AOL To Take Over Microsoft Display Ad Business; Bing To Power AOL Search
In a deal announced today, AOL will take over display ad sales for Microsoft, which includes mobile and video ads, in nine major...
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Microsoft Surprises With FY15 Q3 Earnings Beat
Microsoft announced solid third-quarter fiscal results Thursday, coming out ahead of analyst expectations. Analysts had expected a somber...
FAQ: The New Yahoo-Microsoft Deal, Explained
Yahoo and Microsoft have renewed their search partnership. What’s changed? What’s staying the same? Here’s the rundown. What Was The Old...
Microsoft Changes Course On Default “Do Not Track” Browser Setting
Microsoft announced Friday that it is changing the default setting for Do Not Track in future versions the company’s browsers. Do Not...
Is Yahoo Stealing Mobile Search Share From Bing?
Last year, Yahoo began striking out on its own in mobile paid search, marking Yahoo’s first divergence from its search alliance...
Microsoft’s Bing Ads To Test Native Advertising On MSN.com
Microsoft’s Bing Ads has plans to test native ads on MSN.com later in the year, extending beyond the search ads it delivers across the...
Highlights From MSFT Earnings: Surface Sells, Bing Revenue Up, Windows Struggles
Microsoft announced fiscal quarterly revenues this afternoon. The company had $26.5 million in revenue (up 8 percent YoY) and $7.8...
Google Updates iOS Search App, MSN Rolls Out Verticals For iOS, Android
Google has updated its iOS search app in accordance with its new “material design” aesthetic and functionality, now making its debut in...
Microsoft Revs Beat ($23.2B) But It Sells Less Than 10M Phones
This afternoon Microsoft reported fiscal Q1 revenues and profit, beating Wall Street estimates for both the top and bottom lines....
Microsoft Redesigns MSN Portal For Multi-Platform Era
Microsoft has redesigned its portal site MSN to make it more cross-platform and ad friendly as well as more personalized. It’s a...
Microsoft Reports $23 Billion In Revenue For Q4 2014
Microsoft posted its Q4 2014 revenue earnings report this afternoon, with $23.38 billion generated during the last quarter of its fiscal...
Microsoft Cutting 18K Jobs As It Integrates Nokia And Tries To “Move Faster”
announced widely anticipated layoffs this morning. A total of 18,000 jobs will be eliminated by June 30, 2015, most by the end of the...
Nadella Interview: Bing To Stay, ‘Post-PC’ Now The Way
interview at the Code Conference. He spoke about a wide range of issues and challenges that Microsoft faces. He also helped demo some...
Android To Hit 80 Percent Market Share This Year — Report
Smartphone growth continues according to the latest “shipments share” numbers from IDC. The firm anticipates Android will reach 80...
Microsoft’s NewFront Shows Interactivity Is At The Heart Of Xbox Originals Content
Microsoft’s nightclub-themed NewFront presentation in a warehouse-like space in New York’s Penn Station focused on the developments from...
Microsoft Revenue $20.4 Billion For Q3 2014 Beats Estimates; Search Advertising Up 38 Percent
estimate of $20.38 billion. Earnings per share came in at $0.68 per share, also beating estimates, which had pegged per share earnings at...
Traditional PCs Shrink To 10 Percent Of Device Market In 2015
I projected today that overall device shipments (not sales) would increase this year by nearly 7 percent vs. 2013. Sale of traditional...
Microsoft Board Chair: Company Culture Must Change
In a candid statement to Fortune, Microsoft Board Chairman John Thompson likened Microsoft to IBM 25 years ago and acknowledged that the...
As Microsoft Figures Out Next Mobile Move, Apple & Android Grab 94 Percent Of Smartphone Market
IDC, “Android and iOS accounted for 95.7 percent of all smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013, and for 93.8 percent of all...
It’s Official: Satya Nadella Is The New Microsoft CEO
Microsoft’s website has confirmed what everyone came to expect over the past week or so: Satya Nadella is the new CEO. On the Microsoft...
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