online.wsj.com - 12/5/2008
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NICK WINGFIELD After a nearly five month search, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said it has found a new executive to lead its charge against Google Inc. in the online search and advertising business: Qi Lu, a technologist who was previously a top executive at Yahoo Inc. The move represents a ...
microsoft.com - 12/4/2008
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microsoft.com —
Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers,
advertisers and publishers. REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 4, 2008...
— Microsoft Corp. today announced that Dr. Qi Lu will join the company as president of the Online Services Group. Dr. Lu will lead ...
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Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services ...
kara.allthingsd.com - 12/8/2008
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kara.allthingsd.com —
While there are layoffs all over now, as
evidenced by the dismal jobs reports last week, the...
long-planned Yahoo (YHOO) layoffs will definitely be taking place Wednesday. The layoff number was announced by its (eventually outgoing) CEO Jerry ...
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Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details
gigaom.com - 12/8/2008
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gigaom.com —
Yahoo, the beleaguered web giant, is planning to
launch a new program that essentially turns its email...
offering into a platform on which to run applications, much in the same way Facebook does, according to some of my sources. Yahoo is keeping ...
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Yahoo Plans to Launch a Mail App Platform [GigaOM]
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Microsoft interested in Yahoo search deal, again
TG Daily - All News —
... (IL) We cant really recall how often Microsoft was quoted to have said that it either was or was not interested in getting a deal of some sort done with Yahoo. As of today, however, it appears that Microsoft would want to talk to Yahoo rather sooner than later. And realistically, few actually doubt that there wont be an agreement between the two companies. It is more a question of when Yahoo is finally screwed enough and ripe for a deal. The anchor for the Wall Street Journal to interview Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was the hiring of former Yahoo executive Qi Lu ...
Lu: It'll Be Back To Basics For Microsoft Online (MSFT)
Silicon Alley Insider —
The WSJ sits down with Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer and new digital head Qi Lu. Lu says he going back to the "fundamentals" of "product quality" when he take over next month.
Sounds like he's the right man for the job. The interview is worth reading in full, but here's a few choice parts:
Lu: "I haven't started yet, but looking from outside, at the fundamental level, product quality, user experience is the key to being competitive in this space that we're in. Focusing on fundamental areas such as talent, core infrastructures, basic ...
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