Archive for April, 2008

"No Comments" – Microsoft and Yahoo said after the meet

After yesterday’s meet between senior Microsoft and Yahoo executives was ended without any further progress, Microsoft stays committed in its refusal to increase its bid for Yahoo, according to a person with directly associated with Microsoft’s thinking.

Microsoft, however, is increasingly getting irritated with Yahoo’s refusal to get in into negotiations, the person stated. But Microsoft is not taking into account to lower its offer or moving back it all together, the person added. Earlier media study suggesting that Microsoft is re-appraising its offer sent to Yahoo shares down about 5 percent in after-hours of trading.

“Microsoft has tried again and again to engage in substantive negotiations, but the board has simply refused,” the person said. “Since the offer was made, the market has deteriorated and there are numerous indications that Yahoo’s business has declined.”

Sunday, April 6th, 2008 microsoft, Social Networking No Comments

Meet between Microsoft and Yahoo

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Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. senior authorities met this week to talk about Microsoft’s offer to obtain the Internet giant Company yahoo but were unsuccessful to determine any of their differences, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Microsoft executives had no interest to increase their cash-and-stock offer, and the Yahoo camp went on to say no to enter formal negotiations without a sickly bid, people known with the matter say. Yahoo’s board discarded Microsoft’s original bid in February, and Yahoo’s senior executive might see no point in investment talks on the basis of that offer.

Microsoft’s cash-and0stock offer was designated at $44.6 billion during Jan. 31, but a drop in the software maker’s share price has decreased the value to about $42 billion, or $29.29 a share. On Thursday, Yahoo shares traded at $28.13 at 4 p.m. Nasdaq Stock Exchange composite trading.

Friday, April 4th, 2008 microsoft, Social Networking No Comments

Microsoft does not augment its initial offer for Yahoo

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Microsoft is doubtful to augment its initial voluntary takeover offer for Yahoo, according to a review last week in the Wall Street Journal. Citing unidentified sources close to Microsoft, the WSJ reports that, with no feasible option offers for Yahoo’s business, augmenting the original $44.6 billion offer will now be equal to bidding against itself. In its place, the software giant’s plan is to remain tight and stay for Yahoo to end of practical options, after that it would agree to Microsoft’s initial offer.

On January 31, Microsoft had offered Yahoo $31 a share for its industry, or about $44.6 billion at the time and that Yahoo stated “considerably undervalued” the company. However, as that preliminary offer was joined in part to Microsoft’s stock price, and Microsoft’s stock price had been refused over the last two months, the offer now is worth just about $29 per share, or a couple of billion dollars less, give or take. Lets wait and watch what yahoo decides!

Friday, April 4th, 2008 microsoft, Social Networking No Comments

Google announced Custom time email

Google yesterday announced that it is initiating a new email service, which let’s you change/alter the time of any email that is marked as received by the future recipient. This new “Gmail Custom Time” could further be set as to the email appear either as read or unread in the apt chronological order.

The mark comes also with some limitations. Emails could be retrograded prior to April 1, 2004, the date Google started Gmail. Said Google in the statement: “If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents before you were born – crazy talk.”

Google is further limiting the use of this feature to only 10 times a year to avoid others from losing “faith in the accuracy of time.” Or, for that matter, faith in announcements made on the first day of April.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Social Networking No Comments

Yahoo Launches Shine for Women

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Yahoo Inc. has recently launched Yahoo Shine, which is a new appeal to a key demographic; women. It is a Web site that aims at females between the ages of 25 and 54. It would look into into fashion and loveliness, activity, parenting, work and lot other areas of interest pertaining to women. You can check out Yahoo Shine at http://shine.yahoo.com/

“Shine is going to be a magnet for women looking to come to one place to get the best information built for women,” she said. Women form a pleasing audience for online marketers, partly, because they outnumber men. There are 81 million U.S. women aged 18 and elder on the Internet when compared with 77.8 million men, according to study company EMarketer Inc.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Social Networking No Comments
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