Microsoft

Windows 8 Will Impact Microsoft’s Presence Even Outside of the Desktop

by Mike Mansell September 23, 2011

Considering Microsoft’s on-off history with releasing successful operating systems it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Microsoft’s success with the Windows platform from here on out (in a world where Apple is thriving and consumer-focused Linux distributions are popping up like advertisements for Internet Explorer users) rests on their ability to make another [...]

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I’m Skeptical About the Future of Bing

by Mike Mansell September 21, 2011

After spending to years and billions of dollars to build Bing, Microsoft doesn’t have much to show for it. Which is why I’m skeptical about the future of Bing.

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Windows 8 to Run Windows Phone Applications

by Mike Mansell September 8, 2011

Anyone who remotely follows Microsoft’s release cycle of the Windows operating system has likely noticed the somewhat obvious fact that Microsoft’s success with each release is spotty at best. Sure, Windows 7 has been on the market for a while now and has achieved a pretty outstanding adoption rate and has earned a killer reputation [...]

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Twitter and Bing’s Awkward Tweet Conversation Raises Questions

by Jeff Weisbein September 6, 2011

In a rather odd and clearly scripted conversation on Twitter (screenshot below), it appears that both Twitter and Bing may be working on some kind of new partnership. It could be further integration of Twitter within Bing or perhaps even other Microsoft services and products. Whatever it is, we don’t know at this point. Nonetheless, [...]

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Microsoft Implements Ribbon UI in Windows 8 Explorer

by Mike Mansell August 30, 2011

There’s no denying the fact that Microsoft has been walking on egg shells a bit in the last couple of years after having publicly humiliated itself with the failure of Windows Vista (something that many people still refer to even to this day) and the less than admirable reputation that many of the company’s other offerings [...]

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Will Windows Phone Mango Be a Hit?

by Mike Mansell July 28, 2011

It seems that “Mango”, the latest version of Microsoft’s recently revamped Windows Mobile operating system for mobile phones, is just around the corner. This week we’ve seen news that manufacturers have received a copy of the operating system that has been confirmed to be close to the final release. On top of the debut of [...]

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Comcast + Skype = Genius

by Mike Mansell June 15, 2011

Video conferencing is by no means a new or unorthodox concept. If you look ten or even fifteen years back, large companies were taking advantage of video communications system to hold virtual and entirely visually interactive discussions and meetings with colleagues around the world.

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Microsoft-Branded Tablets Coming in 2012?

by Mike Mansell June 10, 2011

Recently, I wrote about how Microsoft’s next generation operating system, currently known simply as Windows 8, had very high potential for mainstream success. In this article I discussed how that this time around Microsoft’s focus on tablet computers in this release is going to arguably be just as important – if not more important – than the desktop and notebook features.

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Windows 8: Microsoft’s Game of Catch Up

by Mike Mansell June 8, 2011

It’s no secret that Redmond-based Microsoft Corporation went through somewhat of a rough patch and a sizable public image meltdown when Windows Vista (early 2007) failed to meet the expectations and needs of consumers. Seeing as how the release sported the most significant jumps since the release of Windows 95 in terms of both GUI [...]

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Bing Reaches 14% Marketshare

by Mike Mansell May 12, 2011

In the world of Internet search engines, there has always been this huge perception that Google would always be the largest and dominant search engine on the Internet. After all, we how many times do we hear the term “Bing it”? ”Yahoo it”? ”Jeeves it”? Exactly. Google has not only become a cultural icon, but [...]

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