Microsoft Stores finally go international
February 11, 2012
A Microsoft Store is likely to be opening near you soon. Even if you’re not in the United States. Possibly. Probably.
Category: Retail
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.
Goodbye Zune again . . . and welcome back
October 5, 2011
The demise of the Zune has been rumored for months. It has been discussed on Microsoft Answers and on prominent electronics news websites since March of this year. A notice was published on the Zune support website yesterday that seems to be gone today. It looks as if Microsoft found a way to get Zune in the news at the same time that the Apple 4S was released.
Bing Deals aggregates daily shopping discounts from Groupon, LivingSocial, etc.
September 23, 2011
A one-stop shop full of all the daily deals on offer at any given moment? Yes please. Bing me the goodies as Bing Deals with the hard work.
Microsoft plans 75 new retail stores in U.S.
July 17, 2011
Whether you believe Microsoft retail stores are genius or folly they’re not going anywhere. In fact, one is probably opening near you soon.
Lees announces new benefits for Microsoft partners at WPC
July 13, 2011
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.
Microsoft Office 365 goes on sale
June 29, 2011
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.
HP challenges Windows with WebOS
March 10, 2011
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.
Microsoft cloud computing solutions gain ground in the public sector
February 23, 2011
Microsoft has been working on its cloud computing products and marketing for a while now. In the crowded cloud of Google Docs, Zoho, Yahoo, Rackspace, Salesforce and Amazon to name a few, Microsoft is banking on its name and proven desktop solutions to bring in cloud computing sales. So far it is working.
Microsoft: 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold already, kind of
December 21, 2010
Microsoft has revealed sales figures for Windows Phone 7 for the first time, but these aren’t really the sales figures industry watchers were looking for.
Microsoft Vs. Apple at Mall Of America
October 5, 2010
Microsoft’s next retail store is set to open at Mall of America in Minnesota. Located directly opposite the Apple Store.
