dan tynan on Nov 07 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, yahoo
Thanks to the DOJ, Google has backed out of its partnership with Yahoo — leaving the #2 search company dangling helplessly over the jaws of Microsoft. Can it survive?
dan tynan on Jul 25 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft, yahoo
Our long national nightmare is over — or so it would seem. After Yahoo gave Carl Icahn a seat at its table, Microsoft walked away, allegedly for good. Is truly the end of MicroHoo? Cringely has his doubts.
dan tynan on Jul 16 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft, yahoo
It’s BratFest 2008. As Microsoft, Yahoo, and Carl Icahn squabble like schoolchildren over who called the other one “stinky,” Cringely longs for some adult supervision. Can’t Google do something to make them stop?
dan tynan on May 16 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
(This screed originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
I think, therefore Icahn. Just when you thought the Yahoo-Microsoft deal was kaput, in steps everyone’s least favorite uncle Carl Icahn to muck things up. In a letter to the Yahoo board, the curmudgeon billionaire scolded board members, then announced his intentions to buy $2.5 [...]
dan tynan on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, Facebook, Foolishness, Google
$25 billion deal combines two Web powerhouses
by Dan Tynan
In a move that stunned Silicon Valley watchers, Google announced it is purchasing popular social network Facebook in a cash and stock deal valued at $25 billion.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg held a hastily arranged press conference where they outlined the key [...]
