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Microsoft teams Search and Ad Platform Group, Terry Semel is Happy about Panama Performance, Yahoo Discards Clicks

Moves at Microsoft have put the Live Search and adCenter teams together in a newly formed Search and Ad Platform group. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella will run the group, taking over from former head of search Chris Payne, who is leaving the company. The struggling search side of Microsoft only holds about eleven percent of US [...]

Microsoft Looks To Buy TellMe Networks

Microsoft may be ready to pay eight hundred million, or possibly more, to acquire TellMe Networks. TellMe is a voice applications company that enables speech recognition, and could be very important to Microsoft’s mobile Internet plans. Last year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told the Wall Street Journal that “The leading edge battleground between us and [...]

VP Of Live Search Leaves, Internet Advertising Has Highest Quarter, Wikipedia Still Anonymous

Microsoft’s main search executive, Christopher Payne, won’t be leading the charge against Google any more. He’s leaving Microsoft to launch a new technology startup. Microsoft has lost search market share to Google and Yahoo during his tenure. Microsoft’s stagnant movement in search market share, depriving it of greater search ad business, likely contributed to the [...]