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r00t writes:
"It appears that Microsoft has decided it's time they own a video streaming website. Orange, the current owners of the video streaming site, have been quoted as saying 'I think it makes a lot of sense for us, as for Microsoft, to reach an accord that would be above all a partnership.' Yahoo tried to purchase DailyMotion last year, however the French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg blocked the deal.
Orange's Chief Executive Stephane Richard said that while no agreement had been made yet, he is 'confident' that the companies could come to some arrangement. Whatever the terms may be, Orange will retain a majority stake in the company."
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @05:02AM
The Google Maps article is an outdated one with no information. It even says that it is not known yet whether Google is deliberately blocking Windows Phone, or it's just a bug.
As for the Youtube one: Microsoft built a video app, but instead of putting up the servers needed to run a video site, they just leeched off Youtube. Of course that gets you blocked. If poor Microsoft can't afford their own servers, they should wait until Windows Phone gets big enough to get the an official Youtube app, or pay Google to release one. Note, that Youtube in a browser wasn't blocked on Windows Phone, only Microsofts video app. You would have to be a hardcore Microsoft fanboy to blame Google for refusing to provide server capacity to Microsoft for free.