Google has made no bones about its not-so-modest intention to “organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” It turns out, unsurprisingly, Microsoft has similar ambitions and is planning to “index every database in the world and expose it in a structur... Read more...
Negotiations between Google and the DoJ over its $700 million acquisition of travel software maker ITA are almost resolved, several sources tell AllThingsD. These sources stress, however, that no deal has been inked and negotiations could still break down. Antitrust authorities obviously have Goo... Read more...
But Google remains dominant with nine tenths of global search traffic Microsoft's Bing has overtaken Yahoo as the second most popular search engine on the web, according to new figures from research firm StatCounter. Bing handled 4.37 per cent of the world's search queries last month... Read more...
(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. said they will start integrating their Internet-search businesses after winning regulatory approvals in Europe and the U.S. for their efforts to challenge Google Inc. The companies will start implementing the combination “in the coming days,” a... Read more...
Google says it has postponed the launch of two Android based mobile phones in China following a dispute with the government over censorship. The formal launch was due to take place on Wednesday, a spokesperson said. The announcement came as the Chinese government said Google and other foreign ... Read more...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Once the world's online search leader, Yahoo's share has sharply declined, putting it in danger of losing its relevance in a market increasingly dominated by Google. Yahoo's search market share in November fell to 17.5% from 18% in October, according to a monthly comSco... Read more...
(FT) -- Microsoft's top search technology executive on Wednesday all but dismissed the likelihood that the company would pay newspaper owners and other publishers for removing their content from Google. His comments came a week after it emerged that Microsoft had been in talks over a News Corp-le... Read more...
(CNET) -- Microsoft's Bing took a major step forward Wednesday in adding rich mapping and image data to its search engine, but until it assembles more data, pretty pictures aren't enough to beat the Google Maps juggernaut. Bing Maps Beta was released during a presentation at Microsoft's offices h... Read more...
Editor's Note: Damn Google...little Rupert got yall b*tchin huh? Man up! (CNN) -- In a nod to the growing debate on free access to news stories on the Web, Google has updated options to help news organizations limit access. The move comes after revelations that Microsoft has been in talks with R... Read more...