Heard the Buzz?

I’m sure we’ve all heard about the debut of Google Buzz, Google’s new, and already controversial, social networking solution. For those of us wondering about what this Buzz thing is, and why your Gmail account is trying to convince you to sign up, CrunchBase has an excellent article about the basics of what Buzz is [...]

Microsoft and Yahoo unveil tie-up

Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumored internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google. Microsoft’s search engine will power the Yahoo website and Yahoo will in turn become the advertising sales team for Microsoft’s online offering. Yahoo has been struggling to make profits in recent years. But last [...]

Google Running Scared?

Microsoft may have developed a contender that threatens Google’s Web search dominance. In a story headlined “Fear grips Google,” the New York Post reports that the launch of Microsoft’s Bing search engine has so upset Google co-founder Sergey Brin that he has top engineers working on “urgent upgrades” to Google’s service. Brin is said to [...]