mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 26 2008 | microsoft, startups, search, powerset, acquisitions
There must be more to their business than searching Wikipedia.
Quoted: VentureBeat is reporting that Microsoft has agreed to buy semantic search engine Powerset for somewhere around $100 million, which is the price we previously reported was being offered to the company.
- mohit | Shared With: Everyone - 16 days ago | microsoft, google, docverse, startups
Quoted: Another day, another report of a possible Google acquisition with potential implications for Microsoft.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 24 2008 | technology, startups, microsoft, google, economy, advertising
Was just talking about this over dinner.
Quoted: So far, he said, the impact has been most noticeable in the market for premium online display advertisements. Companies often place these ads to promote their brands on specialized sections of large internet portals. In a downturn, Lindsay said, companies tend to shift their budgets toward areas that can provide a more immediate and obvious return, such as internet search ads. That could benefit Google Inc., which beat Wall Street expectations with its quarterly earnings last week.
- mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 23 2008 | google, microsoft, startups, entrepreneurship, zoho, india, technology
More on the Zoho story. They have employed some interesting tactics...
Quoted: Pay one year of college fees. This is a salary, not a loan, with no strings attached. According to Raju, 90% join Zoho at the end of that year, but there is no obligation. This gives Zoho an edge with the brightest at school as they have an unusual offer.
ShareViewed: 5 Times - mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 25 2008 | microsoft, unifysquare, seattle, startups
My friend just left MS to co-found this company. Looks like they help you deploy Office Communications Server (OCS) and Exchange.
Quoted: Helping you deploy the world's leading platform for Unified Communications.
...ShareViewed: 7 Times - mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 01 2007 | microsoft, seattle, startups, web 2.0, chronus
One of the founders used to lead the SMS team at Microsoft. SMS was the sister team to MOM -- the team I used to work on.
Quoted: Chronus is an exciting startup building highly innovative Web 2.0 products that help people across the globe to realize their goals and aspirations. The company was founded by strong and experienced leaders with several decades of combined experience at Microsoft and Oracle.
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