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Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that discussions with Microsoft regarding a potential transaction — whether for an acquisition of all of Yahoo! or a partial acquisition — have concluded.
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Yahoo! to Strengthen Competitive Position in Online Advertising Through Non-Exclusive Agreement With Google — Agreement Advances Yahoo!'s Open Strategy; Enhances Ability to — Compete in Converging Search and Display Marketplace — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company …
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The Official Google Blog:
Our agreement to provide ad technology to Yahoo! — Today, we announced a non-exclusive advertising agreement that will provide Yahoo! with access to our AdSense for search and AdSense for content advertising programs on their U.S. and Canadian web properties.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Issues Statement Regarding Yahoo! — Microsoft Corp. issued the following statement today regarding Yahoo! — REDMOND, Wash. — June 12, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today issued the following statement: — “In the weeks since Microsoft withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo! …
Google:
Google Announces Non-Exclusive Advertising Services Agreement with Yahoo! in U.S. and Canada — Companies will also Enable Interoperability Between Their Instant Messaging Services — Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced that it has reached an agreement that gives Yahoo! …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google/Yahoo Search Partnership Announcement At 1:30 This Afternoon (Updated) — Yahoo and Google will make a joint announcement at 1:30 California time this afternoon, we've heard from a reliable source close to one of the companies. What is the announcement?
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Yahoo Announces Non-Exclusive Search Agreement With Google
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Matthew Karnitschnig / Wall Street Journal:Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Nears Search-Ad Deal with Google
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Miguel Helft / Bits:
More Top Yahoos Heading for the Exits — A pair of senior Yahoo executives is leaving the beleaguered Internet company, continuing a steady exodus of executives that began more than two years ago. — The latest to leave are Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of the network division …
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Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:Leaving Yahoo! — It seems that word has started to leak out …
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Orli Yakuel / GO2WEB20 Blog:
Testing Google Friend Connect, 1, 2, 3! — Finally, with a little help from Google, I managed to add Google's Friend Connect to my blog. — Basically, Friend Connect is an admin page with several social gadgets that you can customize and embed in your site or blog.
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
What to do about wireless termination fees — Early termination fees for wireless cell phone contracts came under fire during a Federal Communications Commission hearing Thursday as commissioners examined an industry-backed proposal that could soften the blow of these fees for some consumers.
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Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Qik Demos iPhone Video Streaming Service — Not to be outdone by Flixwagon, who announced their own iPhone video streaming service this morning, Qik sent us a video demonstration of their own upcoming product for doing exactly the same thing. — The feature isn't available yet …
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple considering iPhone sales through universities — Apple is mulling a plan that would see the company extend sales of its upcoming iPhone 3G through top universities, and is separately considering a new protection service plan for college students, AppleInsider has learned.
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Study: consumers lust after high-speed broadband, not HDTV — Broadband services and speeds are ranked higher than any other “new” service when it comes to their importance to consumers. New survey results from Pike & Fischer Broadband Advisory Services show that while HDTV and digital phone service …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Clearwire promises a fully-open, “third pipe” WiMAX network — Some spectrum watchers were disappointed by the results of the recent 700MHz auction. They had grand dreams of Google swooping in, dropping millions of dollars, and picking up a nationwide license that it would use …
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