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- Do More with Windows Live Search for Mobile
- Microsoft just took the wraps off version 2 of Windows Live Search for Mobile, the whiz-bang search app for cell phones. In case you're unfamiliar with it, WLS taps Windows Live Local to provide area-specific searches. Just choose your location (by providing a city name, ZIP code, etc.), then access business listings,...
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
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- Microsoft strikes deals for Live Search
- This story was co-written by Marguerite Reardon.LAS VEGAS--Microsoft is hoping two new distribution deals will give its Live Search a much-needed boost.The company is announcing on Wednesday a global deal with Dell that will see Live Search be the default search engine and a Windows Live toolbar bundled on the...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Verizon selects Microsoft as mobile search partner - CES
- Microsoft is US mobile operator, Verizon’s new mobile search partner in what is being hailed as a major coup against rivals Google and Yahoo!. The five-year deal, which was rumoured last year to be worth between USD550m and USD650m, establishes Windows Live Search as the default browser for Verizon...
- Articles 2009-01-09
- Microsoft's Cashback Search Engine Gambit Is a Bust
- Nielsen Online released their search engine numbers for July today, and I think its safe to say that Microsoft Live's Cashback initiative, which saw the company offering money back to consumers and Cost Per Action pricing for advertisers, isn't gaining much traction. Number from comScore last month seemed to show...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Bada-Bing! Microsoft's New Search Engine Has Potential to Lead to Advertiser Cha-Ching
- Andy Beal submits: It’s been almost two weeks since Microsoft MSFT thankfully retired the Windows Live Search brand and instead started asking us if we Bing. Well, aside from the initial reports that Bing is seeing an increase in market share, there could be an even more...
- External links 2009-06-10
- Live Search Pushes onto Google Turf
- News Analysis. Microsoft bundling deals with Dell and Verizon mark a strategic turning point. After years of losing out to Google for lucrative search deals, Microsoft reverses momentum. To be clear: Microsoft isn't going to magically reverse Google search market share gains simply by cutting deals like these. But Microsoft...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Microsoft's Search Strategy Goes Vertical
- How often do you query the Web through MSN or Windows Live? Right, and that's one of Microsoft's biggest problems. Hardly anyone uses its online search services, which means it's losing out big time on advertising opportunities. The Google brand of Internet search is so far ahead and has stood...
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Hands On: Windows Live Movie Maker
- Many software products have historically added an increasing number of features with each release, but Windows Live Movie Maker ? like Windows 7 ? bucks the trend. Both Microsoft's new OS and its entry-level video editor took as a goal trimming down to features users really care about. (Windows 7...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Windows Live for Windows Mobile Puts Live Services in Your Pocket
- For users of Windows Mobile phones, there's much to be said for tapping Microsoft's varied and useful Windows Live services. Thanks to the new Windows Live for Windows Mobile app, you can do exactly that. The free app provides access to Windows Live Messenger so you can...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- Microsoft to use Ingenio for sponsored mobile search.(News)
- Following the lead of rivals Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. announced it will add sponsored results to its new mobile search service. Through a new partnership with voice-commerce vendor Ingenio Inc., mobile Windows Live Search users w Following the lead of rivals...
- Research articles 2006-10-16
- Sprint Nextel, Microsoft strategic alliance yields search service.(News)
- Byline: KELLY HILL Sprint Nextel Corp. announced the first product from a new strategic alliance with Microsoft Corp.: The carrier will offer Windows Live Search for mobile on its handsets, and eventually will upgrade the service with GPS cap ...
- Research articles 2006-11-20
- Microsoft and Verizon to build iPhone rival – Rumour
- Microsoft is rumoured to be working with Verizon on an iPhone-rivalling touch-screen phone. Microsoft is reportedly providing multimedia-focused software for the device, which will be built by an unnamed third party and offered on Verizon's mobile network in the US. ...
- Articles 2009-04-28
- Microsoft launches new Internet search engine
- SAN FRANCISCO AFP — US computer software powerhouse Microsoft unveiled a revved-up Internet search engine geared to challenge its online arch-rival Google. The Redmond, Washington, company went public with a beta version of "Windows Live Search" and an updated tool bar at the website www.Live.com. "Were unveiling a...
- Research articles 2006-03-08
- Traffic.com Real-Time Traffic Content is Now Available for Major Metropolitan Areas across the United States in Microsoft's Windows Live Local
- WAYNE, Pa. -- Traffic.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRFC), the source for the most accurate, comprehensive, and real-time traffic information in the United States, today announced the availability of Traffic.com content within the new version of Windows Live Local, Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) online mapping, driving directions and local search service available at http://local.live.com.
- Research articles 2006-05-24
- Can Microsoft's Bing Actually Take Search Share from Google?
- Andy Beal submits: Whether it ends up being akin to Custer’s last stand or not, Microsoft MSFT has just announced Bing, as it desperately tries to find a way to take market share away from Google GOOG. Whether you love the new name or not–personally, I think it’s a...
- External links 2009-05-28
- Google Runs Away from Yahoo and MSN in Search Share
- The other day I wrote a post detailing the online revenues of the Web's big players, and although Google is still far and away the leader, it's interesting to see how much its revenue growth has slowed in the last year. But let's look at Google and its alleged search...
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Microsoft's Mistaken Branding Blunders
- There were a few pieces of news in the last few days about Microsoft, ranging from competing with Google for a Verizon deal and Steve Ballmer having to testify in the Vista Capable lawsuit to a new name for Windows Live Search. Although they seem like separate stories, they aren't...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Live blog: Ballmer at CES
- LAS VEGAS--With Bill Gates now a Microsoft part-timer, company CEO Steve Ballmer is filling in at this year's opening keynote for the Consumer Electronics Show. We're bringing you live coverage of his speech, which started at about 6:30 p.m. PST. Windows 7 is likely to be the centerpiece of Ballmer's...
- News items 2009-08-07
- CES: Ballmer Announces Win 7 Beta, Microsoft Directions for 2009
- CES kicked off with the traditional speech from the head of Microsoft, but this year Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took over the slot that Bill Gates has had for the past 15 years. Ballmer comes across as more of a salesperson than Gates, but the basic messages were pretty much...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Microsoft launches major MSN homepage overhaul
- On the heels of big redesigns at rival portals Yahoo and AOL, Microsoft is unveiling what it is calling the most significant overhaul of MSN.com in more than a decade. The home page's familiar blue background and long lists of links are being replaced with an...
- News items 2009-11-04
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