Microsoft: Business Issues
Microsoft launches new audience network, ‘Audience Ads’ at Bing Partner Summit
New display network combines search signals, Microsoft’s AI assets and its audience graph, which includes...
Report: Microsoft responds to Amazon Echo, Google Home with “HomeHub”
Software approach would make Cortana available from the lock screen and provide other smart-home features....
Seeking investments from Microsoft & Amazon, HERE signals intent to compete aggressively with Google Maps
Carmaker consortium seeks additional funds, resources to further develop and grow the mapping...
Microsoft Pulls Funding For Anti-Google Lobbying Group FairSearch
According to a report in Re/Code appearing last week, Microsoft has pulled financial support from FairSearch, an anti-Google...
Bing Updates Its Logo With Uppercase “B” & New Teal Blue Color
"It felt like the right time to freshen things up," says Microsoft spokesperson....
Milestone: Bing Now Profitable As Windows 10 Success Boosts Usage
Amid the flurry of earnings released yesterday, Microsoft announced a significant milestone: Bing is now profitable. On the earnings call,...
Microsoft Makes It Harder To Break Up With Bing In Windows 10, Critics Cry Foul
Windows 10 (so far) is a hit for Microsoft. It has been well reviewed, it’s free, and it already has millions of downloads. It also makes...
Yahoo Search Testing Google Powered Search Results
Yahoo confirms they are testing supplementing other search ranking providers, including Google, to power Yahoo...
Bing Pares Its Mapping Image Operations, Sells Some Assets To Uber
To focus on "core business strategy," Bing will stop gathering its own mapping imagery and instead license data from third...
Microsoft Signs 10-Year Deal For AOL To Use Bing’s Ads & Listings
Google loses deal it held since 2002, but AOL matters far less than it once...
Yahoo-Bing Reach New Search Deal; Yahoo Gains Right To Serve Search Ads On The PC
New terms pave the way for Gemini-powered search ads on the PC....
Is Yahoo Testing Non-Bing Powered Search Results?
Yahoo says they are always experimenting with search but would not confirm or deny reports that they are testing dropping Bing powered search...
Microsoft & Getty Images Announce Partnership & Drop Infringement Lawsuit Over Bing Images
On Monday, Getty Images dropped their lawsuit against Bing Images and on Tuesday they signed a new partnership deal with...
Duane Forrester Returns To Bing After Being Laid Off From Microsoft Two Months Ago
Bing re-hires Duane Forrester after letting him go two months ago. Duane Forrester will be working in basically the same role as...
Cortana Coming To Windows 9, Will It Replace Bing?
Next week in San Francisco, Microsoft will unveil Windows 9 for the press. Among the features of the new OS is reportedly going to be the...
Bing Image Widget Now Offline After Getty Images Lawsuit
The Bing Image Widget that launched on August 22nd is now temporarily offline after Getty Images sued Microsoft over the feature. If you try to...
Apple Drops Google For Bing As “Spotlight” Search Provider In iOS 8 & Mac OS X “Yosemite”
Bing has gained another win with Apple, becoming integrated into a new version of Spotlight in Apple’s forthcoming Mac OS X...
Bing Ends Sponsorship Deal With WNBA’s Seattle Storm
After a four-year sponsorship deal with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, the Seattle Times reported yesterday that Bing will no longer be the...
Sell Bing? Makes No Sense, Says Microsoft’s Bill Gates — It’s A “Core Business”
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was interviewed on Fox Business News yesterday. Among other things, he was asked about investor and analyst...
Why Yahoo’s Not Going To Steal The Search Default For iPhone Away From Google
Apparently, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to be the default search for Apple’s Safari browser on iPhone and iPad and has been preparing to...
