In the world of search advertising, mobile phones and tablets continue to outpace performance of search ads on PCs, although they still represent only a fraction of impressions and investment, according to a new report.

The PC business is not the most dynamic place to be these days, but fortunately for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) it has a growing presence in the gaming and entertainment markets to offset slow growth in the PC market. Microsoft met expectations for profit and exceeded them for revenue as a…

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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is trying to drive awareness of Bing in Japan through Apple’s iPhone. This month, it launched TeleBing, a TV guide inside an iPhone app.

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) topped analyst estimates for both revenue and profit during its fourth fiscal quarter, perhaps calming fears that a PC market slowdown had taken its toll on the PC software giant. But revenue from its Windows division actually fell slightly amid tepid PC industry growth that was not…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) may be the default Web search experience on the iPad, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is willing to concede any ground. A new feature from Bing lets iPad users use a novel gesture to generate Web searches within the Bing application.

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has had its ups and downs in China, and that presents a ripe opportunity for its competitors, both in China and closer to home in the U.S. Today, it is being reported that the Chinese search giant Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) has signed a deal with Microsoft (NSDQ:…

It’s been almost 20 years since IBM’s Lou Gerstner got an elephant to dance. Now Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), one of the companies that forced IBM to confront its problems, finds itself in need of a new dance partner who understands the realities of 21st-century computing. Steve Ballmer is not that…

We reported last week that this would happen, and frankly you could have guessed as much, but now it’s been made official: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today outlined how it planned to slowly drop its Ovi mobile content brand, in favor of Nokia branding, in the lead-up to a new set…

Two of the more enterprise-focused mobile computing companies have struck a partnership: Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) has agreed to make Microsoft’s Bing the default search provider on browsers and apps on all new releases of the BlackBerry and the Playbook, as well as the mapping service on those devices.

Despite a weak market for PC sales, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) once again topped analyst expectations during its most recent quarter, reporting a 13 percent increase in sales to $16.43 billion. Earnings per share came in at 61 cents. On average, analysts had expected the software giant to post sales of…

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The handset maker and software giant may have already walked down the aisle as far back as February 11, but it was only today that they finally closed the deal on paper, complete with more details on who gets what out of it. The news comes on the same day…

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earnings; Mobile Content Venture details launch plans for its mobile TV service in 32 U.S. markets; the first white iPhone 4 finally “on sale”; Nokia (NYSE:…

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is making its iPad debut with an app for its Bing search engine. The app, which is available today, features a strip across its front page showing weather, news, maps, movies information, and search trends, making it more than just a touch-friendly way to access the search…

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: More details on the new directives on Android usage; Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) gives out some statistics on its mobile business; and is Motorola (NYSE: MMI) working on its own OS?

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Sprint (NYSE: S) wants to take its AT&T/T-Mobile complaints to Washington; Bing updates its mobile browsing experience, but you can’t use the new tweaks on Windows Phone 7 devices; Light Squared becomes Best Buy’s newest MVNO partner; and some…

Google’s CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt today shed a little official light on its place as the loser when Nokia (NYSE: NOK) decided to choose Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) as its new smartphone operating system when it ditches Symbian: “We would have loved Nokia to choose Android and we certainly tried,”…

Steve Ballmer started off his Consumer Electronics Show keynote Wednesday by running down Microsoft’s product debuts in 2010, including Windows Phone 7 and Kinect, and promising a preview of what Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has coming next. Read on for a summary of Microsoft’s announcements regarding Kinect, Windows Phone 7 and…

Back in July, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer described the company’s tablet strategy as “job one urgency here.” But he declined to say when any tablets running the company’s Windows 7 would debut and to date only one has. That is expected to change, starting at the Consumer Electronics Show, next…

—Disney released four Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) apps today. First, a new update to the ad-supported Radio Disney app lets listeners request songs, learn of local events and contact DJs. The free app has already had 1 million downloads to date. The next two, strictly for the under-fives, are Disney’s first…