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Yahoo secures T-Mobile US Search deal…

Yahoo’s OneSearch is to power the Search platform on T-Mobile phones. It seems strange that in this particular period of Yahoo decline, that they are able to secure a Search deal such as this with T-Mobile. Especially considering Google’s recent deal with T-Mobile for the G1 Android phones (on which OneSearch will also be prevalent). [...]

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Kumo? Microsoft Live Search to re-brand?

According to TechCrunch there are reports that Microsoft is contemplataing the re-launch and re-brand of Microsoft Live Search… while it looks like Live.com will focus on evolving into a pure social network following it’s first steps in that direction earlier this month.
The TechCrunch sources think that Live Search will re-brand to Kumo, which means ‘cloud’ [...]

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Microsoft entices Customers to Search on Live…

This news article from MarketingVox refers to Microsoft’s attempts to encourage users to Search on MS Live… through a scheme called SearchPerks. This isn’t the first time Microsoft does this (see their CashBack program), or other engines for that matter… but there is something fundamentally wrong with this model, and I think it’ll prove to [...]

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