New range of Google Apps could boost the web giant’s reputation among large enterprises… “Google is adding more e-mail security and storage products for businesses, sharpening its aim on a Microsoft stronghold while the competition between the two rivals also heats up in Internet search and advertising…” In an effort to better serve its business […]

San Francisco — Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion takeover bid appears to have backed Yahoo Inc. into a corner, leaving the struggling Internet pioneer with the unpleasant choice of selling to a detested rival or pursuing other agonizing alternatives likely to require the help of an even fiercer foe, Google Inc. “The Yahoo Board is undertaking […]

Several sources mention that at $31 a share, Yahoo feels Microsoft’s bid undervalues the company… “Google Inc. offered help to Yahoo Inc. in an effort to thwart Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited 44.6 billion dollars bid for Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Sunday… San Francisco — Yahoo Inc. would consider a business […]

The counter-thrust came as Yahoo scrambled to find alternatives to Microsoft’s unsolicited bid, now worth $44.6bn… While the internet company has fielded calls from a number of potential allies, including big media and telecoms companies, consideration of any other proposals is still at a very early stage, according to one person close to the company.

“Anyone who thought Google would stand by and watch Microsoft take over Yahoo should think again. Over the weekend, Google moved to block the $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo.” Google’s CEO reportedly has offered help to Yahoo’s CEO, and Google is expected to make Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Yahoo difficult by fanning the antitrust furor. […]

Google has warned that Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Yahoo could stifle internet development and extend monopoly power… “Google issued a statement speaking out against the proposed Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo over the weekend, citing antitrust and competitive concerns…” San Francisco — Internet giant Google said Sunday it finds “troubling” Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar bid to acquire rival […]

By making social data more portable, Google is hoping to make social networks like Facebook and MySpace less relevant… “Google has helped solved a problem that infects new social networks and applications–how to grow them, and fast…” New York — Google on Friday launched Google Social Graph API, a new application programming interface (API) that […]

Improvements to Urchin include improved geo-identification of Web site visitors, cross-segmentation options, and an embedded scheduler… Google on Friday released in beta an upgrade of its on-premises Web analytics software for organizations that prefer not to use the search engine’s online analytics service. Google says the software is similar to Google Analytics but you install […]

Microsoft went public Friday with a $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo… “Microsoft has launched an audacious $44.6bn bid for internet rival Yahoo in a deal designed to create an online advertising powerhouse to rival market leader Google…” Seeking to reshape the online landscape and create a serious challenger to Google’s advertising revenues with […]

San Francisco — Internet Company Yahoo! Inc. has renewed its marquee subscription revenue deal with the largest US communications holding company AT&T Inc., one of three major broadband providers with which Yahoo has joint ventures, to scoop up more advertising dollars from search and display on wireless mobile devices and the personal computers of AT&T […]