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The US-Based Technology Titan Reported Net Income of $6.56 Billion on Revenue
Jan 23, 2014Microsoft soared to record revenues in the last quarter the company said Thursday, confounding Wall Street forecasts on the back of strong demand for Xbox consoles, Surface tablets and Internet "cloud" services. The US-based technology ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
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Microsoft Hopes to Change That in The Next Year or Two
Jan 22, 2014Bing has barely any market share in China, but Microsoft hopes to change that in the next year or two by investing more resources into the local version of the search engine. The U.S. software giant is bringing more brain power to Bing ...
Tags: Microsoft, Chinese Bing, Windows Azure
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Brazilian Regulators Are to Investigate Google After Claims by Search Rivals
Oct 16, 2013Brazilian regulators are to investigate Google after claims by Microsoft and Brazilian search rivals that the firm is involved in anti-competitive practices. Brazil's antitrust watchdog Cade said that it was looking into accusations that ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Google
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Microsoft Still Hasn't Found What It's Looking for in The Search Market
Sep 18, 2013Microsoft still hasn't found what it's looking for in the search market – a way to beat Google – but it's not giving up just yet. Microsoft detailed on Monday a set of new and reworked features for Bing that the company hopes ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Google, Microsoft
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Google Must Do More to Allay Fears That It Is Attempting to Squeeze Rivals
Jul 23, 2013Google has once again been told by the European Union that it must do more to allay fears that it is attempting to squeeze rivals from the web search market, after competitors - including Microsoft - voiced concerns that the concessions ...
Tags: Computer Products, google, web search
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Google Planned Remedies to Anti-Competitive Practices
Jun 27, 2013Companies who have been assessing Google's planned remedies to anti-competitive practices called on the European Commission on Tuesday to reject them and to consider regulating Internet search. Google has been under investigation by the ...
Tags: Google, Utilities, Internet search, complainants
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EC Has Received Concessions From Google Aimed at Ending a Two-Year Antitrust Investigation
Apr 15, 2013The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that it has formally received a package of concessions from Google aimed at ending a two-year antitrust investigation. The Internet giant submitted detailed proposals at the end of January, ...
Tags: Google, Antitrust Remedies
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Google Retakes Role of Superstar of Tech Sector as Rival Apple Flounders
Mar 12, 2013Google has retaken the role of superstar of the tech sector with a stunning stock rally as rival Apple flounders. Google has hit fresh all-time highs in recent weeks, and closed Friday in the US at $US831.52 ($814.69), capping a nearly ...
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Google Is Hanging Onto Its Dominant Share of The Search Market
Feb 18, 2013Google is hanging onto its dominant share of the search market, while its competitors inch up and down. Google edged a bit further ahead in January, going from 66.7% of the search market in December to 67%, industry tracker comScore said. ...
Tags: Google, search market, company news
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ICOMP Claimed Google's Dominant Position in Online Search and Advertising Was Generated
Feb 17, 2013An industry group called the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP) has claimed that Google's dominant position in online search and advertising was generated as a result of a "broad-ranging and illegal network of ...
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European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia Seems Resigned to Keep Waiting
Feb 1, 2013Despite saying in December that talks with Google could not go on forever, European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia seems resigned to keep waiting. Almunia laughed as he said at a Wednesday press briefing that "talks were ...
Tags: Google, European Union Competition, settlement agreement
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Yahoo Plans on a Big Comeback in The Internet Search Business
Jan 31, 2013Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says the company plans on a big comeback in the Internet search business, which means directly taking on industry giant Google. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last ...
Tags: Yahoo, Internet search, Google
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Q-Sensei Announced Today That Its Enterprise Search Platform, Q-Sensei Enterprise
Jan 28, 2013Q-Sensei Corp., the next-generation search technology company, announced today that its enterprise search platform, Q-Sensei Enterprise, was lauded by the business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan with the 2012 Global Enterprise Search ...
Tags: Q-Sensei Corp, search technology, enterprise search platform
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Google Achieved $50bn in Annual Revenue for The First Time Last Year
Jan 24, 2013A strong Q4 helped. The fourth quarter of 2012 saw Google generate revenue of $14.4bn (£9bn), up 36 per cent on the same period in 2011. Total revenue from outside the US accounted for 54 per cent of Google's sales for the quarter. ...
Tags: Google, annual revenue, company news
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Google Market Share Dropped Below 90% for The Second Month in a Row
Jan 23, 2013The search giant saw its market share drop to 88% in December 2012. According to Experian, 2.7 billion visits were made to UK search engines in December 2012. This represents a 17% increase year-on-year for UK search. Google market ...
Tags: Google Search, market share, search engine
