Yahoo, Microsoft finalize search deal
Yahoo and Microsoft have finalized their agreement to install Microsoft as the exclusive search provider for Yahoo’s network of sites, the companies announced Friday. Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer first approved a search deal in July, but the matter took a little extra time to complete. (Credit: Yahoo/Microsoft) The deal, first [...]
Microsoft’s Bing goes down
In what could be a blow to its image, Microsoft’s main Bing search site suffered through an outage on Thursday evening. Visitors to Bing.com were getting a browser error message rather than a search bar. Service was down for at least 45 minutes before being restored around 7:10 p.m. PST. Microsoft acknowledged the issues it [...]
Michael Jackson tops Google, Yahoo search in 2009
The death of Michael Jackson in June launched a frenzy of Web activity and propelled the late pop star to the top of the search charts for 2009. That’s the word from Google, Yahoo, and Bing, all of which have revealed their popular search terms for the past year. It’s not too shocking to see [...]
Google, Twitter call attention to World AIDS Day
To show support for the global fight against AIDS, both Google and Twitter changed up their sites a bit Tuesday. If you go to Google.com, you’ll find a link under the search box that leads to several resources where you can learn more about AIDS, volunteer to fight the disease, and donate money to fight [...]
Speak search terms into Google’s app for Nokia
Google released a new version of the free Google Mobile App for Symbian Series 60 (S60) phones on Monday. The update gives phone owners the ability to press the Talk button and speak search terms into the phone. While a new feature to the S60 operating system, users on other platforms, like BlackBerry and iPhone, [...]