07/28/2011
International Business Times
Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone OS, code-named Mango, is set to launch this fall, which is around the same time Apple Inc.’s iOS 5 comes. But can Mango be sweeter than Apple iOS 5?
Mango (or Windows Phone 7.5) is expected to give the much-needed boost to Microsoft, whose performance has “gone from very [...]
05/26/2011
Bloomberg News – Seattle Bureau
May 26 (Bloomberg) — Greenlight Capital Inc. President David Einhorn called for Microsoft Corp.’s board to replace Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, saying the software maker suffers from “Charlie Brown management.”
Ballmer is weighing on the company’s share price, Einhorn said yesterday at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference in New York. [...]
05/23/2011
Reuters – Online
NEW YORK (Reuters) – International Business Machines surged past old rival Microsoft Corp in market value for the first time since April 1996, marking the latest twist in the fluctuating fortunes of two of the world’s most storied technology companies.
IBM ruled the computer industry for decades until it hired the tiny, unknown [...]
05/13/2011
Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Oyj are among four technology companies to challenge Apple Inc. ’s European Union-wide trademarks for “Appstore” and “App Store.” Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) are among four technology companies challenging Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s European Union-wide trademarks for “Appstore” and “App Store.”
Nokia, the world’s largest mobile-phone maker, [...]
05/10/2011
Bloomberg News
Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., and Tony Bates, chief executive officer of Skype technologies SA, announce Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype on May 10, 2011, in San Francisco. Photographer: Noah Berger/Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) may have a tougher time convincing wireless operators to support mobile phones with Windows software after its [...]
05/10/2011
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy Internet phone company Skype Technologies SA for $8.5 billion in cash—the most aggressive move yet by Microsoft to play in the increasingly converged worlds of communication, information and entertainment.
.”Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world,” said Microsoft Chief Executive [...]
03/31/2011
Bloomberg News – Seattle Bureau
Microsoft (MSFT) has delivered 1.5 million downloads of a tool kit to make applications for Windows Phone 7, a sign the operating system may be winning over developers even as it gains traction slowly with consumers.
About 36,000 developers have registered with the company, Microsoft said in a blog posting Mar. [...]
03/30/2011
Business Insider – Online, The
Microsoft’s chief technical officer and strategic leader Craig Mundie told an audience in Australia that he’s not sure if tablets are here to stay.
It’s another example of Microsoft leadership’s blind spot (or perhaps willful denial) about the fastest growing new category in personal computing, which is starting to eat into [...]
03/30/2011
Bloomberg BusinessWeek – Online
March 30 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is working on a version of its Windows Phone software that will let users buy merchandise with a flick of the handset at a checkout counter, two people familiar with the plans said.
Microsoft plans to include mobile-payment technology in new versions of its operating system [...]
02/11/2011
Giga Om
No matter how closely the two match their hardware and software efforts, they can’t compete against Apple’s total, integrated package
Early Friday morning, Microsoft and Nokia announced a partnership that will see Windows Phone 7 become the primary platform for Nokia’s high-end smartphones. It’s a bold move that will help solve Windows Phone 7′’s [...]
