Bing Shows Up on the CW’s Fall TV Programming
This fall, the CW will give a lot of airtime to a new up-and-comer: Microsoft’s Bing. The search engine will appear on the lower third of TV programming during certain shows, highlighting “TV to Bing About,” a twist on the network’s “TV to Talk About” slogan. The effort will also include more than 50 vignettes featuring [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-19-2011
Google Acquires Motorola Google is set to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The company that has popularized the Droid brand and helped propel Android to over 150 million devices worldwide will now be protected under the Google umbrella. According to Google, they will continue to operate independently. Most see this move as a way [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-5-2011
Microsoft and Google Twitter Tiff Google’s SVP and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, sick of all the patent pressure against their Android operating system, went in on several of Google’s competitors for attempting to use “bogus patents” to destroy the mobile OS. More specifically, Drummond called out Microsoft for getting in bed with other rivals [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 6-24-2011
ICANN Approves New Top-Level Domains In a monumental decision this week, ICANN gave final approval to allow for the expansion of new Top-Level Domains (TLDs). This means that companies, organizations, and other brands (yes, there is now a .brand TLD) can better express themselves via their domain names. Strings like .CAR, .SPORTS or .BANK are [...]
Read MoreBlacks at Microsoft Strengthen the Talent Pipeline
The economic recovery to date has improved employment prospects for all Americans. However, more needs to be done to get African Americans back to work. According to a U.S. Department of Labor June 6, 2011 special report titled, The Black Labor Force in Recovery, jobs in professional and technical services industry are expected to grow the [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 5-27-2011
Microsoft Gets $5 Everytime HTC Sells an Android Phone Windows Phone 7 may not be the hottest mobile platform out right now, but at least Microsoft can make some change off Android. Wait…What?! According to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, this is exactly what’s happening. Microsoft makes 5 bucks for every Android device sold by HTC. [...]
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