Posts Tagged microsoft
Apple knocks off Microsoft as biggest tech
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on May 26, 2010
Apple Inc shot past Microsoft Corp as the world’s biggest tech company as measured by market value on Wednesday, the latest milestone in the resurgence of the maker of the iPhone, which nearly went out of business in the 1990s
Skype to Focus on IPad, IPhone, Android, Not Windows Phone 7
Skype, one of the go-to apps for any mobile platform these days, is taking a wait-and-see approach to Microsoft’s latest mobile platform while it focuses on iPhone, iPad, Android, and others.
Stewart to Apple: ‘Microsoft was supposed to be evil one’
Posted by admin in World News on April 29, 2010
Apple promised to save the world from Big Brother in its famous 1984 advertisement. Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart says Microsoft was supposed to be “the evil one” but Apple has turned into “the man” after the raid of Gizmodo blogger Jason Chen over the leak of a new iPhone.
Where is My Zune Phone?
Microsoft can deliver an iPhone competitor, so long as it does what it does best: copy and improve.
Did Microsoft Just Step In To Help HTC Fight Apple?
As you may have heard, Apple filed a massive lawsuit against phone-maker HTC nearly two months ago. Apple is alleging that HTC is infringing on over 20 of its iPhone patents. While HTC makes phones for a number of partners, it’s pretty clear that this is Apple going after Google’s Android platform indirectly.
Hate What Apple’s Become? Blame Microsoft. And Sony. And…
As today’s information about the iPhone 4G proves, if the tech world is an engine then Apple is its fuel. Every last bit of news is dissected, every announcement pored over obsessively, every last bit of information repeatedly endlessly.
Microsoft’s Kin: Why Apple Should be a Little Worried
Apple should have realised this earlier on, when the iPhone became a hit with the young adult demographic. They NEVER did! And, here’s Microsoft kin filling the gap.. Time for Apple to worry!
Next, a Kin: Microsoft to try new consumer phones
Microsoft Corp. unveiled two cell phones Monday that are meant for social networking-savvy teens and twenty-somethings, in an attempt to revitalize its mobile business and regain ground on iPhones and BlackBerrys.
How iPhone OS destroys Windows Phone 7 without even shipping
Opinion: iPhone OS 4.0’s new feature set has just made Windows Phone 7’s job even harder. With Microsoft’s new phone platform set to trail iPhone and Android in almost every way imaginable, it’s becoming increasingly hard to see how Redmond stands a chance in this highly competitive market.
Next-Gen iPhone 4, HD with Aluminum Unibody Concept Design
Since the introduction of iPhone (EDGE) in 2007, Apple remained the unipolar champion of the smartphone world. But its unchallenged supremacy has now been challenged by other stalwarts like Google’s Android, and the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series by Microsoft. It will be obligatory for Apple to bring some innovative changes to the device
IE8, iPhone will fall first day of hacking contest, predicts
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8, not Apple’s Safari, will be the first browser to fall in next week’s Pwn2Own hacking challenge, the contest organizer said today.
7 reasons why the Windows 7 Phone is THE iPhone Killer
Is Microsoft on a come back?
Microsoft Employees Use iPhones, CEO Steve Ballmer Stomps on
About 10 percent of Microsoft employees are using Apple’s smartphone.
iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Hardship
It turns out that 10,000 iPhone users accessed Microsoft’s employee email system last year (about 10% of the total company’s workforce). But like a gay man in the army, iPhone users are not always free to be open with their love. In fact, this story is almost exactly like the saga of homosexuality in the armed forces, except in most ways.
10,000 Microsoft Employees Secretly Use iPhones
Microsoft employees are passionate users of the latest tech toys. But there’s one gadget love that many at the company dare not name: the iPhone.
Microsoft’s Prototype Mobile Surface PC One-ups iPhone
Microsoft Corp. researchers have shrunk down its Surface tabletop computer into a pocket-sized package that, with the aid of a few accessories, one-ups conventional touchscreen devices like Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
How will Xbox Live work on Windows Phone 7?
Apple may have the iPhone, but the iPhone doesn’t have the Xbox. On Monday, Microsoft leveraged its most compelling entertainment asset, the Xbox 360, into the Windows Phone 7 Series. But what does this mean, practically speaking?
Microsoft’s iPhone App Parody (Video)
This video was shown this morning between the unveiling of the new Windows Phone 7 and Steve Ballmer’s comments to the crowd. It doesn’t mention the iPhone by name, but the target is obvious.