Windows is dropping the price of Windows 8.1 by 70% for tablet and PC makers, under renewed pressure from Google’s Chromebooks, Bloomberg reports. I wrote about Google’s new deal with VMware to… Read more »
I’m struck by two trends and how they are actually reflections of each other, Microsoft and CIOs — long-time partners — now share a key weakness: they are stuck in the… Read more »
Peter Burrows and and Dina Blass are reporting on discussions they have had with people privy to Stephen Elop’s thinking about the future of Microsoft… Read more »
I missed that Frank Shaw, Corporate Vice President of Communications at Microsoft, claimed that Apple’s announcements in San Francisco last week obviously generated a ‘reality-distortion field’. The central thesis in this post… Read more »
Apple’s announcements last week create a high water mark from several trends, and in one case we are witnessing a clean break with the past into a long-anticipated tomorrow. The incremental… Read more »
The third quarter of 2013 was a period of continued consolidation in the enterprise social and work management markets. This quarterly wrapup analyzes the quarter’s events and trends, and provides a… Read more »
Microsoft is missing out on a vast new revenue stream due to its unwillingness to make its ubiquitous Office software available on iOS devices. But Apple suffers here as well, because… Read more »
Microsoft is planning to bring Office to the iOS App Store next year, and is trying to negotiate a revenue share plan that’s lower than the standard 30 percent cut Apple… Read more »
Apple’s share of the tablet market decreased over the last year as smaller, more affordable gadgets have gained traction. But big opportunities exist in business tablets if Apple can create an… Read more »
Office for iOS has been rumored to be arriving soon for at least a year. A presentation and press release from Microsoft’s Czech Republic team pins the launch of native mobile… Read more »