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Companies blindly follow Apple into the iPad promised land
Has anyone yet coined a phrase describing the phenomenon of technology companies reflexively adjusting and configuring their product pipelines and sales strategies in response to moves made by Apple? No? We’ll that’s surprising given that that’s what a number of companies have seemingly been doing over the past few years, and the upcoming Apple iPad […]
Continue reading...Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 7, errr, Windows Phone 7 series
Monday, February 15, 2010
Earlier today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft finally unveiled its long awaited and often delayed Windows Mobile 7 mobile OS – only WM 7 isn’t what it’s called. Microsoft has completely rebranded their mobile OS under the moniker Windows Phone 7 series. Semantics aside, here’s what we know so far about the new […]
Continue reading...Bill Gates not impressed with Apple iPad, is he out of touch?
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates has been a strong advocate for tablet computing for nearly a decade. Back in 2001, he famously told CNN: The tablet takes cutting-edge PC technology and makes it available whenever you want it…It’s a PC that is virtually without limits — and within five years I predict it will be the […]
Continue reading...Breaking down Microsoft’s profits by product division [Chart]
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Telling chart from Silicon Alley Insider breaking down Microsoft’s operating profits by product division. Makes you wonder how much longer they can continue ride the Office wave. And as for the Zune, the XBox and Microsoft’s other entertainment related endeavors, well, let’s just say that Office 2010 is gonna be off the hook!
Continue reading...More on Microsoft’s organizational clusterfuck and their struggle to innovate
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Last week, former Microsoft VP Dick Brass penned a fascinating op-ed for the New York Times where he described why a company like Microsoft, despite having a plethora of extremely smart engineers, has been unable to innovate in proportion to its talent level. Brass described an organizational structure within Microsoft that actually worked against innovation, […]
Continue reading...New details about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS emerge
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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With Windows Mobile now in the depths of despair, and lucky to even be included in a conversation about big time players in the mobile space, comes news that Windows Mobile 7 might make its debut at the upcoming Mobile World Congress set to take place on February 15, 2010. Microsoft is reportedly confident that […]
Continue reading...On Microsoft’s inability to innovate
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The New York Times has an intresting piece titled “Microsoft’s Creative Destruction” that takes a look at some of the reasons why Microsoft, who ruled the tech world back in the 90’s, has curiously been unable to succesfully innovate in a commercially viable way over the past few years. Microsoft Surface anyone? The author of […]
Continue reading...Does Steve Jobs hate Google CEO Eric Schmidt? More on the Bing/iPhone story…
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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In an interesting post on CNBC, Jim Goldman highlights some fascinating nuggets of information about recent reports that Apple is considering making Bing the default search engine on the iPhone, at the obvious expense of Google. Citing a source familiar with the ongoing “search dynamics” between Microsoft and Apple, Goldman gives us a little bit of background as […]
Continue reading...Will Bing be the default search engine on the iPhone?
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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I sure as hell hope not, and while Apple is clearly beefing with Google these days, Google certainly is the top choice when it comes to search engines and hopefully Apple won’t compromise on quality just to stick it to Google. But BusinessWeek reported last night that Apple and Microsoft are in talks to do […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Microsoft to come out with Zune phone in 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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The International Business Times reports that Microsoft is poised to launch some sort of Zune-esque smartphone in 2010 to better compete with Apple’s increasingly dominant iPhone. But much like Google’s strategy with the Nexus One, Microsoft won’t be manufacturing their own hardware, and will instead work closely with a third-party like HTC to put out […]
Continue reading...Google’s Nexus One to face similar problems as Microsoft’s Zune
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Over the past few years, Microsoft has learned a thing or two about balancing their own interests with those of their many hardware partners. Microsoft hasn’t always handled this delicate balance in a smooth fashion, but their failures and missteps certainly give them some perspective that Google currently lacks. Over the past few months, the […]
Continue reading...Microsoft, always aiming for second place
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Despite what some people have been saying, Microsoft did little to nothing to steal any of Apple’s tablet thunder when it unveiled a slew of new Tablet PC’s running Windows 7. In fact, Microsoft’s gameplan regarding tablet PC’s exemplifies Redmond’s typical focus on quantity over quality. While outlining Microsoft’s vision of a world filled with […]
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
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