Microsoft: Business Issues
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Microsoft’s CEO Dilemma: Internal Candidate, Mobile Maven Or Turnaround King
According to Reuters the list of Microsoft CEO candidates to succeed Steve Ballmer is down to a short list of four or five. Among them are...
Microsoft Joins the Anti-Cookie Movement, Working On Its Own Replacement
Following news that Google is likely working to replace the much-maligned cookie for tracking and ad targeting on the Web, Ad Age is reporting...
Microsoft Wins 13 Bing-Related Domains From Squatter
In a decision announced last week, Microsoft won 13 domains from a cybersquatter based in Taiwan. It was a quick case. Microsoft submitted its...
Forecast: Mobile Devices To Eclipse PCs In Q4 This Year
IDC has released its latest devices forecast arguing that tablets will overtake PC shipments (desktop + laptops) in Q4 of this year. The firm...
Post BBQ News: Microsoft Buys Most Of Nokia For $7.2 Billion
Many people in the US returned from Labor-Day barbecues to discover that Microsoft had acquired Nokia’s hardware business for roughly $5...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer To Retire Next Year, Market Likes The News
Unlike his predecessor Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer has had a tougher time of it. To some degree, it’s not his fault. However, the current...
BlackBerry Up For Sale, New iPhones To Go On Sale
BlackBerry has raised the white flag. It’s over. The board has formed a special committee to explore “strategic alternatives.”...
Android Tablet Shipments Soar, Usage Hasn’t Shown Up Yet
Strategy Analytics came out with Q2 shipment estimates for tablets — which are supposed to exceed PC sales by the end of this year on a...
Microsoft Also Misses On $19.9 Billion In Quarterly Revenue
A little while ago, Google disappointed investors by missing bullish revenue estimates. Microsoft also did so when it reported fiscal quarter...
Major Ad Networks Sign Anti-Piracy Best Practices Aimed To Starve Piracy Sites Of Ad Revenues
In a move to combat online piracy and copyright infringement, leading ad networks have agreed to a set of best practices set to cut-off ad...
The Microsoft Reorg Versus Google: Lots Of Engineering, No Ads, Social Or Search Execs
Microsoft has reorganized itself to be “One Microsoft,” with the company being organized by “function” rather than...
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Preview Includes New Start Button, Enhanced Search, Redesigned App Store & More
Eight months after the release of Windows 8, Microsoft launched a pre-release of Windows 8.1 today at the Microsoft Build Developers Conference...
Survey: Windows Phone Gaining At Android’s Expense
New consumer survey data from Kantar argues that Windows Phones “have begun to capture consumers from across the competitor set.”...
Microsoft, Google To Build New Windows Phone YouTube App Together
Microsoft and Google appear to have buried the hatchet over the YouTube app that’s been available for Windows Phones, and say...
Microsoft Slams Google In Nasty, Internal Parody Of Chrome Ad
You’re not supposed to see this video. Unless you work at Microsoft. It’s a fake Chrome ad that’s part of Microsoft’s...
Microsoft To YouTube: Where’s That Interoperability Larry Page Was Talking About?
Microsoft and Google are involved in a battle over the YouTube app for Windows Phones, and Microsoft has followed a cease-and-desist letter from...
Microsoft Calls On “SNL” Alum Schneider To Bash Google Docs
In a new series of ads, Microsoft is trying to cast doubt on the reliability and productivity of Google Docs. The spots featuring Saturday Night...
Why Yahoo Will Never Reach The “Revenue Per Search” That Microsoft Promised
Microsoft has effectively renewed its search vows with Yahoo a second time, pledging once again that Yahoo will indeed earn a high...
Microsoft Continues Rebranding Efforts With New Looks For Bing, Skype & Xbox
After launching new looks for Windows and Office last year, Microsoft is working toward rebranding additional products, including Bing, Skype...
Microsoft Posts $20.49B Quarterly Revs: Online Ads Worth $784M, Rev Per Search Up
Earlier today, Microsoft reported $20.49 billion in fiscal quarterly revenue (Q3 13). That figure was just shy of analysts’ consensus...
