Tag: Microsoft
Total Results: 23
Displaying: 1 - 10- Carl Icahn sends letter to unseat Yahoo board
- Published: May 16, 2008
- The feared Carl Icahn has now set his sights on Yahoo Inc. after the online giant spurned an improved acquisition offer from Microsoft Corp. What does a corporate raider’s letter read like?
- Microsoft withdraws proposal to acquire Yahoo
- Published: May 6, 2008
- Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo Inc. because of Yahoo’s unwillingness to settle on the terms of a deal.
- Yahoo rejects Microsoft offer again
- Published: April 9, 2008
- The board of directors of Yahoo Inc. once again rejected Microsoft’s $44.6 billion offer to acquire the online media giant.
- Microsoft, Sprint working to mobilize the Internet
- Published: April 2, 2008
- LAS VEGAS - Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile 6.1 for handsets, claiming to make it easier for people to manage their lives on-the-go.
- Google browsing on your phone?
- Published: March 26, 2008
- Google quietly introduced a new mobile interface called LCB that is more of a browsing tool rather than a search tool, which is ironic considering that Google has become a synonym for search.
- Microsoft Silverlight makes a deal with Nokia
- Published: March 5, 2008
- Microsoft Corp. has signed a deal with Nokia to make its Silverlight platform available for S60 on Symbian OS smartphone software, in addition to Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets.
- Mozilla plans free mobile browser
- Published: March 3, 2008
- Mozilla will soon introduce a free Mobile Firefox browser, pitting it against Apple Inc.’s Safari, Opera Software and Nokia in addition to proprietary wireless carrier applications.
- Yahoo boss says Microsoft bid is undervalued
- Published: February 15, 2008
- Jerry Yang, the most ardent supporter of mobile out of all Internet leaders, has made it clear that the Microsoft proposal is not in Yahoo Inc. shareholders’ best interests.
- Nokia takes on mobile ad networks with its own
- Published: February 12, 2008
- Finnish handset maker Nokia shook the mobile industry with the launch of the Nokia Media Network, a mobile advertising network that includes the world’s leading media brands.
- Analysis: Yahoo turndown of Microsoft offer
- Published: February 12, 2008
- Yahoo Inc.’s rejection yesterday of Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion offer for the Internet giant may buy some more time for mobile companies worried about losing a key customer or partner.
