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Microsoft China Loses Star CEO To NBA

Does anyone think Paul Allen may have somehow played a role in this deal? Not only is he a co-founder of Microsoft but he also owns the Portland Trailblazers. There are also other ties between Microsoft and the NBA according to this Knowledge Map from NewsVisual www.newsvisual.com/new...

Google/Microsoft Testimony: Neither Side Seems Honest

Doesn't it seem strange that Microsoft is calling monopoly foul even after it tried to buy Doubleclick itself? This is just another battle in the Microsoft-Google-Yahoo... war. Microsoft and Yahoo! want to regain some of the online ad market they lost. The WSJ even reported earlier that Microsoft has been quietly pressuring ad firms, Time Warner, and AT&T to not support this deal. NewsVisual created some interesting maps www.newsvisual.com/new... of the ties Microsoft has to Time Warner and AT&T, which they could have used to pressure the two companies. The earlier WSJ article is also in the link.

Google-Doubleclick Deal Faces Congressional Scrutiny

This whole situation seems a bit strange to me for 2 reasons: first, this is Microsoft complaining about a possible monopoly, and second, Microsoft tried to buy Doubleclick. Basically, this is just part of the wider war that Microsoft (and Yahoo!) are in with Google. The WSJ even reported earlier that Microsoft tried to use backroom ties to pressure ad firms, Time Warner, and AT&T to not support this deal. Here's the WSJ article and some interesting maps from NewsVisual showing the ties Microsoft has to Time Warner and AT&T which they probably used to pressure them www.newsvisual.com/new... . Microsoft's ultimate goal is to regain some of the online ad market.

Does Microsoft Need Facebook?

This is just another attempt by Microsoft to regain some of the ground it has lost to Google. This morning the WSJ had an article on how Microsoft is quietly trying to pressure ad firms and Time Warner and AT&T to not support the Google-Doubleclick deal. NewsVisual did an interesting article on this along with an interactive map that shows the ties between Microsoft and Time Warner and AT&T www.newsvisual.com/new... . If this works, then maybe Microsoft could regain some of the online ad market.