Posts tagged microsoft

Microsoft’s Bing Growth Stops

Despite the company’s aggressive spending on a TV ad blitz, the latest figures suggest that Microsoft’s Bing search engine has only scored marginal gains in market share.

Sometimes, you just can’t buy market share. Judging by the latest analysis from Net Applications, that seems to be the lesson Microsoft is learning with its search engine.

Bing, debuted just over a year ago, has only marginally improved Microsoft’s share of the search market over its previous iteration. That comes despite a major advertising blitz that’s seen Microsoft blanket the airwaves with commercials touting its new “decision engine.” E-Commerce Guide takes a look.

June was not a big month for Bing, and according to the latest figures from Web analytics firm Net Applications, it’s barely any further ahead than when Microsoft rolled out.

Has Bing Stalled in Search Engine Scramble?

http://www.e-commerceguide.com/solutions/advertising/article.php/3891136



Microsoft confirms: $199 new Xbox 360 and Kinect bundles coming soon

kinect everything 01 top 1 Microsoft confirms: $199 new Xbox 360 and Kinect bundles coming soon

Well, none of this will come as a big surprise here, but it’s always nice to hear it straight from an official source. Microsoft has confirmed that a $199 version of new Xbox 360 will be coming in the fall to replace the now-$149 Arcade, which is no longer in production. In addition, the company’s also spilled a few more beans — Kinect will be available as a bundle with the new Xbox 360, and though there isn’t any official pricing information on that one just yet, we’ve seen some telltale evidence on that front which would lead us to believe it’ll run somewhere in the neighborhood of $399 for an Elite and $299 for the Arcade. So now you know.

Microsoft confirms: $199 new Xbox 360 and Kinect bundles coming soon originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  post label source Microsoft confirms: $199 new Xbox 360 and Kinect bundles coming soonKotaku  | Email this | Comments




12 queries in 1.485 seconds.