Just when Microsoft seemed poised to recapture some of Apple’s market dominance with the release of its Zune HD – a worthy opponent to the iPod (mp3 player of choice and current industry leader) – I read press stating that the device won’t be an open platform for third party app developers. Instead, Microsoft has [...]
In an effort to get further involved in the growing opensource movement, Microsoft has announced that it will be creating and funding ($1 million annually) the CodePlex Foundation. The initial framing of the announcement, is as a neutral place for companies and developers to share ideas and interact, ultimately increasing the commercial opportunities for all [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on September 11th, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
Tagged with: Business, funding, growth, interactive, investing, investment, launch, leaders, management, microsoft, open source, opensource, opportunities, opportunity, product, sharing, software, strategy
The recent collaboration between Microsoft and Yahoo! along with predictions that the future of the search could be the addition of “social relevancy” have pointed the lens squarely at the search engine as the most important piece of real estate in the quest for dominance online, but if we zoom out a frame, I have [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on August 14th, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
Tagged with: Apple, browser, Google, internet, markets, microsoft, mobile, online, product, search, search engine, spaces, start-up, Technology, user experience, web
Fresh off the heels of last week’s blockbuster deal with Yahoo!, Microsoft announced a new partnership with Finnish cell phone manufacturer Nokia, another attempt to go after the top player in the space. While the Yahoo! deal was about tackling Google’s dominance of the search market, this newest collaboration takes aim at Research In Motion’s [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on August 13th, 2009 @ 11:45 am
Tagged with: brands, Google, leaders, marketing, markets, microsoft, mobile, Mobile Office, Nokia, partnerships, RIM, smart phones, smartphones, software, strategies, strategy, Technology, Yahoo!
The resignation today of Erik Schmidt, CEO of Google, from Apple’s board of directors came as little surprise to many in the industry, considering the “potential conflicts of interest” between them. While the two tech giants have been seen as allies for the last handful of years, Google’s emerging product offerings – the G1 smartphone [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on August 3rd, 2009 @ 3:31 pm
Tagged with: Apple, browser, Business, economy, Erik E. Schmidt, Google, market share, microsoft, search, software, Steve Jobs, web, web supremacy
The Financial Times reports today that tech giant and number one distributor of PCs and servers in the US, Microsoft, has taken a major hit in sales in this quarter. Though experts in the tech sector are not exactly hitting the panic button, a 17% drop in sales for a quarter in which competitors Apple, Intel, [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on July 24th, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
Tagged with: Apple, Business, IBM, innovation, Intel, microsoft, PC sales, recession, recovery, Technology
Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.