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If Microsoft Wants Yahoo’s Mobile Search, They’ll Have To Earn It

Jul 29, 2009 4:39 PM

Updated: Following Microsoft’s search and advertising deal with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) could be the largest mobile search provider in the U.S., having deals with three of the four major U.S. wireless carriers spanning 200 million subscribers. The one exception would be Sprint (NYSE: S), which uses Google’s…

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Posted In: Advertising, Mobile, Search, Companies, Microsoft, Yahoo, bing, hilary schneider, yusuf mehdi

It’s Official: Yahoo-Microsoft Announce 10-Year Search/Ad Pact

Jul 29, 2009 7:51 AM

Updated: The 18-month Microsoft-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) saga finally enters a productive phase (regulators willing) with a 10-year global search and advertising sales pact between the two companies. The deal, much of which has already been reported, was announced formally before U.S. markets opened. Yahoo estimates that the deal will improve…

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Posted In: Advertising, Search, Companies, Microsoft, Yahoo, bing, carol bartz, steve ballmer

Buongiorno Invests $15.5 Million Into Social Net BING

Mar 20, 2008 7:44 AM

Mobile entertainment company Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) is investing 10 million euros ($15.5 million) to upgrade its mobile social network BING.  First launched in June 2007 in South Africa and Austria of all places, it is now in 11 countries in total, a mix of European and developing countries including the…

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Posted In: Money, Social Media, Companies, Countries, Europe, Asia, bing, buongiorno

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