The two technology titans are at markedly different points in their respective histories. Microsoft is desperate for a way to become more relevant on the Web, while Google is in a race against time to find its next homerun as the search advertising market matures. So who do these companies acquire to achieve these objectives? Here are two ideas: (more...) ---Related Articles at Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog: Will an Internet Tax Ban Ever Be Permanent?Old Media Opens its Pocketbook: Who Did Better?Joost Signs Deals with Indie Film DistributorsSkype Strikes Deal With Jaman, Gives Film Snobs Something To Talk AboutClipFire - Digg for DealsRadio Webcasters Lose Court Battle - What Now for Last.fm and Pandora?MTV Networks Signs Deals With Online Video Sites |
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Now that Microsoft-Yahoo has officially collapsed, speculation moves on to what the next Internet mega-deal might look like. Realistically, there are only two companies that can pull off anything resembling the scale of what Microsoft-Yahoo would have been – and those are Microsoft and Google.