Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are Xbox game console and the Microsoft Surface series of tablets. It is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues.
It looks like protectionism is gaining momentum in Germany, which may enact a law mandating that vendors provide source code and other information that could spook U.S. companies. Read more »
Microsoft’s “affordable flagship” lands on AT&T later this week and the carrier will throw in a Fitbit Flex activity tracker for free; handy since you can tell Cortana what exercise you… Read more »
Evernote recently announced a new work chat capability (see Short takes: Evernote launches new web client and to add Work Chat, Wunderlist links Dropbox, Box delays IPO again), and at the end… Read more »
It’s taken Microsoft quite a while to get traction in the cloud, and even longer for it to get its cloud data story right. For the longest time, things weren’t looking good… Read more »
Seems like there’s a lot of teaming up going on. This past week we saw Twitter announcing a relationship with IBM to provide data mining and analysis of Twitter data for… Read more »
Windows 10 represents a new beginning for touch apps on Microsoft’s PC platform. It embraces more legacy but will need to effect faster app evolution. Read more »
This week, I took a look at the Nexus 6 smartphone and started wearing a Microsoft Band, which works with the Android phone as well as iPhones and Windows Phone handsets… Read more »