The Google Shark circles Microsoft Office

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Google has announced that it will be porting it’s Google Doc’s platform to the iPad.   Google has yet to go head to head with the Microsoft Office suite – but it’s begun to nibble at it’s target.

Microsoft is at great risk of being taken out by the next generation of users if it doesn’t [...]

A Tale of Two Interfaces – and Two Companies

Zune Text Based Interface Design

When Zune was released to the world I found it curious that few commented on the the Microsoft choice of interface – a text based menu system vs. Apples icon alternative.  To navigate through the Microsoft menu system – you scroll through text descriptions of the various options – “Music”, “Videos”, “Photos”, [...]

Old Dog's Don't Like New Tricks.

Microsoft Zune HD

So the New York Times has posted yet another article critical of Microsoft‘s failure to launch products that earn any wide spread appeal.  Surprise, surprise.  This time the Kin fiasco.

If there’s any hope for Microsoft it is that they deliver products/services customers want, before they demand them.  No more focus groups, expensive consultants or [...]

Microsoft Retail Strategy Might Come Back to Haunt Them

Microsoft's Retail Experience Centre in Redmond Washington

Microsoft has decided to take their not so secret anti-Apple stance one step further by deciding to opening a series of retail outlets that directly compete with the now iconic and very popular Apple stores.  Microsoft has escalated this ‘threat’ to new levels by publicly stating that they will [...]

Microsoft ad Fakery

This is great. Microsoft in their never ending obsession with Apple created an Ad where they found people on Craigslist to “purchase” a computer under $1,000 – a price point below anything Apple offers. So they got these people on camera to run around and show how much variety of PC products there are [...]

Hall of Famer: Microsoft Songsmith

This is so bad, you can’t stop [...]

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