Jeff Green, chief operations office of DoubleClick competitor AdECN, argues that content providers will think twice about dealing with Google.

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Based on a conversation I had with Marissa Mayer when she was a vice president at Google, I think the policy is consistent with her approach to innovation.

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It is still going to be a tough job for Nokia to catch up with rivals Apple and Google though, think analysts.

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Some investors think Yahoo has stumbled as it failed to keep pace with Google in search and online advertising.

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In the mid-century Modernists demonstrated "less is more" with nearly no ornamental elements and stark simplicity - think the Google search page prior to all those whimsical banners.

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Mr. CHRIS TOLLS (CEO, Topic): I think it's atrocious that no one's been able to compete with Google.

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And by competing with Ebay and Google and Baidu and the other companies, I think we learn a lot.

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Once considered a no-go because of late CEO Steve Jobs' statements that a smaller tablet wouldn't work, observers increasingly think Apple could offer one to compete with emerging competitors like Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7.

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"I think the service is starting to gain footholds with users who see it as a regular alternative to Google, " he wrote in his blog.

BBC: Microsoft increases search share

The four-pronged announcement includes a mobile app, a revamped money-planner platform that allows a CFP to co-view your money-center (think Google Docs for your bank account) and the news that the company has registered as an investment adviser with the SEC (RIA).

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