Posts tagged as: microsoft

Microsoft writes off aQuantive’s $6.2 Billion value, the 2007 acquisition fails to deliver results – Part 1

It is needless to say that Microsoft is one of the pioneers of the personal computing as we know it. However, internet is a different animal to handle and Microsoft does not seem to have the muscle. The company recently wrote off its $6.3 Billion acquisition, aQuantive, in its balance sheets. The company made the […]

Microsoft writes off aQuantive’s $6.2 Billion value, the 2007 acquisition fails to deliver results – Part 2

Google the king in internet business seems to have mastered the art of handling everything web. The company does not only hold the throne in online search but also is the king of online advertisement. Google purchased DoubleClick, an online advertisement agency, in 2007, a few weeks earlier than Microsoft’s buy out of a Quantive. […]

Microsoft’s Surface instigates mix reaction from its hardware partners – Part 1

Microsoft’s new stunt of plunging into the hardware business has opened a whole new array of Pandora’s boxes from all sides. Experts tout that the new Surface tablets are doomed to fail and now Microsoft’s hardware partners are expressing mixed feeling about the new devices. The Windows-makers kept its dozens of hardware partners, the likes […]

Microsoft’s Surface instigates mix reaction from its hardware partners – Part 2

Apple has almost no one to please in the personal computing industry, as far as hardware partnership goes. It builds its own software, manufactures its own hardware—through vendors like Foxconn, of course. It has the industrial leeway to launch anything it wants with utter freedom. On the other hand, Microsoft is bound by several anti-trust […]

Business strategy changes: Microsoft jumps into hardware business with new Surface tablets – Part 1

Microsoft is clearly revamping its long-held strategy: Produce a software and let others handle the hardware. Of late, the company has shown some activities including this week’s conference in Hollywood that bodes a different Microsoft in the coming years. The Windows-makers plunged into the hardware business as well, as they showed off their first line […]

Business strategy changes: Microsoft jumps into hardware business with new Surface tablets – Part 2

Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund revealed his theory on Thursday that Microsoft is planning to provide Pegatron, a Taiwanese hardware manufacturer with the equipment to manufacture the smartphones. However, he also suggested that it might be a reference smartphone for Microsoft’s hardware partners, Samsung, HTC, Nokia and ZTE, to build new Windows phone on the same […]

New Surface tablets bodes unhealthy relationship between Microsoft and hardware vendors – Part 1

Microsoft is taking a stab at the tablet market and most probably the smartphone market next year with a different strategy. Although we have seen the original version of this strategy at Cupertino with Apple, Microsoft face a different scenario altogether. The Windows makers are taking a plunge into the hardware business with the launch […]

New Surface tablets bodes unhealthy relationship between Microsoft and hardware vendors – Part 2

However, both of them were of little words responding to Microsoft’s latest stunt. While HP isn’t commenting on Surface “we will have a full range of Windows 8 machines,” HP spokesperson Marlene Shostack told the media. Dell had little to say as well. “Microsoft is an important partner to Dell and we look forward to […]

Microsoft Surface tablets: Efficient for reading and good for writing

Microsoft Monday replied Apple and Google with its new line of tablets. The company announced two version Surface RT and Surface Pro that will be branded and marketed by Microsoft themselves. With the release of these new slates the company will be in direct competition with not only Apple and Google, but also its hardware partners like Dell, […]

Microsoft introduces Touch Cover and Type Cover, two screen shields that turn into full keyboards

Microsoft’s take on the tablet technology came late to the market but the release has its pros to lure both existing users and late adopters who still are mulling over the notion of the new culture. Though the likes of Apple, Samsung and Asus have brought slim and sleek slates to the market that are […]

Xbox 720 expected to hit the market in Winter 2013, according to a leaked PPT presentation

It seems that Microsoft is catching the same stream with rumours as Apple. The release of new Surface tablets and the all-new Windows Phone 8 was not enough that the rumour mill has now fired up the tread mill for the baking of Xbox 720. A 56-page Microsoft PowerPoint presentation just leaked on a NeoGAF […]

Microsoft releases new Windows Phone 8, expected to hit the market in Fall 2012 – Part 1

Microsoft released the new version of its mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8 on Tuesday, June 20. The new operating system is of imperial importance to the Windows-makers in the smartphone industry. The company’s latest contracts with Nokia, Samsung and HTC have earned it a great deal of recognition in the phone market but still […]

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