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Apple didn’t make bid to acquire Waze, but Microsoft, Facebook and Google did – Report
Last week there was a lot of hullabaloo surrounding Apple’s alleged interest in acquiring Waze, the social turn-by-turn navigation company based founded by Israeli’s Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar and Uri Levine. In case you’re unfamiliar, Waze uses crowd-sourcing from drivers on the road to provide real time traffic updates. The service also enables users to report traffic […]
Continue reading...Microsoft acquires R2 studios for undisclosed sum
Monday, January 7, 2013
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In late December, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple, along with Microsoft and Google, were all interested in acquiring a startup called id8 Group R2 Studios Inc. R2 Studios, which is developing home-media and automation technology, has remained largely mum about its plans but last year released an app that turns Android phones into touch […]
Continue reading...Windows 8 sales are tepid and disappointing
Friday, November 23, 2012
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Remember when Windows OS launches used to mean something? Yeah, well we’re in a new age now and OS releases just aren’t, for the lack of a better word, sexy anymore. That said, it’s not all that surprising that sales of Windows 8 thus far have been rather slow. ExtremeTech reports: Further confirming our suspicions that Windows […]
Continue reading...Microsoft said to be testing in-house smartphone
Saturday, November 3, 2012
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Microsoft’s new Surface tablets mark a fundamental shift in the company’s long standing philosophy wherein they focus on the software and let their partners deal with the hardware. Microsoft, it seems, is slowly coming to the realization that has been part of Apple’s DNA for decades – a premium user experience is more likely when […]
Continue reading...Apple has licensed out iPhone related patents to Microsoft, Apple patent licensing head Boris Teksler reveals
Monday, August 13, 2012
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This weekend we reported on how Apple, before it initiated its suit against Samsung, offered a licensing deal to Samsung that would have seen the Korean-based electronics giant fork over $30 per smartphone sold and $40 per tablet sold. Interestingly, the licensing terms proffered by Apple also included a number of “bonuses” whereby Samsung could […]
Continue reading...What say you on the iPhone, Steve Ballmer?
Friday, June 29, 2012
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Five years ago today, Apple introduced the iPhone and completely changed the smartphone landscape forever. The iPhone’s place as a revolutionary product is secure and undisputed, but looking back, not everyone thought it had much of a chance. To wit, this now famous video of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer quickly dismissing the iPhone’s chances for […]
Continue reading...Jesus Diaz has guts
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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For heaping a heap of praise on a product that no one has ever used just yet. “Microsoft Surface Just Made the MacBook Air and the iPad Look Obsolete,” he writes. Hmm, we’ll have to wait and see on that.
Continue reading...Microsoft and Barnes & Noble team up to take on Amazon and Apple
Monday, April 30, 2012
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The tablet wars, which you have to admit are terribly one sided these days, just got a tad more interesting. Earlier today, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced a new partnership in the form of a new Barns & Noble subsidiary that will focus on delivering “world class digital reading experiences” for users. Clearly, Microsoft […]
Continue reading...Wanna have a seizure?
Sunday, March 4, 2012
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Then check out this preview of Windows 8. As for Microsoft’s Windows 8 strategy? Well it’s certainly interesting, and most definitely risky. We’re just not convinced that a “One OS to rule them all” type of approach is the way to go.
Continue reading...Microsoft mocks Google in “Googlighting” spoof [Video]
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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It’s funny how quickly Google morphed from a pure search company into the sworn enemy of two tech behemoths – Apple and Microsoft. Google revenue is primarily generated via search advertising, and everything they do is effectively an effort to make more money with ads. The end result is that Google tends to give a […]
Continue reading...The problem with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 sales strategy
Thursday, January 12, 2012
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I don’t want to needlessly bash on Microsoft here, but I simply don’t get all of the hoopla surrounding Windows Phone 7. Sure, it’s a huge upgrade from Windows Mobile, and sure, it offers a unique UI, but overall, it doesn’t grab me. Truthfully, I’m sort of perplexed at the heaps of praise that seem […]
Continue reading...Microsoft’s “Tweet Choir” from CES [Video]
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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In case you missed it, Microsoft’s last CES keynote was filled to the brim with nostalgia, including this performance by the one and only, and heretofore unheard of, Microsoft Tweet Choir.
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Monday, January 7, 2013
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