Microsoft has mocked Google’s failed attempt at allowing users to change there home search page background image, Bing has had this feature from day one. Microsoft’s European twitter account tweeted on 10th June stating “we’ve lost our background image, if found please return to bing.com;)” Google announced their new feature on June 9th allowing users Read News…
Google’s Goof Up Has Given Microsoft a Good Old Laugh
June 15th, 2010 by Geoff
Google Taking a Leaf Out Of Bing’s Book?
June 7th, 2010 by Geoff
Over the next few days Google will be letting people personalise the iconic Google Search home page by allowing them to add pictures of their own choice as the background. It is going to be known as Freeze-Frame and this picture-adding function will be rolled out over the next few days, starting in the United Read News…
Microsoft Launch Law Suit over Click Laundering
June 4th, 2010 by Geoff
Pay –per-click advertising is a huge money business and makes up a big percentage of the revenue for the internet’s biggest advertising providers. Google, Microsoft and Yahoo provide the best platforms for advertising on the internet with targeted advertising, the likes of which you cannot get anywhere else. However, as with any major industry, there’s Read News…
Apple Surpasses Microsoft to Become the World’s Biggest Technology Company
May 27th, 2010 by Geoff
Following a turbulent Wednesday on the stock exchange, changes in share values for the two companies has resulted in Apple being valued highest by investors for the first time since 1989. Following the 0.4% rise in share value Apple rose to $222bn, $3bn ahead of Microsoft’s $219bn perceived worth. Microsoft also experienced a 4% fall Read News…
Facebook Has Been Announced As The Biggest Publisher of Display Ads on the Net
May 14th, 2010 by Geoff
ClickZ have reported that Facebook has risen to the number one position online in terms of the publication of display ads., according to data sourced by market researchers ComScore. Facebook displayed 176.3 billion ads on its website across the first quarter of this year, which translates to a 16.2% share of the market as a Read News…
Google Battle with Microsoft Continues
May 13th, 2010 by Geoff
Microsoft has launched its flagship product Office 2010, aimed at businesses and home users. This is in a latest bid to try to outrival its major online competitor; Google. The latest version of the software has a free online component – called Office Web Apps. Office Web Apps offers a free version of programs such Read News…
Internet Explorer Loses Further Market Share
May 7th, 2010 by Geoff
Microsoft’s internet browser, Internet Explorer, has lost further ground in the browser wars it has been revealed this week. The software giant’s browser share has slipped for the first time to under 60%, with Google Chrome gaining ground on second place Mozilla Firefox. Net Applications’s April market report shows Internet Explorer still taking the lion’s Read News…
Facebook And Microsoft Take Aim at Google Docs
April 30th, 2010 by Geoff
At Facebook’s recent F8 Developer Conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new aspect to the social network site – Facebook Docs. The new feature is the result of a collaboration between Microsoft and Facebook, to marry up the widely used Microsoft Office suite and the world’s largest social network. Facebook users will be able to Read News…
