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Google shares for the online advertising market increased by 23.7 percent, less than 24.2 percent in the third quarter making the firm's first decline in two years.

Yahoo Inc's second-biggest investor urged Microsoft Corp to raise its $42 billion bid for the Web pioneer and warned Yahoo it has few options left, raising the pressure on them to seal a deal.

Yahoo increased its list of carrier partners on Tuesday when it announced a partnership with T-Mobile, an international carrier that is likely to make Yahoo oneSearch the exclusive search engine in T-Mobile's 11 European markets.

Yahoo Inc ousted archrival Google in a deal with T-Mobile in Europe and unveiled a service to squeeze social Web connections on to phone screens on Tuesday, a day after rebuffing a $41.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft.

Yahoo rejected the unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover offer from Microsoft on Monday, saying the bid undervalued the company, putting pressure on the world's largest software company to sweeten the bid.

The first phones to be loaded with Google's Android mobile software have been unveiled at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The first mobile phones fitted with Google's Android software platform made their debut at an industry trade show on Monday, a key advance in the struggle to bring the power of desktop computing to handsets.

Yahoo Inc on Monday rejected as too low Microsoft Corp's unsolicited $41.4 billion takeover offer, a move viewed by Wall Street as the first salvo in an effort to get the software maker to raise its bid.

Yahoo Inc on Monday rejected as too low Microsoft Corp's unsolicited takeover offer, currently valued at $42 billion, putting the ball back in the software giant's court to pursue a deal. In a statement, Yahoo said its board unanimously concluded the proposal was not in the best interests of its shareholders.

Google's Android mobile operating system may be the face of the show at the world's biggest wireless fair next week as the firm expects many companies to demonstrate their prototype devices using its Android OS.

A major investor in Yahoo Inc has met with Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to see if he would raise a $42 billion unsolicited offer for the company, the New York Post reported on Friday. Capital Research and Management, which owns more than 11 percent of Yahoo shares and more than 6 percent of Microsoft, wants to know how much more the software maker might pay if Yahoo rejects the initial offer, the Post said, citing a source familiar with the meeting.

Shares of media company CNET Networks Inc, currently battling dissident shareholders who want to expand its board, soared more than 7 percent on Friday, on speculation that Google Inc might be interested in acquiring a stake in it.

A major investor in Yahoo Inc has met with Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to see if he would raise a $42 billion unsolicited offer for the company, the New York Post reported on Friday.

Yahoo Inc's board of directors is to meet on Friday to discuss Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion buyout offer, the TechCrunch blog said, citing unnamed sources. Yahoo officials could not immediately be reached.

On Thursday, Google expanded its free software suite, called Google Apps, to the enterprise market, allowing co-workers to collaborate on documents, calendars or presentations and to chat via instant messaging.

Shares of Yahoo are trading at a nearly 7 percent discount to Microsoft's bid offer, but some analysts are contending that the world's largest software maker may raise the stakes to capture one of the Web's most recognizes brands.

Time Warner CEO told investors on a conference call on Wednesday that the company will split off AOL Internet-access service and eliminate 100 jobs.

Google Inc may partner with another Chinese company in an effort to capture the Chinese market after two years of operation in the region with stiff competition from Baidu.com Inc which leads the market and provides free, unlicensed music downloads.

It has become pretty clear that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang does not want to merge the company he co-founded as a Stanford student with Microsoft.

A British travel company has paid 560,000 pounds ($1.1 mln) for the domain name cruises.co.uk, a price that is effectively $1 million just for the letter S since it already owns the address cruise.co.uk.

Web search leader Google Inc is planning to boost its presence in China by tying up with a Chinese online music company to provide free music downloads, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Skeptical investors are trading Yahoo Inc shares at a 6.5 percent discount to Microsoft Corp's unofficial offer price, but some Wall Streeters expect the software giant to raise its bid.

Rupert Murdoch, Chair of global media giant News Corporation, has said that he would not be making a rival bid for Yahoo, in response to Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer made last week.

Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday. Yahoo management may revisit talks it held with Google several months ago as an alternative to Microsoft's bid.

Google launched a new application programming interface (API)on Friday that is designed to help developers make use of social networking relationship data.

U.S. stocks markets closed out the week on an up note on Friday, ending Wall Street's best performing week in nearly five years, after Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc pushing technology stocks ahead of other sectors.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is taking his company's $45 billion bid to acquire Internet portal Yahoo public after being rejected last year, saying it is in the best interest of both firms to better compete in the online market.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes Yahoo has not improved its competitiveness in the year since it proposed a merger and now believes the only alternative is to combine the companies in a deal worth $45 billion.

Microsoft Corp. made a move on Friday to bolster its Web operations against Internet search leader Google by making an unsolicited offer for Internet portal and search engine Yahoo, Inc. worth $31 per share, or $44.6 billion.