In its bid to make the connected world faster and accessible to more consumers, Microsoft has partnered with popular social networking sites for the launch of the third version of its Windows Live online services.
Debuting on Tuesday at the Philippines' SM Mall of Asia (MoA) in Pasay City, Microsoft executives announced the company is collaborating with popular social networking sites such as Flickr, LinkedIn, Pandora Media, Photobucket, Twitter, WordPress and Yelp, to combine activities from these sites into the new Windows Live through a new profile and the What's New feed.
Likewise, Microsoft announced its global alliances with HP and China Telecom Corporation Ltd. to deliver Windows Live services to more people across the globe. HP will distribute Windows Live Photo Gallery with its consumer printers, including Photosmart and Deskjet lines beginning 2009. The combined offer provides HP customers with Windows Live Photo Gallery, an end-to-end photo management and printing solution.
Meanwhile, in the Philippines, the Microsoft made a local alliance with the country's largest chain of Internet cafes, the Netopia Internet Café.
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Microsoft taps Yahoo exec to lead Web business
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday tapped a former Yahoo search executive to lead its online push, adding to the intrigue surrounding a possible search partnership between the two rivals.
Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft named Qi Lu president of its Online Services Group, responsible for all of the software maker's Web-based programs and services, including search and online advertising — areas where it ranks a distant No. 3 behind Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
The slot was left vacant after Kevin Johnson, a driving force behind Microsoft's quixotic attempt to buy Yahoo, departed in July. A top internal contender to succeed Johnson, former aQuantive chief Brian McAndrews, is leaving the company, Microsoft said.
Lu spent a decade working for Yahoo. He oversaw a high-profile effort, dubbed "Project Panama," that has helped Yahoo reap more money from the ads running alongside its search results. But that project took longer than investors had hoped to complete, giving Google more time to widen its advantage over its rival.
More than 100 Yahoo executives have left since January 2007, exasperated with the perceived bungling of the Sunnyvale, Calif., company's leaders. The Web icon, eclipsed by Google and outmaneuvered by nimble newcomers like MySpace and Facebook, has posted sagging profits for the past three years.
Lu left Yahoo in August, shortly after the company hired Google to show some of the ads next to its search results. The proposed partnership disillusioned some of Yahoo's search engine specialists who saw the deal as a signal that the company planned to spend less time and money to improve its own technology.
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Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft named Qi Lu president of its Online Services Group, responsible for all of the software maker's Web-based programs and services, including search and online advertising — areas where it ranks a distant No. 3 behind Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
The slot was left vacant after Kevin Johnson, a driving force behind Microsoft's quixotic attempt to buy Yahoo, departed in July. A top internal contender to succeed Johnson, former aQuantive chief Brian McAndrews, is leaving the company, Microsoft said.
Lu spent a decade working for Yahoo. He oversaw a high-profile effort, dubbed "Project Panama," that has helped Yahoo reap more money from the ads running alongside its search results. But that project took longer than investors had hoped to complete, giving Google more time to widen its advantage over its rival.
More than 100 Yahoo executives have left since January 2007, exasperated with the perceived bungling of the Sunnyvale, Calif., company's leaders. The Web icon, eclipsed by Google and outmaneuvered by nimble newcomers like MySpace and Facebook, has posted sagging profits for the past three years.
Lu left Yahoo in August, shortly after the company hired Google to show some of the ads next to its search results. The proposed partnership disillusioned some of Yahoo's search engine specialists who saw the deal as a signal that the company planned to spend less time and money to improve its own technology.
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