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YouTube on Wednesday announced the launch of its local Indian site ( www.youtube.co.in) that features a localised homepage and search functions. “YouTube India would allow users to create and share videos, discover the most popular and relevant videos in India, and connect with other Indian and global users.
OpenOffice.org have released the OpenOffice 3 [beta 1] with a host of new features including the ability to read and edit Microsoft Office 2007 files formats i.e. .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.1024 columns per calc sheet instead of 256, a Start Center that allow you to chose which module you would like to us, fresh new icons etc.
Microsoft has finally given up Yahoo after pursuing it for three months. Yahoo put up such a good fight that Microsoft had to accept defeat.
Microsoft:
“We continue to believe that our proposed acquisition made sense for Microsoft, Yahoo! and the market as a whole. Our goal in pursuing a combination with Yahoo! was to provide greater choice and innovation in the marketplace and create real value for our respective stockholders and employees,” said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft.
“Despite our best efforts, including raising our bid by roughly $5 billion, Yahoo! has not moved toward accepting our offer. After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not make sense for us, and it is in the best interests of Microsoft stockholders, employees and other stakeholders to withdraw our proposal,” said Ballmer.
“We have a talented team in place and a compelling plan to grow our business through innovative new services and strategic transactions with other business partners. While Yahoo! would have accelerated our strategy, I am confident that we can continue to move forward toward our goals,” Ballmer said.
“We are investing heavily in new tools and Web experiences, we have dramatically improved our search performance and advertiser satisfaction, and we will continue to build our scale through organic growth and partnerships,” said Kevin Johnson, Microsoft president for platforms and services.
Read the letter sent br Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang here.
Twitter today was launched in Japanese and it contains ads. A lot of Japanese are using twitter even though it is available only in English. And since ads are in Twitter Japan it might eventually make it into Twitter English.
