Should Apple buy Yahoo?
I was just thinking about something.
With Microsoft taking an interest in building-up its own search tool I was thinking- shouldn't Apple try to bulk up online too? Microsoft has its own ISP, (e.g. MSN and so-on) I was thinking it'd be nice if Apple too had its own widely used/large scale online community too that would make Microsoft sweat a little? Would Yahoo be a good buy for Apple computer?
Benefits I thought of.
* Yahoo IM could be merged with iChat
* Yahoo's Altavista/Babelfish etc. would become owned by Apple.
* Apple would be the 2nd most popular search engine on the Internet.
It would piss Microsoft off...
* Widgets on Yahoo would be in Apples hands.
* Yahoo Mail would be to Apple what Hotmail is to Microsoft.
* Yahoo already has an Internet service around the world... ( e.g. www.rogers.yahoo.com or www.verizon.yahoo.com or www.att.yahoo.com or www.bt.yahoo.com etc. )
* Apple basically would gain a huge online empire overnight.
* Apple could have its apps-store and ITunes etc. integrated in Yahoo.
* MobileMe could be integrated in Yahoo.
* Apple could use Yahoo to push Safari more.