Google vs. Microsoft

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• Google Translated Search, Dictionary Warm Up Search Event

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  On Monday, Dec. 7, Google will host a search event at the Computer History Museum in Googles Mountain View, Calif.,hometown. However, Google trotted out a few tools ahead of the event to whet our appetites: translated search in its search options, a fade in search trick, and, as unearthed by the LA Times , Google ...
  1 week ago

• Bing Maps Best Google Maps in Fun, If Not Functionality

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  Microsofts Bing team trotted out a new version of Bing Maps yesterday that eschews AJAX for the companys Silverlight technology. In short, Bing Maps graphics are amazing compared to Google Maps. As my colleague Nick Kolakowski pointed out , key among the new features are the Streetside and Photosynth imagery. ...
  1 week ago

• Google, Microsoft Bing Trade Search Blows as They Exit 2009

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  Ive made a point to point out how Google and Microsoft duel each other in search. Actually, of late its been Bing thats been beating Google to certain things. Case in point, Microsoft announced its deal to index Twitter tweets on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit in October. Google followed hours later by ...
  1 week ago

• Google Vs. Microsoft is Good For Consumers

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  Newsweek columnist Dan Lyons is prone to writing (and saying, if youve been fortunate enough to be entertained hearing him speak in conference hall as I have) outrageous things. We wouldnt expect anything less of a man who writes a faux blog dubbed The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. So I braced myself when I read his ...
  1 week ago

• Google AdMob Buy Beckons Answers from Microsoft, Yahoo

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  When Google moved to buy mobile display ad concern AdMob Nov. 9, I explored the notion that the deal could spark antitrust concerns . After all, anything Google does that involves search and/or advertising is heavily scrutinized today. IDC analyst Karsten Weide told me Google wouldnt face regulatory ...
  2 weeks ago

• Boycotting Microsoft Bing Is No Funny Thing

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  Microsofts Bing search engine has seen a decent growth trajectory since it launched in June, growing from 8.4 percent to 9.9 percent through October. Could November be the month when Bing cracks the double digit mark? It could and probably will (at least according to comScore), but not if people keep micturating on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Google Video Explains What Chrome OS Is

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  Google Nov. 19 made developers happy by releasing Chrome Operating System to open source. Chrome OS is a Web operating system intended as an alternative to Microsoft Windows, allowing users to run Web apps much faster. Google intends to use Chrome OS to power netbooks, those light, speedy machines, from Sony and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Google Chrome OS Preview Comes as Microsoft Preps Azure

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  These are exciting times in Web-based computing, with Microsoft and Google going toe-to-toe on more than just search engine fronts. Yesterday, Microsoft said Azure, the cloud-based operating system would be ready for enterprise consumption as soon as Jan. 1 2010. Thats less than six weeks away! I wrote earlier ...
  3 weeks ago

• Confirmed: Microsoft Cuts SaaS Prices 33 Percent

  
  MSPmentor — Authority: 432
  Microsoft is slashing some SaaS prices by 33 percent, confirming a scoop from TheVARGuy.com earlier today. Sources close to Microsoft say this is the start of a SaaS price war with Google Apps, with VARs and MSPs potentially getting squeezed. But Microsoft is reminding reporters that more than 7,000 partners are ...
  5 weeks ago

• Confirmed: Microsoft Cuts SaaS Pricing

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 506
  The VAR Guy’s sources were right. Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) team has cut SaaS (software as a service) prices on multiple applications — including Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Office Communications Online. Some pundits suggest it’s the start of ...
  5 weeks ago

• Weather.com Plays Weatherman on Bing Maps Using Flash

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  Ive written extensively about how Google is improving Google Maps, adding new layers on a weekly basis. Microsoft is getting help from its partners to boost the value proposition of Bing Maps. Specifically Weather.com, which uses Bing Maps over Google Maps, has created an interesting feature to deliver its ...
  5 weeks ago

• Microsoft Preparing SaaS Price Cuts?

  
  MSPmentor — Authority: 432
  Two sources tell our sister site, The VAR Guy, that Microsoft plans to make SaaS (software as a service) price cuts amid a cloud war with Google Apps. Check out The VAR Guy’s blog for a look at potential implications for VARs and managed service providers.
  5 weeks ago

• Microsoft Cutting SaaS Prices?

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 506
  In its ongoing war against Google Apps, Microsoft is mulling comprehensive SaaS (software as a service) price cuts, according to two sources that are familiar with Microsoft’s SaaS strategy. Here’s a look at the situation, and the potential implications for VARs and managed service providers that are trying to ...
  5 weeks ago

• Dont Tell Collectas Gerry Campbell Bing is Indexing Twitter in Real-time

  
  Google Watch — Authority: 127
  I had an interesting conversation with Collecta CEO Gerry Campbell earlier this week to research my piece about what Microsoft and Googles agreements with Twitter to index tweets will do for those companies. Collecta is one of the two dozen or so real-time search startups that has been indexing Twitter ...
  6 weeks ago

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