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iPhone users may get Bing results instead of Google

by Travis Unwin January 25, 2010

What if Apple changed the default search engine in the iPhone, and no one cared? That’s the question that many of us may be asking in the coming weeks. The iPhone is the biggest selling smartphone. Since release, Apple has made Google the default search engine. Now, with Google getting into Apple’s backyard by releasing [...]

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Commuting made easier by Microsoft

by Tina Perez April 10, 2008

A four year project by Microsoft has now come to fruition, making the commute in 72 cities a little easier.  Microsoft is introducing “Clear Flow” on Live Search Maps, a traffic and routing service to provide information to consumers on traffic patterns in their area. Over a 4 year period, Microsoft gave employees GPS units [...]

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Yahoo! says “No” again to Microsoft and will test Google Ads

by Leslie Jackson April 10, 2008

In a slightly shocking turn of events, Yahoo! – after rejecting yet another offer from Microsoft – announces that they will be testing Google search ads in a small number of its search engine queries. The test, expected to last up to two weeks, will be limited to 3% of Yahoo! search queries in the [...]

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Microsoft will buy Yahoo, despite Yahoo’s efforts

by admin April 7, 2008

Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer is clearly tired of Yahoo rejecting the Microsoft buyout proposal. In efforts to move the process along, he has sent a letter to Yahoo Board of Directors stating that Yahoo’s board will have 3 weeks to reach an agreement with Microsoft, or Microsoft will take actions to replace the Yahoo Board [...]

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