17 Dec 2009
| by Noel Bussey
Microsoft to address allegations that it unlawfully "bundles" its software products. Source ...
07 Dec 2009
| by Ian Darby
LONDON - Microsoft has appointed Chris Maples as the head of its Microsoft Advertising unit....and will be responsible for all commercial operations and ad revenues across all Microsoft products, from Bing and MSN to its Xbox Live and in-game advertising activities. Before joining Microsoft, Maples was managing director of DrivePM, the behavioural targeting network. Microsoft s advertising sales team was awarded ...
03 Dec 2009
| by Noel Bussey
0 0 1 32 184 1 1 225 11.773 0 0 0 Microsoft's top search ...
27 Nov 2009
Microsoft and News Corp are in talks over a plan that could see the computer giant pay Rupert...The deal, reported by the Financial Times, could spark a search engine
battle and offer hope to newspapers struggling to monetise online
content. News Corp said that it was considering pulling its news content
from Google, and Microsoft has approached other online publishers to
convince them to "de ...
27 Nov 2009
Microsoft Advertising began the year with a simple but rather ambitious aim: to become the trusted...by competing against or partnering with offline
media; and to become "One Microsoft Advertising". This last goal meant
combining all of Microsoft's advertising and technology platforms, with
the goal of delivering real business solutions for clients. Over a 12-month period, Microsoft demonstrated ...
23 Nov 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
LONDON - Microsoft and News Corp have had talks over a plan which could see the internet giant...Google. The Microsoft deal, reported by the FT , could spark a search engine battle and also offer hope to newspapers struggling to monetise online content. Microsoft has also approached other online publishers in a ...
is being viewed as a direct assault on Google's search engine by Microsoft. ...
23 Nov 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
LONDON - Today's round-up of the biggest business stories.
06 Nov 2009
Chris Ward, Microsoft's commercial director, has left the company after 13 years. Ward, who had
06 Nov 2009
Microsoft has withdrawn its sponsorship of an upcoming Family Guy-themed variety show, after...as incest and deaf people, Microsoft withdrew its sponsorship,
stating that the content "was not a fit ...
02 Nov 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
LONDON - Chris Ward, Microsoft's commercial director, has left the company after 13 years....Ward, who had been on a three-month sabbatical, is not returning to his position. Microsoft is currently looking for a replacement and the UK sales director, Chris Maples, will act as commercial director in the interim. Ward had been with the company since 1996. His initial responsibility was to set up and run ...