22 Dec 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft has sold its online shopping portal Ciao to LeGuide.com, the pan-European publisher..., was acquired by Microsoft in August 2008, for nearly half a billion dollars .
In 2009, Ciao was integrated into Microsoft's then new search engine Bing, including a Ciao shopping engine on the UK MSN site.
A spokeswoman for Microsoft said: "Microsoft plans to continue to offer the same great Ciao experience to Bing ...
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 ...
15 Jun 2010
| by Mark Banham
of an online forum. Unlike Microsoft's online gaming forum Xbox Live, Virgin Gaming is expected to offer free ...
, was Microsoft's next generation of gaming console Kinect, a motion-sensitive, hands-free device, designed to challenge the Nintendo Wii console. Kinect had, up until now, been a closely guarded secret at Microsoft ...
14 Sep 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
Microsoft is preparing to challenge the dominance of Apple in the tablet market with the latest...The Windows 8 operating system has been designed to run on tablet computers, in addition to being compatible with desktop and laptop PCs.
Microsoft has offered a preview of the software as it moves ...
in the five leading European markets uses the Android platform.
Microsoft s mobile operating system ...
12 Apr 2011
| by Ed Owen
launched the phones on its Symbian platform, despite the company hoping to switch to the Microsoft Windows ...
Micrsoft features.
This follows the company's signing of the 'Mokia' strategic alliance with Microsoft ...
users."
The Symbian platform will eventually be dropped in favour of Microsoft's windows phone ...
26 Aug 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
Microsoft Advertising UK has appointed VCCP and Stephens Francis Whitson to handle its business...The agencies picked up the account following a pitch against Microsoft's roster shops and they will mainly be responsible for promoting the technology giant's advertising offer to businesses.
Microsoft ...
and also builds its range of display ad solutions.
Separately, Microsoft is reviewing its global B2B ...
10 Jan 2011
| by Katherine Levy
US computer giant Microsoft has called a review of its $1bn media business in North America...The review is focused on Microsoft's accounts in the US and Canada. In the UK, UM has handled Microsoft's business for the past eight years and will continue to run the business.
In North America, Microsoft has sent a request-for-information document to selected agencies in the last few days.
A source ...
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 ...
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 ...
21 Mar 2011
| by Sara Kimberley
Starcom Mediavest Group has won Microsoft's $1bn (£614m) North America media buying account...Microsoft's global account, which was wholly with Interpublic Groupe's Universal McCann, has been ...
McCann has retained the business in Microsoft's 35 markets outside North America. This includes the UK where the brand spent 36.7m on media last year, according to Nielsen.
A Microsoft spokesperson said ...