Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is leaving the board of directors for Microsoft. While board directors do come and go, it is very interesting to get the point of view of someone who is an outside with a lot of business experience. Hastings’ impressions about Microsoft is quite educational considering the fact that he isn’t a [...]
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Wall Street Not Sold on The New Windows 8
Microsoft has been a publicly traded company going on three decades now. For much of that time, it wasn’t a smart move to bet against the software giant from Redmond, Washington. Indeed, betting against the company that manufactured the operating software most of the world’s computers ran on was a sure way to lose money. [...]
The Fall Welcomes New High-Tech Products
Fall is always a great time for major companies to introduce their newest electronic gizmos. Gearing up for the Christmas rush, this fall will see the introduction of a number of new and innovative devices that will surely be on many wish lists. Apple is releasing a new iPad mini tablet and Microsoft will be [...]
Google, Apple and Microsoft Consider Kodak Patent Bonanza
You remember Kodak, right? Just in case you do not, Kodak used to be a camera film maker. It owned the market when it comes to a wide variety of pre-digital photo technologies. In fact, Eastman Kodak used to be quite a huge company and a global brand name. Sadly, it has become one of [...]
Is Microsoft a Victim of Its Own Success?
One of the most popular memes zipping through the internet lately is whether Microsoft is having a lost decade. A little background on that phrase lost decade. That phrase is most commonly associated with the economy of Japan in the 1980s. Japan looked like it was threatening to take over the global economy. It just [...]
Microsoft Fixes Arguably Sexist Code
The longstanding stereotype of program developers and computer geeks in general were these crony kids with bad haircuts and thin frames and nerdy glasses huddled among themselves talking about Star Trek, all sorts of arcane computer references and other stereotypically nerdy behavior. Whether this is accurate or not, it has tainted the software development industry [...]
Quick Update on Post-Acquisition Skype
About a year ago, Microsoft stunned the whole technology world when it plunk down 8.5 billion dollars to acquire Skype, the voice over IP juggernaut based in Sweden. While most people could agree that Skype is a great acquisition considering its massive user base, its great market penetration and its leadership in VoIP space in [...]
Some Key Reasons to Cheer on the Microsoft Surface
Microsoft, the software giant from Redmond, Washington, sure raised a lot of eyebrows recently when it announced that it would be releasing its first hardware product, the tablet dubbed Surface. This raised many eyebrows on so many levels. First, Microsoft is a software giant, and it is not a hardware manufacturer. Questions regarding core competencies, [...]
Content Consumption Growing on Mobile while Web flatlines
No wonder Microsoft is nervous and anxious lately. It did not become a giant overnight. It did not get to where it is by being dumb. It is staffed with highly intelligent people who have their finger on the pulse of content and data consumption, and all these point to a troubling conclusion for companies [...]
Microsoft Buys Out Yammer Social Network Service for $1.2 Billion
The great thing about having a big sack of money is that you can buy businesses that have core competencies that your current business does not have. In essence, you are acquiring your way into new markets, into new capabilities, and into new opportunities. Microsoft, the software giant from Redmond, Washington, has not been shy [...]