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Bell, Microsoft to end online partnership
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| Two powerhouses in the Canadian online world will end their five-year
| marriage next week and begin competing with each other for the same
| advertising dollars.
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| Microsoft Corp. and BCE Inc.'s Bell Canada will close their Web portal,
| sympatico.MSN.ca, on Tuesday and refresh their own sites: MSN.ca and
| sympatico.ca.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bell-microsoft-to-end-online-partnership/article1268524/
Microsoft and Bell no longer sympatico
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| Microsoft Corp. is pulling the plug on its online partnership with BCE Inc.,
| bringing an end to a deal that created one of the most visited websites in
| Canada in the wake of the dotcom bust, but that quickly became outdated with
| the rise of the online advertising industry.
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http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1942346
MSN and Bell Canada to close Sympatico.MSN.ca on Tuesday: creating own separate
sites
http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2009/08/28/msn-and-bell-canada-to-close-sympatico-msn-ca-on-tuesday-creating-own-separate-sites.aspx
Last week:
Motorola Mobile Devices ditches Microsoft Office for Google Apps
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| Business Insider reports that Motorola âs Mobile Devices Division (a.k.a
| mobile phone division) will be replacing some Microsoft Office services with
| Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Apps as the companyâs collaboration/communication
| platform . The move will net Google another 20,000 users of its enterprise
| Google Apps service, and should help lower Motorolaâs operating costs.
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http://www.intomobile.com/2009/08/21/motorola-mobile-devices-ditches-microsoft-office-for-google-apps.html
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