I’m not even sure why Microsoft is bothering with its own mobile OS at this point. After all, it’s making more than enough money from Android. Screw Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft isn’t a fan of social networks. Or at least isn’t a fan of its employees using social networks to reveal details of forthcoming products.
While much has been made of Windows 8′s Metro-style tiles interface, there is another aspect to the new OS that has not been mentioned. Windows 8 and Windows Server 8 will be “optimized for new hardware form factors and cloud services.”
The HP TouchPad is enjoying significant demand after the company dropped the price of the device to $99.99. With HP discontinuing the unit, there is a growing concern from the webOS development community.
Microsoft’s mobile smartphone share continues to drop this year despite the release of Windows Phone 7. According to reports the drop is significant enough to have some questioning the value in investing in this money pit.
At the 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Microsoft renewed it’s claim that the Windows Phone operating system (OS) would be the number two cellphone operating system by 2015. Along with that claim Microsoft outlined some of the benefits available to Windows partners.
The market share for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has continued to trend downwards this year. According to a report, it doesn’t appear that the trend will change in the foreseeable future.
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that its new cloud office suite was now available. According to the company, “It brings together Office, SharePoint, Exchange, and Lync in an always-up-to-date cloud service.” There are different monthly subscription levels depending on the size of your enterprise.
All the local, regional and national competitions are over and the winners of those Imagine Cup finals are moving on to the World Finals that will be held in New York, New York from July 8 through 13. There are 124 student teams from 73 countries that will competing for the top prize in several categories.
Depending on what state you live in or drive through, using your mobile phone while driving may be illegal. Studies have shown that just about any type of cell phone use is distracting. Still people use their mobile phones while driving to carry on conversations, and text. Microsoft researchers have found one way of improving safety when driving while talking on a cell phone-an onboard mediation system.
Microsoft’s cloud computing solution, Azure will get a massive update to support platforms outside Windows Phone 7. According to reports Microsoft will be building toolsets to support the iPhone and Android platform.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently sponsored an event with Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft at the 92nd Street Y in New York last evening. Allen indicated that Microsoft will need to “accelerate” its product development to compete with other companies.
Team Note-Taker from Arizona State University won the Software Design category for the 2011 U.S. Imagine Cup while Team BearPaw from Brigham Young won the Imagine Cup People’s Choice Award. Meanwhile Team Bloom from Tribeca Flashpoint Academy won the top prize in the Game Design Windows/Xbox category and the People’s Choice Award for Game Design. Team Big Impact Bear won the competition for Game Design-Mobile.
Google seems to be under attack from various companies that want to file suits against its Android platform. In the latest series of suits filed by Microsoft, the company is once again indirectly targeting the Android platform.
Hewlett Packard (HP) has decided to include WebOS on all of its computers beginning in 2012. Although the company is expected to include Windows on those same computers, it is unclear exactly how the company intends to do it. Will the company include WebOS as a Windows overlay or as part of a duel boot system is not known.
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