Microsoft responds to Yahoo’s Aug. 24 announcement of upgrades for users by insisting that it had already integrated many of Yahoo’s new features, including search results from social networking sites such as Facebook, into its offerings for Windows Live. Despite a 10-year partnership agreement centered on the use of Bing on Yahoo’s sites, Microsoft and Yahoo evidently remain fierce competitors in other online arenas, such as e-mail.
– Yahoo
insisted in an Aug. 24 press conference that, despite an agreement with Microsoft
to power search on its sites using Bing, it still remains a competitive player
in the online area of front-end user experience. That compelled a response from
Microsoft, which touted Windows Live as superior …