Lots of developments recently for Microsoft-watchers to get their teeth into. I’ve not picked up the individual announcements here, because lots of other people do it; but it’s time for a round up. So the most recent announcement is Microsoft’s at-long-last deal with Yahoo! which will move Microsoft’s Bing search technology into Yahoo’s space. Subject to regulatory approval it might go live next year. Well I haven’t seriously tried Bing, so this isn’t a technical evaluation.

The “Hulu of movies” is coming for Verizon customers, Twitter emphasizes search, and Google hits back at Apple’s decision to refuse Google Voice on the iPhone (okay, not really).Photo via Gizmodo.Google Pulls Apple from Search ResultsA little satire in response to a bad Apple: “Google’s official explanation for removing Apple from its search results came from Vice-President in charge of search, Marissa Mayer, ‘Those search results duplicate a lot of the functionality of other sites.