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Microsoft Seen as Diller's Best Bet for Ask.com (Reuters) Microsoft Corp is viewed as the most likely buyer or partner for IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ask.com if CEO Barry Diller decides to throw in the towel on the struggling search engine. Full Article at mediabistro.com

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  1. Diller has only himself to blame ... Ask was really the first to do something dynamic with 'blended' or 'universal' search. It was really Diller's failure to invest that caused Ask not [to] be able to realize its potential. Maybe they didn't have the resources, or maybe Diller underestimated the costs.
    SOURCE: Top Tech News 1 month ago
  2. Ask would give Microsoft some incremental volume and share -- then it just becomes an Ask-branded version of Bing
    SOURCE: Top Tech News 1 month ago
  3. The answer is 'yes.' And it is unlikely that we would be the consolidator.
    Barry Diller – Barry Diller SOURCE: WebmasterWorld 1 month ago
  4. Mobile is now regarded as much more important than it was even a few months ago ... With all of the stuff around [Google's mobile operating system] Android, Google is consolidating their undisputed leadership of mobile, so both Yahoo and Microsoft may be scrutinizing mobile more closely.
    SOURCE: Top Tech News 1 month ago
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