The ‘Microsoft’ Category
Apple Sees Recent Surge in iPhone’s Web Share
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008According to recent figures, Apple’s coveted iPhone 3G has seen a surge in its global web share.
In a report gathered by web analytics company, Net Applications, the figures show that in June of 2008, one month before the launch of the iPhone 3G, the first generation iPhone held about a 0.16 % share of the [...]
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Microsoft released a significant upgrade to its Internet Explorer web browser this afternoon. The first edition of IE 8 was for developers, and Microsoft suggests that anybody who browses or uses the web, will love IE 8 beta 2.
During the last year, Internet Explorer’s market share lost six points, falling to 73 percent, still not [...]
Microsoft Retains Jerry Seinfeld as Part of $300 Million Ad Blitz
Thursday, August 21st, 2008In order to combat the battered reputation that Microsoft has been receiving over the past several years, they are going to begin a $300 million ad campaign that is set to star known Mac user Jerry Seinfeld.
The decision follows in the wake of Apple’s, “Get a Mac” campaign, a series of humorous ads aimed at [...]
Microsoft Demanding That Xbox Related iPhone Apps be Free of Charge
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Microsoft has recently decided to halt the sale of any Xbox Live related applications and is demanding that applications currently available through the App store be made free.
Despite the fact that Microsoft has yet to officially release an application on the iPhone platform, they have mandated that developers creating Xbox Live related applications, of which [...]
Numerous Apple Users Left Out of Olympic Games
Monday, August 11th, 2008“Friday’s opening ceremonies not only marked the beginning of the Summer Olympics from Beijing, China—it also marked the start of NBC’s ambitious plans to offer streaming coverage of Olympic events to both computers and mobile devices.”
“NBC, which holds exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the Games, plans to offer live streaming of more than 2,200 hours [...]
Microsoft partners love iPhone
Thursday, July 17th, 2008“Channel partners with close ties to Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) are generally reluctant to admit to using products from Microsoft’s archenemies. However, the appeal of Apple’s iPhone is apparently becoming too strong for some Microsoft partners to resist. ChannelWeb recently spoke with several Microsoft Gold partners—some of whom have been using the iPhone for months, others who [...]
30 years of Microsoft. From 1978 to 2008.
Thursday, June 26th, 2008As Bill Gates’ retirement officially nears the end, reflecting back on the last 20+ years of your life is only natural. I mean, WOW… Bill Gates is retiring. Check out these pictures below of Microsoft in 1978 when they were 3 years old, and had a dozen people working for them – compared with the [...]
Symbian set free after Nokia buyout.
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008“The leading smartphone operating system, Symbian, is to become open source, under guidance from a newly set up Symbian Foundation. Nokia is buying up other vendors’ Symbian shares for US$409 million (£204 million), and then – apparently – donating the company to the Foundation. The Symbian Foundation will start work in 2009, and will unify [...]
[breaking] Yahoo-Microsoft Deals have OFFICIALLY concluded. Google interested in Yahoo search.
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Breaking news moments ago on CNBC:
Jim Goldman is currently reporting that he has spoken with a source very close to Yahoo. All negotiations have officially ended. The way it has all unfolded is as follows:
In a recent press release Yahoo reports that on June 8th, Yahoo and Microsoft had a meeting in which Chairman Roy [...]
[breaking] Yahoo shares spike in After Hours Trading as they openly talk with Microsoft.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008With all of the drama behind the Microsoft/Yahoo insanity, the intense negotations are not coming to an end. In case you didn’t know… MICROSOFT WANTS YAHOO! Not for it’s technology or advanced platforms, but seemingly for Yahoo’s massive user-base and physical reach. Yahoo gets over 500 million absolute unique visitors in a very short [...]
Microsoft wants to buy (part of) Yahoo?
Sunday, May 18th, 2008In an official statement released yesterday, Microsoft Corp., said it is “exploring a deal with Yahoo that falls short of a full acquisition.” They continued to say that they [Microsoft] “retain the right” to reconsider its bid to acquire 100% of Yahoo.
On May 3rd, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave up on negotiations with Yahoo saying [...]
