If Microsoft has repeatedly stated that he did not want to launch smart phone under its own brand, despite persistent rumors contradictory, it is still a webzine which reported meanwhile that the software giant actually trying to find a parade to the Apple iPhone. According to the latter, Redmond teams have given effect there is little a meeting to design what would be the first smart phone to be created to deal with Apple directly in his chosen field, namely smart phones touch screen with an innovative interface . Read more
At the time of wrestling with Yahoo, Microsoft announces quarterly results below Wall Street expectations, despite higher revenues “in difficult economic conditions”. The world number one software said Thursday have generated 15.84 billion turnover for its fourth quarter fiscal 2008, ended June 30, up 18% over a year. Sales benefited from strong demand for the latest version of Windows Server. The American group recorded a net profit of 4.3 billion, or 46 cents per share, against 3.04 billion (31 cts / share) over the same period last year. Read more
New rebound in the e-business saga of the summer. Microsoft has presented Friday evening a new offer to acquire Yahoo Search. Carl Incan, a minority shareholder of Yahoo favors of a transaction with the clear leader in software, would have given the rest of the activity of Internet portal. After an initial offer to repurchase all of Yahoo, then a request for a simple equity participation, this new proposal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, was rejected by the management of Yahoo, which had only 24 hours to decide. Read more
The software monopoly fears monopoly advertising. Without being able to convince a merger the direction of Yahoo, Microsoft Group has nevertheless decided to torpedo the agreement between Yahoo and Google in the sponsored links. “Never date in the history of advertising a single company could not control the prices of 90% of advertising on a single medium. Neither television nor radio, nor in publishing. Read more
No need for small business act for the software frenches. For the third consecutive year, Microsoft France has decided to extend its programmed IDEAS, an “Initiative for Economic Development of Software Publishers and Start-up”. “To date, some fifty startups have the sponsorship of Microsoft, and we recruit the next 25 in all areas of software: Software + Services, Security, Internet Software, Application enterprises, Mobility and Video games,” says Marc JALABERT, director of the division platform and ecosystem of Microsoft France. Read more
On the eve of the presentation of Microsoft Online Services and the launch of its genuine offer SaaS, Microsoft provides a satisfactory balance for Office Live, a service launched in November 2006, enabling TPE to create a website and an e-mail address, and counting already more than one million users worldwide. “This important step shows that an increasing number of associations and small businesses-especially those with fewer than 10 employees, which specifically addresses this service, realize the importance of having a presence on the Web. Read more