Microsoft is using two ideas borrowed from Apple and RIM's smartphone dominance: Business app integration; and AT&T's U-Verse to take on Apple TV.READ»
How do you get a Facebook fix while driving? GM's OnStar might have a solution--one that could compete with the reigning champ, Ford Sync from Microsoft.READ»
With her groundbreaking series "The Guild," actress Felicia Day took control of her own career -- and shook up the world of Web video in the process.READ»
Years ago, there were rumors of a handheld Xbox to compete with the PSP and Nintendo DS. Microsoft finally delivered today, in a very bold way--high-end integration of Xbox and Xbox Live into Windows Phone 7. Gamers: read this.READ»
Spotify, iTunes, Zune, Rhapsody: Watch out. MOG is finally available on iPhone and Android, and it's pretty great, with a big catalog and nice features like high-quality downloading.READ»
A near-final build of Windows Phone 7 went out to journalists and developers today, the best look we've gotten at this do-or-die Microsoft product yet. How does it look? Mostly good--mostly.READ»
Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 7 launch might just be the last chance Microsoft has to compete in the smartphone market. A solid app store is vital to that, and Microsoft is working to ensure one--with its wallet.READ»
BlackBerry's upcoming 6th-generation OS is still totally BlackBerry, but this first-look video shows that Version 6.0 takes liberal cues from Android, WebOS, and even Windows Phone 7. And that's a good thing.READ»
Dennis Durkin, Xbox's chief operating officer revealed to Bloomberg that in the last fiscal year, the revenue from Xbox Live exceeded $1 Billion. With 12 million or so users paying $50 per year for Xbox Live, with companies producing ...READ»
With Microsoft's new Kinect camera, new kinds of interactivity will be coming to living rooms. Marc Whitten, the General Manager of Xbox Live, tells about speech recognition, about natural control, and how Kinect will change the living room.READ»
HP just bought Melodeo, a company that makes software to stream music from a computer to a mobile device. Chances are Melodeo will be integrated into Palm WebOS devices--but they'll face stiff competition.READ»
Microsoft announced a huge update for its Bing search engine today. New features include free streaming music from Zune, games and TV shows that play within Bing, and more.READ»
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Our Readers: In this installment, my Quantum Leaders colleague, Gregg Gallagher, contributes another post from our Quantum Thinking blog which continues our "Strategic
Planning is Dead" dialogue. Gregg talks more about the ...READ»
DoubleTwist's new media player just landed on Android, and it may do for the OS what Google can't seem to: legitimately compete with Apple in music and video.READ»
Well, this is one way to increase the size of the iBookstore's catalog: throw open the doors to self-published writers. But will those writers choose the young iBookstore over competitors like Kindle and Barnes & Noble?READ»
Microsoft has, for the first time, been beaten in market cap by Apple. At the close of the market today, Apple sat at $222.12 billion, a gain of 1.8%, while Microsoft went down 1% to $219.18 billion. That makes Apple, according to ...READ»
Microsoft announced their new version of Hotmail today, and it's the biggest change for the service I can remember. It takes lots of cues from Gmail, and in a few ways manages to one-up it--it's classic New Microsoft. In other words, it's legit.READ»
The very first Windows Phone 7 handset just leaked--but it's not coming from any of the usual suspects. Yes, the amazing-looking Lightning is from Dell, of all companies.READ»
Google pioneered and dominates the field of cloud-based documents and spreadsheets, but as announced at Facebook's f8 conference, they've now got some competition from Microsoft.READ»
Microsoft's newly announced Kin phones are unusual, and not just because they use the phrase "cranking social to 11" without any evident shame. It's what's inside these things that separates them from the pack--hardware and software services both.READ»
You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd tuned into a hip church youth group show on cable access rather than Microsoft's presentation of its new social networking phones--Kin, to friends.
Against the backdrop of an adult's version of ...READ»
