With IT giant Microsoft bidding $44.6 billion to acquire internet major Yahoo! to take on growing competition from Google in the fast-growing online advertisement market, the domestic players in this arena today said they are ready for the new challenge.
The Department of Electronics and Information Technology is drafting a policy on e-mail usage for government offices and departments and the policy is almost ready.
Qi Lu would join as president of online services group to lead its search and online advertising and all its online communications services, Microsoft Corp said. He would report to Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer, the statement added.
According to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bartz received a base salary of $969,872 last year and also got a performance-related bonus valued at $1.5 million. In addition, she received $42.1 million in the form of stock and stock options and other compensation of $2.61 million, thus, taking the total pay package to $47.22 million, the filing added.
Yahoo Inc chairman Terry Semelm belittled rival Google Inc's recent efforts to expand beyond its leading Internet search engine, describing the diversification as a haphazard attempt to catch up with his company.
A new digital divide is set to separate the haves from the have-nots, with two Internet giants endorsing a system that gives preferential treatment to e-mails sent by paying subscribers.
It is more of bad news that dominates the top ten tech stories for the year 2008, which includes Microsoft's failed takeover bid for Yahoo, failure of Vista operating system and rumours about death of Apple chief Steve Jobs, as per a list compiled by the Forbes magazine.
Mohammad Rafi had a powerful range that could accommodate anything from the sublime O duniya ke rakhwale for Bharat Bhushan in Baiju Bawra to the eccentric Badan pe sitare lapete huye for Shammi Kapoor in Prince.
If you don't have a bash, ball or wedding to waft off to, you have to simply step a fashionable manicured toe into the 24-hour non-stop Instagram party whirl, where the red carpet never gets rolled up.
This Bigg Boss contestant believes in compelling fashion.
Uber is present in over 250 cities in 50 countries.
Prayag Raj, who was so successful at his peak, ought not to have slid into oblivion, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Bootstrapping has put Nithin Kamath of Zerodha in a position where he can trifle with talk about valuation, points out Suveen Sinha.
Every online user must put these additional security layer in place to prevent theft of their online identities and vital information like user IDs and passwords
US Congressman Ro Khanna's message is that instead of depending on the 'hidden hand' of capitalism -- that is to say, the power of markets -- it is time for policymakers to play a more active role in making sure that a wide range of towns become locations for digital economy enterprises and jobs, points out Ajit Balakrishnan.
Vaughan has backed Jos Buttler to become the team's white-ball skipper
The cricketer-turned-politician had received death threats on Tuesday and Wednesday.
After gaining 300 million mobile wallet users in India, the firm has now expanded operations to Japan via PayPay Corporation, a joint venture established by SoftBank Corp and Yahoo Japan Corporation.
Whether it is Nargis in Mother India or Nirupa Roy in Deewaar, Mama's a scenestealer while Dad is just a shadow. There are films that have explored the Dad's character with tender affection
We look back at Shammi Kapoor's iconic film, co-starring Saira Banu, in 1961.
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Jerry Yang, who founded Yahoo along with David Filo in 1995, has left to "pursue other interests outside of Yahoo". Yang, who carried the designation "Chief Yahoo", exited two weeks after Scott Thompson, who used to run eBay's PayPal unit, joined as CEO.
Internet search giant Google on Thursday said it will be "happy to help" India in implementing a project to provide unique identity numbers to citizens, if asked.
Anjali Ryot was killed along with another German tourist on Wednesday night in the crossfire, californianewstimes.com news portal reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Mukesh Ambani feature amongst the most searched personalities online this year, according to search engine Yahoo.
Working from home isn't necessarily a bad idea. Here are some effective tips to give in your best despite being away from the office.
Believe it or not, the revenues of some of the world biggest companies beat the GDP figures of several nations.
These women may not have founded the current-day tech giants but they surely have made them successful.
If the software giant gets tired of chasing Yahoo!, there are plenty of other ways it can spend $40 billion.
These women may not have founded the current-day tech giants but they surely have helped to make these firms successful.
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Malayalam film industry.
Companies and employees can actually manipulate the flow of gossip to gain tactical advantage.
The trend of employees working from home is here to stay in India despite companies like Yahoo! banning the practice, experts have said.
The decision by new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to ban work from home plans has set off a debate as to whether this was a wrong decision or a necessary evil.
It was a mixed year for social networking sites, which began the year with a bang. Social media sites like MySpace, BigAdda, Ibibo, Orkut and Facebook firmed up operations while sites like Yahoo Mash, popularly touted as competitor to Facebook, shut shop in September 2008 after a year of being launched.
The IPL broadcast rights -- internet, TV and mobile -- are expected to fetch the BCCI a massive sum of around Rs. 20,000 crore-plus.
Setting a deadline for 22 social networking websites including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to remove all "anti-religious" or "anti-social" content, a Delhi court on Saturday directed the companies to file compliance reports by February 6.
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