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created several systems to keep up

their market share, they have always

had competing companies that would

still make it to the top. They have

tried to dominate the market by

buying other competing companies

such as Skype, which was bought for

$8.5 billion in 2011. They wanted to

add Skype’s voice program to their Google’s voice service. Microsoft

existing gaming console, the Xbox, also tried to buy Yahoo for $44.6

Microsoft Outlook, and Windows billion in 2008, but Yahoo rejected

smartphones. They believed that this the offer. In 2009, an agreement was

would be a good strategy to compete met by both companies, in which

against Apple’s facetime service and Yahoo would use Bing as its web