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Momentum Continues in WebRTC Space
Last year, TMC and its partners launched the first WebRTC conference in the world and the market reacted enthusiastically with a sold out exhibit hall and a standing room only crowd. I tell you this because I haven’t seen...
With Tablets and Smartphones Eating the PC, What Can Microsoft Do?
These are very dark days for people who work for many divisions of Microsoft as tablets and smartphones have absolutely decimated the PC market as evidenced by a decline of 14% in sales of PCs last quarter. This news comes...
Windows 8 Relegated to Budget Status?
Microsoft seems to make an OS you HAVE to buy while Apple makes an OS you WANT to buy The Microsoft Store has good news for people waiting to pick up a new Windows 8 machine… Lower prices on relatively...
Microsoft, Facebook, Apple and Google: France's War With US Tech Firms
Ten years ago the people of France had to deal with a major challenge – English tech words were beginning to become more popular than baguettes. As a result, the country’s Culture Ministry banned the term e-mail and replaced it...
Microsoft EU Fine Shows Irony of Tech Antitrust
Microsoft was just fined a whopping $732M by EU antitrust regulators for breaking a voluntary agreement to give 15M users a choice of internet browsers beyond IE. The challenge according to Microsoft is they had a technical glitch which first...
Smith Micro Extends MDM Standard to Chipset Level
Smith Micro's main message at Mobile World Congress 2013 was that wirelss broadband connectivity is going to become easier. Carla Fitzgerald, VP Marketing Wireless & Mobility explained how the company has worked with chipset vendors to get its QuickLink...
Dell+Microsoft=Apple?
Dell is in a mind-bogglingly large long-rumored deal to go private worth $24 billion and of note is business partner Microsoft has decided to invest in the company which has struggled for many years. The company still has strength...
Latest ITEXPO Miami 2013 Show Daily
There is so much happening at ITEXPO next week I thought it made sense to share the latest show daily from the event - Friday, Jan 25, 2013. Some of the companies mentioned are Microsoft and specifically their Lync...
Gesture-Based Eye-Tracking, Hand-Sensing Tech Coming but What of Standards?
Microsoft certainly popularized gesture-based computing with the Xbox Kinect but it seems one of the next areas where this sort of interface will have a big impact is in your automobile. Hyundai in fact unveiled a concept car recently...
7 Things The Atari Bankruptcy Teaches us
Research tells us a positive outlook is linked to a healthier life. With this in mind, Atari's bankruptcy has so many positive takeaways worth focusing on. Before we go any further, it may be worth informing you of an excellent...
I Want Xbox IllumiRoom Now!
Microsoft really differentiated itself with Kinect and now it's touting IllumiRoomn as the next step in immersive gaming. The idea is images will be projected in your room beyond the display - allowing for the offline world to merge with...
In Windows 8, Microsoft Has a Winner
Samsung has a winner with its Microsoft Windows 8 powered ATIV Smart PC Pro 700t (XE700T1C, a device which is part Ultrabook and part tablet in one. I consider it to be the perfect combination of both worlds, allowing users...
Looking Under the Surface and Filing Suit Against Microsoft
You may recall in my piece about Microsoft Surface being mission impossible, I said the following: As many predicted, it will be $499 for a 32 GB version which is the same price as the 16 GB iPad. Before you get very excited...
The Bearish Case on Apple
With Apple's stock down more than 20% it isn't difficult to find lots of analysts willing to make the case the shares have further to drop. Regardless of whether you are an Apple bull or bear it is worth pointing...
Microsoft Surface Needs a Patch Already. Is it Doomed?
Microsoft, are you serious? You want to take on Apple with a tablet that needs a patch already? Microsoft Surface RT has only been available for a few weeks. I asked if this tablet endeavor was Mission Impossible on October...
For Microsoft Surface, Is it Mission Impossible?
Microsoft, here is your mission. Take a device which has become synonymous with the term “post-PC era” and topple it. Go up against a company which is considered cool and somehow transform your image to be as cool. If you...
Microsoft, SNL, Sprint and Softbank News for Monday October 15, 2012
Microsoft is jumping into the music business and this is perhaps the biggest news of the day and possibly the week. Redmond is now offering ad supported music streaming and going up against Sirius XM, Pandora and Apple’s iTunes all...
Major Flaws in Ballmer's Apple-Fighting Strategy?
It really is shocking that Apple has pulled so far ahead of every other device maker with designs that are more art than technology focused. For those of you familiar with Bang & Olufsen products (BeoSound 8 pictured above) you...
Microsoft Hopes Free WiFi Will Persuade Developers
Google has been a steady sponsor of free WiFi in airports and subway stations for some years now but Microsoft has decided such sponsorships make sense for them as well. Specifically, the company is paying Boingo for the privilege of...
See an Ultrabook with Touch and Sensor Tech
Although this video from Intel is a few months old it shows developers how they can develop touch and sensor based applications for Metro and desktop mode on the company's new Ivy Bridge-based Windows 8 Ultrabooks. Perhaps most interesting is...
Does the iPhone 5 have the Wrong Form Factor?
We all know that in the past many iPhone and iPad rumors have been wrong so we shouldn’t get overly excited about leaked news regarding the form factor of the new iPhone 5. But since there are photos and videos...
New Microsoft Logo Responds to Apple
Ouch! What a week. Both Dell and HP stocks are getting hammered because they are losing share to Apple. You could make the argument that Microsoft has a reputation which doesn’t resonate with the newer generation or that they don’t...
What the Auto Market can Teach us about Mobile
Have you ever heard from someone that they don’t like Starbucks coffee but they like the experience at the store so they go in, sit down and buy the coffee? It is quite a testament to the world’s largest coffee...
In Order to Compete with Apple, You Need to BE Apple
The idea that Google, a company with an incredible business model, allowing them to potentially profit off every query they process on the web had to go out and buy a hardware company to get into manufacturing would have been...
Apple in NYC Makes Offers You Can't Refuse
Is it better to have an Apple store in your mall which doesn’t share revenue or not have them at all? This seems to be the important question the MTA had to contend with in the months leading up to...
