Microsoft just can’t stay put, can they? Instead of being content pumping billions into improving their own proprietary search engine and Internet presence, they poked their beaks down in Yahoo, tearing apart one of their largest online competitors and sending Yahoo into a frenzy which may make it dependent upon Google for its future finances (or may make it stronger than ever).
After their failed attempt of a Yahoo takeover / makeover, Microsoft is now looking at the next best and hottest thing, adding Facebook into their sights.
The Economic Times states that Microsoft bankers have approached Facebook with an offer :
Quoting a person familiar with the situation, another report on Wednesday said that Microsoft’s representatives “recently contacted Facebook” but there were no active discussions between the two.
The move would be consistent with numerous comments by Microsoft executives since the collapse of the Yahoo talks that the company was now pursuing alternative strategies.
Sound like pipe dreams? Remember, Microsoft already owns part of Facebook when it invested in a 1.6% stake of the company for $240 million, which led to a $15 billion valuation of the social network.
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