Topic: Yahoo! Inc.
Yahoo is buying a fantasy sports company co-founded by an MIT graduate whose card-counting skills helped him win millions of dollars in blackjack and spawned a film and a best-selling book. Citizen Sports offers fantasy leagues for sports such as football, soccer and basketball that fans can manage online at ...
Google Inc. is making two new versions of its Nexus One phone: one for AT&T Inc.'s network and one for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s. The first U.S. version of the Nexus One, which Google is promoting as its own "super" phone, was designed for T-Mobile USA's network. It also worked on AT&T's ...
Yahoo! made a play for more sports fans on Wednesday with the purchase of Citizen Sports, a startup that makes sports-related applications for Facebook and Apple's iPhone. Yahoo! announced the acquisition in a statement but did not disclose financial terms. Technology blog All Things Digital estimated the value of CitizenSports.com at between 40 million dollars and 50 million ...
Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine gained market share in the U.S. in February, according to research groups. Microsoft has worked for years to improve its search technology and narrow the gap with Google Inc. After launching its redesigned search site last June, the company ...
