Written on May 28, 2009 by admin
Filed Under: marketing
Whether it ends up being akin to Custer’s last stand or not, Microsoft has just announced Bing , as it desperately tries to find a way to take market share away from Google. Whether you love the new name or not–personally, I think it’s a huge improvement on Windows Live Search –you owe it to yourself to go and try Microsoft’s revamped search offering when it launches on June 3. And by “try” I don’t mean enter one search query and make up your mind, I mean give it a solid week or two
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Microsoft Announces Bing.com, Makes Its First Serious Challenge to Google’s Dominance
Written on May 28, 2009 by admin
Filed Under: marketing
How would you define “boatloads?” One dictionary suggests “an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude.” Well, thanks to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, we now have another definition of “boatloads”–its the precise amount of money it would take for her to sell Yahoo to Microsoft. Not a penny more, not a penny less! Speaking during an interview at the D7 conference, Bartz explained her stance on selling Yahoo to the Redmond company: “If there’s boatloads of money, and there’s the right technology, and the information we would have to have, then yeah….It’s that simple.” There you go! It’s that simple! Although, as we all know, it’s not that simple. Mostly because Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s not interested in sending out barges laden with cash.
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Yahoo CEO Wants “Boatloads of Money” from Microsoft, but Has that Ship Sailed?
