Category Archives: microsoft
Windows 8 Reclaiming Consumers
Choosing a platform may have been simple in the past, but given the wide variety of new devices which function as computers the choice has become more difficult, and Windows 8 hopes to eliminate some of the obstacles that steered consumers into purchasing software from Microsoft’s competitors. While Apple consumers find themselves with innumerable applications [...]
Microsoft Gets Skype for $8.5 Bill!
After many rumors and presumably long negotiations, Microsoft has purchased Skype for the unimaginable price of $8.5 billion—it’s biggest deal ever. My question: was this a smart move? I’m trying to figure out what it is about Skype that makes them worth this much. I must be missing something here. Maybe Microsoft knows something that [...]
Microsoft Releasing No More Zune’s
The Zune has officially been laid to rest. Zune, you know Zune, right? No? That’s precisely why its being “put down” as you read this. I can’t say that this will be a sad story or that many will mourn but for the very few of you that have grown to know and love the [...]
Nokia Unveils New Microsoft Windows Phones