Wasiq Ansari’s World

There are a million opinions about the announcement this week of the Microsoft and Yahoo! joining at the hip (in a businesslike way). Fortunately, it is a big Internet and there is always room for one more. I have been looking at this entire proceeding now for several months and just at the start of [...]

It’s happened to all of us. You wake up one morning feeling like a million bucks, you stretch and if you’re like me, you notice the eye-rolling as once again your significant other catches you with a toothbrush dangling from your mouth and a laptop or iPhone in front of you while you check rankings [...]

Please be warned: While there is talk of Yahoo and Microsoft getting close to coming to terms on a search ad deal this is not done. People in the Internet space love to see some information then make assumptions and turn it into a reality. Over at All Things Digital, Kara Swisher is reporting on [...]

For the last 15 years, Microsoft’s master business plan seems to have been, “Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it.” I know that sounds mean, but come on — the list of commercial hits/Microsoft knockoffs is as long as your arm. PalmPilot/PocketPC. Netscape Navigator/Internet Explorer. Mac OS X/Windows Vista. Apple iPod/Microsoft Zune. [...]

Kayak, the popular multi-airline airfare search engine, thinks Microsoft Bing’s new travel search engine looks so much like its own that it’s confusing Kayak users. The travel search company sent Microsoft a legal letter last week telling them to cut it out. Microsoft heralded its travel search as one of the key ways that its [...]