Search stats: Google slips, Microsoft continues slow growth

The monthly U.S. search stats from comScore are out for March and it shows Google slipping just a bit with… Read More

Taking on telecommuting: Maybe Marissa Mayer was right

Yahoo’s recent work from home uproar caused the pundit class to claim that one company’s internal decision was a mandate… Read More

Search stats: Google and Bing keep climbing as Yahoo slips further behind

Google climbed back to 67 percent percent of the U.S. search market in January, putting just a bit more distance… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says search deal with Microsoft needs a boost

The Internet search alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo appears to be stuck in neutral, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants… Read More

Yahoo acquires Alike, moving Seattle team to California

Yahoo has acquired Seattle-based Alike for an undisclosed sum, aiming to bolster its own mobile technologies by bringing aboard the… Read More

Yahoo and Google strengthen ties as Microsoft looks on

Yahoo and Google this afternoon announced an agreement to put ads from Google’s AdSense and AdMob systems on Yahoo sites.… Read More

The 10 social media tools that every startup must have

Social media has revolutionized the way we communicate. With the revolution has come insane amounts of data, analytics and information… Read More

Yahoo posts revenue growth for first time in four years

Marissa Mayer continues to make her mark at Yahoo. The company today reported revenue of $1.3 billion for the fourth… Read More

Tech Moves: Avanade bolsters exec team; HBO promotes Xbox pioneer; Yahoo board changes

Avanade, a 12-year-old joint venture formed by Microsoft and Accenture, has named Florin Rotar as the company’s first chief technology innovation… Read More

Instant messaging: Yahoo cutting ties to Microsoft

In a blog post late Friday, the Yahoo Messenger team announced that it’s cutting several features from the instant-messaging service… Read More

Tech Moves: Optify hires Doug Wheeler; Starbucks vet joins Auction Edge; and more

Optify, a Seattle startup specializing in marketing software, has named 25-year- marketing vet Doug Wheeler to the position of chief… Read More

Google ‘would love’ to replace Microsoft as Yahoo partner

The whole Microsoft-Yahoo search saga has always felt like a soap opera, starting with Microsoft’s failed bid to acquire Yahoo… Read More

Microsoft Bing takes a chip out of Google’s giant lead

[Update: comScore changed its methods for collecting data in August, making the month-over-month comparisons invalid. The biggest change is in… Read More

Microsoft Bing adds Quora answers to its social sidebar

Microsoft is adding content from top contributors on the Quora question-and-answer site to the “social sidebar” on its Bing search results pages,… Read More

Microsoft’s blunders; the meaning of Marissa Mayer; and other comments of the week

“I am honored and delighted to lead Yahoo, one of the internet’s premier destinations for more than 700 million users.”—Newly-appointed… Read More

New CEO Marissa Mayer cashing in over at Yahoo

It’s official. New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is making serious bank at the struggling tech giant. All Things D wrote… Read More

Yahoo results: Can Marissa Mayer fix the Microsoft deal?

Yahoo posted so-so quarterly results this afternoon, with revenue flat at $1.08 billion after adjusting for the cost of acquiring… Read More

The meaning of Marissa Mayer: How Yahoo’s new CEO has already shifted the tide

Do you remember where you were when you heard Marissa Mayer was named the CEO of Yahoo? I do. I… Read More

Wow: Google’s Marissa Mayer is Yahoo’s new CEO

Google’s Marissa Mayer, one of the top executives at the search giant, has resigned to accept a position as the… Read More

Microsoft Bing gains (a bit) vs. Google, as Yahoo sinks

Microsoft Bing posted a small gain in the U.S. search market in June, closing the gap ever so slightly against… Read More

Yahoo and Facebook settle suit, expand partnership

Yahoo exorcised another remnant of Scott Thompson’s reign today, settling the patent litigation that he launched against Facebook during his short… Read More

Zillow displaces Apartments.com as provider of rental listings on Yahoo

Yahoo and Zillow are expanding their long-running online real estate partnership to include rental properties. As part of the deal, Zillow… Read More

Search: Google boosts lead vs. Microsoft and Yahoo

New numbers from comScore Networks show Google pulling further ahead of Microsoft Bing and Yahoo in the U.S. search market… Read More