Microsoft seems to be on a roll at the moment, this week adding Canadian Blackberry maker Research In Motion to its lengthening list of partners. The deal announced this week makes Microsoft’s Bing the default search engine and mapping tool on Blackberry handsets, but the appearance of Steve Ballmer alongside RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis at the Blackberry World conference in Orlando, set tongues wagging.
Late last week web giant Google improved its search capabilities with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Metaweb – an open database of ‘things’.
Apple added another string to its bow this week with the acquisition of a mobile search service which pitches itself as a “virtual digital assistant”.
Competition is getting heated in the real time search space as monster social network Facebook snapped up FriendFeed for an undisclosed sum.
The long rumoured partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo has finally come to pass, but not as a merger. Instead, the two companies will combine their search and advertising experience to take on the might of Google.
A step in the right direction but does it go far enough?
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Over The Top providers have become the staple wildcard in almost any sector set on a collision path with mobile. By and large they are very good at what they do: connecting a user with their chosen content or service by whatever means available.
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