10 Oct 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
The European Commission has given clearance to Microsoft's $8.5bn (£5.2bn) acquisition of internet...The EC's decision stated: "The parties' activities mainly overlap for video communications, where Microsoft is active through its Windows Live Messenger.
"However, the Commission considers ...
, Serbia and Taiwan have yet to rule on the deal.
When he agreed the deal in May , Microsoft chief ...
21 Jun 2011
| by Ben Bold
Bewsher and seven other executives ahead of its £8.5bn (£5.2bn) takeover by Microsoft....in value when the Microsoft deal closed.
In addition to Bewsher ( profiled by Marketing in April , just ...
, Skype has made some management changes."
Microsoft confirmed in May that it would buy Skype, with a price tag being four times more than analysts had expected . At the time Microsoft chief executive Steve ...
25 May 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
British Airways has teamed up with Microsoft to become the first UK airline to offer mobile..., to give them more freedom and convenience.
"Our partnership with Microsoft ensures British Airways ...
18 May 2011
| by Ed Owen
Microsoft aims to disrupt the mobile market with its shock purchase of Skype for $8.5bn (£5.2bn...rewards, as Microsoft builds on its strategic alliance with Nokia to develop a network of video ...
still owned by the company s founders. The Microsoft deal corrects this anomaly.
Media and marketing specialists now believe Microsoft has a real opportunity to make its own portfolio of products ...
10 May 2011
| by Ed Owen
Skype will help Microsoft to create the "future of real-time communications", Microsoft's chief...As reported earlier today , Microsoft will acquire the business for $8.5bn some four times the cost analysts had predicted.
In a statement, Microsoft claimed: "The acquisition will increase ...
, but opportunities for brands now change as Skype becomes part of Microsoft's communications network ...
10 May 2011
| by Ed Owen
O2 has appointed Tom Hosking, Microsoft's Windows Live sales lead, as the head of its personalised...build on the early successes that we ve been able to demonstrate."
At Microsoft, Hosking ran Microsoft Live in EMEA, heading a 250-strong team across the region and in Canada, and drove new product development.
He had previously run the sales team for in-game ad space at Microsoft's Massive, and before ...
20 Oct 2010
| by Andrew Walmsley
, as employees bearing giant iPhones and BlackBerrys followed hearses through the Microsoft campus to celebrate ...
's certainly significant for Microsoft. Chief executive Steve Ballmer recently missed out on a chunk of bonus ...
battle for the future of the internet, and Microsoft wants it bad.
New comScore research shows we ...
12 Jul 2010
| by Mark Banham
Thompsonlocal.com has signed a three-year deal with Microsoft to become the first independent UK...-standing partnership with Microsoft and are delighted to be able to offer our customers new, innovative opportunities to target consumers on Microsoft's new search experience, Bing.
"Our focus is to ensure our customers ...
a wide range of media."
Aaron McGrath, EMEA ad services manager at Microsoft, said: "We ...
19 Jan 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
LONDON - France has backed Germany's calls for users to stop using Microsoft's Internet Explorer...people use an alternative browser to Microsoft s Internet Explorer to protect their security ...
by the fact that Microsoft has yet to publish a patch to fix the bug. The warnings follow information on Microsoft s own website that it is "investigating reports of limited targeted attacks against customers ...
17 Dec 2009
| by Noel Bussey
Microsoft to address allegations that it unlawfully "bundles" its software products. Source ...