Sunday, May 4th, 2008
That's it, Microsoft announced that they have walked away from the negotiation table. Is it now a good time for Google to move in; will Microsoft ultimately try other ways to get Yahoo? There are still a lot of open questions and we should expect some of them to be ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
As a follow-up to my post on friday, there is now independent confirmation that Microsoft has signed at least its side of a Letter of Intent to acquire Xobni. The price on that letter is unknown for the moment and would likely be above an initial offer of less than ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Speculations (here , here) [may have been] were true. Yesterday, Xobni finally came [is rumored to have come] to an agreement with Microsoft to be acquired. An official announcement with the details has yet to be made.
Is this really the best way to go for this promising startup? From ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Spending the last few days in Amsterdam for The Next Web was great. European entrepreneurs have embarked on the bandwagon and are far from trailing behind. Anyway, I'm still processing the massive amount of information gathered during the conference, all the startups seen, the talks and chats of the last ...
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