Microsoft shakes up online division, deepens Facebook

The US software colossus told analysts that later this year Facebook will begin using its technology for online searches and paid links, which are essentially Internet ads By AFP San Francisco:Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business. The US software colossus told analysts that later this year Facebook will begin using its technology for online searches and paid links, which are essentially Internet ads. Google has a similar deal with Facebook rival MySpace. Facebook currently uses its own online search tools, which have disappointed members interested in being able to scour the Internet without leaving the popular social-networking website. Sprucing up Facebook search Analysts believe... [read full story]