Microsoft and Yahoo have this week agreed upon a deal which sees the two digital giants combine their expertise in an attempt to challenge the monopoly of Google in internet searching.

The deal, announced on Wednesday, will combine the powers of the 2^nd and 3^rd largest search engines with the aim to finally deliver a service that could have the potential to rival Google. Google currently holds a massive 90.6% market share of search traffic in the UK, compared with Yahoo having a 3.9% share and Microsoft’s Bing with 2.4%.

This deal follows Yahoo’s rejection of a $44.6 billion offer for the company from Microsoft last year.

The partnership will see Microsoft, which has recently overhauled its search engine, providing the search technology between both its own search facility www.Bing.com and all of the Yahoo sites. In return, Yahoo will handle all advertising sales. (more…)

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This month’s very deserving winner is . . . . Lisa Deane!!!

After a unanimous vote, all members of the studio and account teams agreed that Lisa should scoop this month’s award.

Described as a ’consistent and dedicated member of the team’, Lisa received high praise in this month’s voting for coping with twice as much work going through the studio whilst wingman Dave swaned off on holiday! :o)

Well done Lis!

As ever, please feel free to add your caption to the image below. These pictures just keep getting better!

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Manchester was alive with excitement and confusion on Friday afternoon as ‘The Last Chair’ took to the streets of the city centre.

Surrounded by hundreds of intrigued passersby, event sponsors Cube3 set the scene for a thought provoking PR stunt, starring – ‘The Last Chair’.

A pivotal part of this year’s 24:7 theatre festival, Ian Townsend’s ‘The Last Chair’ is a hilarious sit down comedy about not standing up; a theme Cube3 incorporated into Friday’s PR stunt.

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