Bing

Microsoft announced this week that it will automatically encrypt all Bing search traffic by default starting “this summer.”

  Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer may have driven a tougher bargain with Microsoft than originally expected: According to a recently revealed regulatory filing, both Yahoo and Microsoft can now terminate their recently renegotiated search deal as soon as October 2015, a full five years earlier than before. This is a fairly stunning achievement for Mayer, who…

Microsoft has closed an important deal with Yahoo, which will continue using Bing technologies in its own search experience. The only question what concessions Microsoft made to keep the partnership alive, as Yahoo was known to have been unhappy with search revenues and was actively seeking to change the deal or engage with a new…

Aidan Finn discusses how Microsoft is limiting their potential market by arbitrarily restricting features or limiting services to one or a few countries.

This past week, a Bloomberg report claimed that Nokia is considering shedding its HERE mapping and location business unit. Microsoft is on a short list of companies that could purchase HERE. Since this technology is so strategic, it should do so. As you may recall, Microsoft purchased Nokia’s devices and services businesses for about $7.2…