Lee Kai-Fu leaving Google China
Google has confirmed that Lee Kai-Fu is leaving their Chinese unit which has been working hard to compete with Baidu in that market.
The company has now announced Yeo Boon-Lock as Lee’s replacement.
Lee had joined Google from Microsoft. That appointment made headlines as Microsoft sued him for breach of [...]
Tesla Motors hires Ricardo Reyes from YouTube
Google has lost another management guy in the form of Ricardo Reyes who is now moving to Tesla Motors.
Reyes has been named the vice president of communications at the electric car manufacturer.
He was previously the head of global communications and public affairs at Google owned YouTube video [...]
Google Mobile Search now support 40 languages
Google has announced that they are now supporting two more languages on their mobile search engine.
The two new languages added are: Hebrew and Arabic.
The company said that they now support as many as 40 languages on mobile search which is an important achievement for them.
Google said [...]
Samsung could launch Android smartphone in India this year
Samsung India has announced that they are aiming to launch 13 more mobile phones this year in the Indian market.
The company had aimed to launch 40 new models in the current year and they are pretty close to achieving that mark.
Samsung India said in a [...]
WideOrbit acquires radio advertising business from Google!
Google has sold out something for a change.
The company has sold its radio advertising business to WideOrbit.
WideOrbit specializes in developing software for the broadcast TV and radio industries.
With this deal, WideOrbit would gain around 3,600 customers. They are also going to take in an unspecified number of Google employees.
Google [...]
Microsoft to hire around 400 Yahoo employees
Microsoft and Yahoo recently announced their collaborative deal on search engine technologies.
The deal would see Microsoft Bing powering Yahoo Search.
As a part of this deal, around 400 Yahoo employees would move to Microsoft.
This comes to around 3% of all Yahoo workers.
Microsoft already has around 91,000 employees [...]
Motorola bets big on Google Android phones
Motorola has been keeping a low profile in the mobile phone market. they are working on a series of new products which would be powered by the Google Android mobile platform.
The company is expected to launch at least two Android smartphones this year.
Motorola said that they are aiming [...]
AOL to focus on core strengths for revival
AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong has said that the company has the potential to survive and become profitable even after it is spun out of Time Warner.
He is asking the investors to hold on to their stock in the company to reap the benefits in the coming [...]
Carl Icahn still wants a deal between Yahoo and Microsoft
Carl Icahn owns around 5% of Yahoo and he has expressed his support for a possible deal between Microsoft and Yahoo.
Industry sources have claimed that the two companies have begun talks once again for a possible deal on search related operations.
Yahoo and Microsoft [...]
Microsoft-Yahoo once again in news
Yahoo and Microsoft are not yet accepting it but industry sources say that the two giants are back in discussions for a possible collaboration.
Microsoft is said to be still interested in the search operations of Yahoo.
The rumours in the market have helped boost Yahoo’s stock price at the share [...]
