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Huh... turns out Google actually IS your friend

Google is officially on Facebook, and the people approve. But no, not in a way that actually makes sense, Microsoft already has that covered. Google has quietly rolled out its own Facebook page, and the search giant's presence on the world's most...

Posted Aug 03 2009, 11:49 AM by Dan Leahul with | with no comments

Filed under: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter

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Saving AOL with the help of P&G

The analysts say the situation is dire, but Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL, tells the New York Times how he is going to save the company with the help of Procter & Gamble. Former Google boy Armstrong tells the paper that: "If you tried to recreate...

Posted Jul 23 2009, 11:05 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL, Procter & Gamble

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No bounce back for traditional media says Ballmer

Steve Ballmer, the Microsoft chief executive, was sounding pessimistic in Cannes yesterday and warned publishers that there was going to be no bounce back and that the global advertising economy had reset for good. Ballmer argued that traditional print...

Posted Jun 25 2009, 10:50 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Cannes, Microsoft, The New York Times, paid content, e-reader

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The joy(lessness) of random sex ads

Microsoft appears to have a few issues with the ads its serving in Hotmail. Readers we're hearing from at Brand Republic are getting random ads for various articles of racy clothing and sex toys. Nice. We're as open minded as the next (as long...

Posted Mar 04 2009, 12:13 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 9 comment(s)

Filed under: Google, Microsoft, sex ads, Sex toys, Hotmail

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Microsoft taking new look social media strategy

PR Week is reporting today that Microsoft is taking a fresh look at its social media strategy and aims to beef up its consumer engagement. It is looking at social media on a global scale as part of an effort to improve its consumer communications. Let's...

Posted Feb 26 2009, 12:43 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with no comments

Filed under: Microsoft, social media

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Yahoo! plays its safe with CEO appointment

Yahoo! has continued to do exactly what got it in this mess in the first place. It has played it boring and hired a CEO, in Carol Bartz, who is a safe pair of hands for a publicly quoted company, but has little or no Web 2.0 or advertising experience...

Posted Jan 14 2009, 09:05 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!

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And now they have satellites?

Google is buying satellites. I don't know about you, but I'm worried. It already has pictures of the pool in your back garden and now it plans to launch at least 16 satellites, which must be as many as we have. This can't be good. There are...

Posted Sep 09 2008, 09:28 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with no comments

Filed under: Google, Microsoft, Chrome, Explorer

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Chrome is going to be one of those ironies

Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt has admitted that the decision to launch its Chrome browser is a defensive one in its battle with Microsoft's and Internet Explorer. The irony is that it is likely to be Firefox, like Netscape before it...

Posted Sep 04 2008, 12:13 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: Google, Internet, Microsoft, Firefox, Chrome

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Why Microsoft will never be cool

So Microsoft is making a bid to be cool. Can it really ever make it? In a word no. Microsoft is never going to be cool, Jerry Seinfeld or not. The truth is that Microsoft has never been cool and it never will be. It produces very good, but quite dull...

Posted Aug 21 2008, 12:14 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 13 comment(s)

Filed under: Apple, Douglas Coupland, Microsoft, branding

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An independent Yahoo! is good for business (says Google)

Google CEO Eric Schmidt is at it again telling anyone who will listen what a great thing it would be for the industry if Yahoo! stayed independent because "a combination with Microsoft "would be anti-competitive". Like he should know. Of...

Posted Jul 11 2008, 12:10 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with no comments

Filed under: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!

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What is Yahoo! for?

As Yahoo! boss Jerry Yang hits out at his detractors, there's an interesting piece around today that asks the salient question: what is Yahoo!? While Microsoft tries to resurrect its effort to buy some/all of Yahoo!, Yang was yesterday talking up...

Posted Jul 10 2008, 10:53 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with no comments

Filed under: Microsoft, Yahoo!

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My favourite Bill Gates story

It's Bill Gates last day at Microsoft. Luckily we now have Eric Schmidt at Google to blame stuff on. He is the new Bill making the real Bill seem much less evil. I have heard lots of Bill stories over the years, but one of my favourite Bill stories...

Posted Jun 27 2008, 11:11 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Douglas Coupland, Microsoft

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Bold moves by Nokia could finally challenge Google

Huge moves this week in the world of mobile as Nokia bought the half of Symbian it didn't already own, and announced plans to make its software free of charge. That's millions in revenue it is giving up. Very Scandinavian. Symbian was created...

Posted Jun 26 2008, 12:18 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with no comments

Filed under: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mobile advertising, Nokia

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Jerry Yang smart dumb

I'm sure that Yahoo! chief executive Jerry Yang is a very smart man, but it seems that, like a lot of men, he is of the smart-dumb variety. That's the only way to explain why he would want to sign a deal with his biggest competitor Google, which...

Posted Jun 13 2008, 09:27 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!

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Google widens search lead over rivals

On the same day that Google moves ahead again in the search battle (it had almost 62% of the market), billionaire co-founder Larry Page criticised the potential Microsoft tie-up with Yahoo!, saying it would "concentrate too much power in the online...

Posted May 23 2008, 11:45 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with no comments

Filed under: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!

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Huh... turns out Google actually IS your friend

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Saving AOL with the help of P&G

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No bounce back for traditional media says Ballmer

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The joy(lessness) of random sex ads

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Microsoft taking new look social media strategy

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Yahoo! plays its safe with CEO appointment

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And now they have satellites?

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Chrome is going to be one of those ironies

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Why Microsoft will never be cool

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An independent Yahoo! is good for business (says Google)

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What is Yahoo! for?

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My favourite Bill Gates story

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Bold moves by Nokia could finally challenge Google

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Jerry Yang smart dumb

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Google widens search lead over rivals