‘Bing Is For #Doing’, So Says Microsoft
January 20, 2012
Bing launched as a ‘decision engine’, with Microsoft trying to shift the attention away from Google’s ‘search engine’. Now Microsoft is upping its game.
Microsoft’s latest challenge could net money for college students but only from certain colleges
January 18, 2012
Microsoft’s Business Plan Collaborative Challenge 2012 is now underway. But this isn’t a competition open to any college student. No you have to be attending one of only ten colleges whose students are allowed to participate. Those colleges are: Berkeley, Columbia, MIT, Harvard, Northwestern, Stanford, the University of Illinois, the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania, or the University of Washington.
Microsoft snags yet another Android manufacturer with royalty fees
January 17, 2012
Microsoft’s patent infringement dispute with Google has been ongoing with no signs of it letting up. Microsoft has been going after various Android manufacturers instead of going after Google to collect royalty fees.
Microsoft investigates Foxconn worker mass suicide protest
January 17, 2012
Chinese manufacturer, Foxconn is in the news again with workers protesting poor working conditions at the factory. The manufacturing company came under scrutiny in the past after a number of suicides occurred in plants contracted by Apple, HP and Dell.
Kinect for PC is coming February 1
January 11, 2012
While Ballmer’s CES keynote was as lacking in excitement as expected, there was one interesting announcement from Microsoft for PC owners. Kinect for PC aka Kinect for Windows will be coming out February 1st of this year. While that may seem to be a boon for PC owners the world over, there is one little catch. Kinect for PC will require new hardware and not just software.
CES 2012: Microsoft reveals new Windows Phone flagship phone – Lumia 900
January 10, 2012
Microsoft has a strategic partnership with Nokia that has been simmering all year long. Many speculated that a new handheld device between the two partners would hit the market this past holiday, which did not turn out to be the case. It appears that the two companies have been waiting for CES to unveil its secret weapon.
2012 is Microsoft’s last chance to make it big with Windows Phone 7
January 4, 2012
Microsoft’s market share in the mobile sector has been shrinking for years, and the initial launch of Windows Phone 7 has failed to stop things from spiraling downward. However, there is a glimmer of hope with the company’s new found partnership with the largest handset manufacturer in the world.
Microsoft kills ‘culture of heavy drinking’
January 1, 2012
Microsoft is making moves to kill its culture of heavy drinking. Not that it’s admitting the company has a culture of heavy drinking, you understand.
Microsoft’s swansong as CES keynote will be nothing special
December 21, 2011
Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it was no longer going to have a booth nor deliver the keynote address at the International Consumer Electronics Show better known as CES after 2012. Instead Microsoft will still attend but won’t have the same role or presence that they have had for almost 20 years. During its last big show Microsoft will focus on the Xbox and Windows Phone.
Novell antitrust case against Microsoft ends with a one juror deadlock
December 20, 2011
It seems like the current chapter in a dispute that is seven years old is coming to an end between Novell and Microsoft. Recently, Bill Gates testified in court after Novell accused Gates of anticompetitive practices to squeeze Novell out of the word processing market.
IE6 users should be forced to upgrade!
December 19, 2011
Microsoft is rolling out silent updates for Internet Explorer in the new year. But as usual this is a half-baked effort that will let too many people off the hook to do any real good.
So.cl arrives, is pointless as expected
December 16, 2011
The curtains have been pulled back on So.cl, and what has been revealed is another pointless social network. Much as expected. Why, Microsoft, why?
Nokia opts out of holiday Windows 7 phone sales
December 14, 2011
Nokia has opted out of any significant holiday phone sales. Most of the Windows Phone 7 handsets on the market are at least a few months old and low to middle of the market. Unlike Samsung with its high end Galaxy Nexus Android phone or Motorola with its Droid Razr, there aren’t any really dazzling high end Windows Phone 7 handsets hitting the market anytime soon. The closest is the Samsung Focus S that recently hit AT&T. The other high end handset, the Nokia 800 isn’t expected in the United States anytime soon.
Microsoft dives into the Apple App Store
December 14, 2011
Microsoft’s new direction in the mobile application arena has many scratching their heads as the company recently started rolling out apps for Apple’s iOS platform. This seems like a different approach then previously seen with the company scrambling to poach development support for Windows Phone 7.
Free Windows phones for Android victims
December 13, 2011
Grabbing yourself a free Windows Phone 7.5 handset could be as easy as tweeting. If you’re very, very lucky. And funny. And hateful towards Android.
