Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Microsoft attempts (and fails) to destroy Google Apps with "Googlighting"

11 hours ago by JD Rucker | add comment

It may not be the first time Microsoft has tried to use humor and aggressive attacks to go after Google, but this time it hits a little closer to home than they’ve done in the past. In attacking Google Apps as a work productivity tool, Microsoft invokes Wave, Gears, and Buzz as examples of how Google has completely more »

Why Windows web browsing market share drop means very little to Microsoft

Feb 18 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

If you torture numbers long enough, you can make them say anything. In this case, it’s Chitika, Techcrunch, and others who are raising alarms about something that’s relatively meaningless, particularly to Microsoft. The title of the Chitika post is “Demise of the PC? Windows Web Browsing Market Share Declines by more »

Microsoft simplifies Windows logo for 8

Feb 17 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

Over the years as Microsoft Windows has evolved since the late 80s, the logo associated with each major release has changed. Initially, it was a very clean, horizontal look. It became progressively more intricate through Windows 2000 before simplifying with XP, then Vista, and finally Windows more »

Windows Phone 7 will see 3 LTE releases within 6 months

Dec 30 by Connor Livingston | 4 comments

Just when many (including us) were writing off Windows Phone 7 and waiting for their more-anticipated next generation of phones and software, Microsoft leaked plans to bring 3 or more LTE Windows Phone 7 devices “within the next half year”, all on AT&T. This information refers to US markets only. As VentureBeat put more »

Apps are rising on Windows Phones. Should they be taken more seriously?

Dec 28 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

I’ll never forget when my boss at the time showed me his shiny new Windows Phone. I liked the interface, the feel of the hardware itself, and the responsiveness of the internet even on the (dreaded) AT&T network. I nodded politely and congratulated him on his bold move away from the norm (something more »

Who will buy T-Mobile now?

Dec 21 by JD Rucker | 3 comments

The unraveling of the AT&T merger with T-Mobile was not entirely bad for the fourth largest mobile carrier in the US. They get $3 billion. It isn’t enough to keep them afloat for more than a year or two, but it does buy them time to find someone else. It gives them time to formulate a plan-B. Unfortunately, more »

Xbox 360 dominated gaming sales in November

Dec 10 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Most were impressed with Microsoft and their Xbox 360 when it was reported that they had sold 1.44 million units in November, beating the Nintendo Wii by 400,000 units and nearly doubled up on the Sony Playstation 3. Those who weren’t impressed may have just been waiting for the actual numbers. With a record more »

Is Microsoft on to something with "Graymail"?

Nov 5 by Connor Livingston | 9 comments

For many tech-savvy web users, Microsoft’s Hotmail has become a badge of ancient times, a service that was valid a few years ago but that has gone the way of AOL as a symbol of not being “up with the times” in email technology. People who see their friends using it might ask, “Why aren’t you using Gmail?” more »

Steve Ballmer discusses Microsoft's past, present, and future

Oct 19 by Rocco Penn | 3 comments

Steve Ballmer can never be called shy. Within moments of opening his appearance oat the Web 2.0 Summit this week, he started his offensive against Google with jabs about their Apps cloud collaboration software and Android, then went after the Apple iPhone. As a speaker at the event 2 years ago, more »

How local search has evolved

Oct 16 by JD Rucker | add comment

There was a time not too long ago when a search on Google for “ice cream parlor” done in Newark, NJ, would look pretty much the same as searching for “ice cream parlor” in Long Beach, CA. One would have to type in geographical specifics to something other than national or world-wide results. Those more »

If Microsoft fails in the mobile phone industry, it will be for lack of confidence

Oct 10 by JD Rucker | 3 comments

Here’s a quote from the head of the Windows Phone unit at Microsoft: “So, I think that what our strategy is is to put things in place that allow us to leapfrog, and I think that’s how we’ve gone from worse browser to the best browser, and I think the same is true with hardware.” It’s not a statement more »

Amazon Silk is just another invasion of privacy

Oct 1 by JD Rucker | 2 comments

Amazon is getting a lot of attention based upon the Amazon Fire tablet, but now that buzz around the initial launch announcement has subsided a bit, it’s time to take a look at real differentiator: Silk. When Amazon first introduced Silk, they didn’t wait beyond the 2nd sentence of the post before asking the question that they knew would be more »

IBM is now more valuable than Microsoft (but still way behind Apple)

Sep 30 by Scarlett Madison | 2 comments

For the first time in 15 years, IBM has a higher market value than Microsoft., closing at $214 billion yesterday compared to Microsoft’s $213.2 billion close. It marks a symbolic victory for a company that has been under investor scrutiny for 6 years ever since abandoning their roots of hardware more »

Windows 8 at BUILD

Sep 14 by JD Rucker | 2 comments

It’s the most exciting release by Microsoft in years. Windows 8 is actually making the Apple-loving blogosphere open their eyes and cheer out loud. Will it be successful? Will it come out too late? In the coming months we will see how this pans out, but for the first time in a long time, Microsoft is hot. You more »