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Yahoo Rejects Microsoft

Monday, February 11th, 2008

It’s Official, Yahoo has rejected Microsoft’s offer of a $44.6 billion buyout and Microsoft Responds. The NYTimes is reporting Yahoo’s stock has risen slightly in light of the rejection letter.
That means that investors appear confident that Yahoo is simply posturing to get a better deal from Microsoft (most likely) or someone else (if they [...]

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Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

This time it’s actually true. Yesterday Microsoft made a $44.6 billion offer to acquire Yahoo! Google is by far the most dominant when it comes to online advertising. A deal like this, if accepted by Yahoo, could create a true competitor in the online advertising market. Here’s what Eric Sconfeld over at TechCruch came [...]

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Free 411 – GOOG-411

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Fresh out of Google Labs comes the free GOOG-411 service. Just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) into your phone from anywhere in the US, say your location and what you’re looking for and Google will connect you with the business you choose for free.
Check out the GOOG-411 homepage and watch their short video on how the service [...]

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Online Documents = Easy Collaboration!

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

They guys at “The Common Craft Show” use pen and paper to explain things in “plain english” and they do a great job! You don’t have to be technical to understand their videos and keep up with what’s going on out there on the Web these days.
Their latest video (Google Docs in Plain English) explains [...]

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Tip: Use Google to search any site!

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Here’s a little search tip for you:
Imagine your doing some research for your boss and you remember reading this perfect reference article that would allow you to complete the research in no time an meet your deadline. You could remember the address to the home page of the website (websiteExample.com) where you read this article [...]

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