Category Archives: Microsoft

Link: GameStop to Possibly Carry iOS Devices →

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Tarun

Via 9to5 Mac. This is just further validation that the console age is dying. Hey Nintendo and Microsoft, are you reading this?

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Link: It’s Even Priced the Same →

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Tarun

Competition isn’t a bad thing, but this is just too close (via Daring Fireball)

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Link: Windows Phone Hits New Milestone →

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Chris

BGR reports that the Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 30,000 applications available in it.  This may seem like a decent number of apps, but comparatively, the Marketplace still lags behind… By comparison, Apple’s iTunes App Store is populated … Continue reading →

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From The Apple Cookbook: A Recipe for Tablet Makers

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Tarun

What makes the iPad the hottest selling tablet (and PC in general)? Tarun discusses the recipe of the iPad and how this is just one product in Apple’s giant cookbook of products that have yet to come. Continue reading →

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Link: The Growing User and the Perennial Beginner →

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Tarun

Lukas Mathis: The two goals — simplicity and depth — are at odds. Adding depth also adds complexity. So, what should you do? Go for depth, or go for simplicity?

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Weekly Download #7: Facebook and Design, Robots, Technology and Intelligence, Bing, Zune, Apple TV

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Tarun

This week’s show is a day early because of a certain concert that a certain co-host is attending. We talk Facebook and their recent efforts to beef up their design team; robots taking over the world; technology and its correlation … Continue reading →

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Link: Should Bing Stay? →

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Chris

In two years, Microsoft’s Bing has doubled its share of the U.S. search market, from 7.2 percent to 14.4 percent. If you add Yahoo’s Bing-powered portal, it’s 27 percent. So why are loud voices clamoring for Microsoft to give up … Continue reading →

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Link: What is Microsoft’s “single ecosystem”? →

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Tarun

As the article points out, you can’t expect unification simply out of having a consistent UI. The underlying operating system and chip architecture are a couple of other things to think about. Apple has just now developed a consistent UI … Continue reading →

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Weekly Download #4: Microsoft & Tablets, Netflix, Google Earnings, Spotify

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Tarun

Microsoft is trying to play catchup, Netflix is taking a turn in a different direction, and Google is sitting pretty with the Q2 earnings call. All this and a little (large) plug about a service that we both haven’t used … Continue reading →

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Link: Look Who Decided to Join the Party →

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Tarun

Known as Tulalip (also the name of a group of Native American tribes near Redmond), the project promises to help users “find what you need and share what you know easier than ever” — which, at this early stage, is … Continue reading →

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Building an Ecosystem

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Tarun

Microsoft is crafting Windows 8 to be the first OS that unifies their mobile and PC platforms. For Apple, this concept is old hat. So, what does it take to create an ecosystem and is Microsoft ready to handle the challenge? Continue reading →

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Link: What Else Is New? →

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Tarun

Of course, Microsoft is chasing Apple, which has more than 320 stores, including 86 abroad. Microsoft actually was once ahead of Apple on the retail front, opening its first retail store in 1999 at the Metreon shopping center in San … Continue reading →

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Link: Office 365 →

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Chris

While Microsoft Office 365 has been around for a little while now, today it officially left beta status and is going mainstream.  Office 365, offering several strong online applications (Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Online), is clearly a worthy competitor to … Continue reading →

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