Tech Headline of the Month

Microsoft placed a bid to buy out Yahoo January 31st in what could have been biggest sale in technology history at a whopping $44.6 billion. However, Microsoft’s attempt to become a serious competitor against internet powerhouse Google failed February 5th as the Yahoo board unanimously denied the bid (which incidentally dropped to $41.4 billion due to Microsoft’s share drop.)

The software giant hadn’t expected Yahoo’s share increase of almost 50% since the bid at the end of January. Yahoo said the bid "substantially undervalues" its international brand, its 500 million users worldwide, and its investments in an online advertising platform.

Yahoo co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang has taken steps to try to keep the company independent, including considering an alternate tie-up with Google to handle Yahoo's search operations.

Microsoft isn’t giving up yet says analysts. The company is still considering an increase of their offer from $35 to $40 a share for Yahoo.

For more information on this topic visit: www.wsj.com

We have a few online things you might want to consider this year. Here they are:

1. Social Networking Sites: Linkedin, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster, etc. Connect yourself with business colleagues and acquaintances through various social networking sites. Many of them provide service recommendations, jobs/hiring posts, an easy way for you to stay connected, personalized Q&A blogs and more.
2. Online Meetings and Presentation Tools: AdobeConnect, Gotomeeting.com, WebEx.com, Office Live Meeting (Microsoft), etc.
   Save gas and perform the meeting right from your office. All you need is a phone and computer with internet access. With web conferencing tools like AdobeConnect, business professionals can navigate their computers or their clients’ computers and walk them through a visual demonstration.
3. Personalized eNewsletters: icontact.com, ConstantContact.com, MyNewsletterBuilder.com, PHPList.com (open source), etc.
   Long after the information age has become a way of life, customers are now looking for personalized and information rich material when approached by company marketing materials. Stick to the information that they need. Remember you are the expert so keep it simple and to the point.
4. Blogs: Word Press, Drupal, Scoop, etc.
   Great for finding information and communicating. We love them.
5. Interactive Websites (with business tools incorporated into them): Appointment/reservation systems, calendaring, business tools/functions, etc.

The Law Offices of Lara Pearson, LTD

The Offices of Lara Pearson contracted Noble Studios to redesign their website to allow for simple in-house edits. Features included: the ability to upload files and images, as well as edits to all content on the site, without any knowledge of code or programming. They are now able to pursue monthly newsletters and update their news section freely without the added monthly cost to send updates off to a web studio.

Noble crew returns to Europe! We are preparing to take a step back, seek potential areas of improvement, and make plans to implement the solutions we discover during our tour. We will be gone February 27th to March 5th. Stay tuned for next month’s newsletter when we will be posting photos from our journey!

Noble’s own business director Jarrod Lopiccolo will be speaking at Nevada’s only Entrepreneur Expo on March 15, 2008. His presentation will be on Good to Great: The Foundation for a Successful Website.

The new noblestudios.com is live. All the hard work has paid off and we have an illustrious new site to match this snazzy new newsletter. Please peruse.

Noble Studios, Inc. – Website

Lara Pearson Ltd. – Website

Truckee River Flood Project – Website Redesign

Nevada Magazine – Online Questionnaire / Survey Application

Alliance Resource – Media Flyer

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