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Google are the proud owners of Android – the don’t own Microsoft, Kindle or iPad devices and it would only make sense as such, for them to promote Google Maps and Youtube, which they also own as opposed to other brands they do not own. This is the benefit of acquiring loyal customers at a [...]
April 9th, 2013 by SiteTrail
The anticipated Microsoft Surface Pro has hit the market since the 9th February. Just after its launch the device got sold out so quickly the store run out of it. Seems the Microsoft team was not so sure about how fast the tablet/PC was going to sell but they still referred to that as a [...]
February 13th, 2013 by Loic Cobbina
I don’t normally check my Hotmail account since I am now a heavy Google user, but I received an “Important” email from Microsoft regarding my Messenger account. I suspect if you have a Hotmail account you’d have received the same email too which announced sadly the discontinuance of Messenger come the 15th March, 2013. Sad [...]
January 15th, 2013 by Anthony West
Windows 8 has been a slow seller and Microsoft has made it clear that any advantage that can be had will be taken. It comes as no surprise therefore that the software giant has just inked a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The deal will be a massive boost for Microsoft and [...]
January 5th, 2013 by Anthony West
Despite a very shaky year, Apple has still managed to finish off 2012 stronger than most of its competitors. Following a disastrous launch of its own maps app for iOS 6 and a turbulent run of form on the stock market, the tech giant is still one of the most successful companies of 2012 and [...]
January 4th, 2013 by Anthony West
The success of Microsoft’s latest project, Windows 8 can be measured across many metrics, the most important of course being sales. But sales will be driven by several smaller metrics, ones that will show how the OS and its accompanying ecosystem are growing. Indeed one can say Android and iOS have been successful on the [...]
December 30th, 2012 by Anthony West
Microsoft is solid example of the game played by large companies in pushing an agenda that has longer term benefits whilst at the same time absorbing the cost (now) of pushing the agenda. I am talking here about Microsoft’s continued policy of bundling Internet Explorer with new versions of its operating system whilst each time [...]
December 26th, 2012 by Anthony West
When you first get a Windows computer there are some standard programs that you get in order to make your life easier—VLC Media Player is one of them. The free and open source media player is loved around the world for its versatility and many a fan will tell you, “There’s no media file type [...]
December 26th, 2012 by Anthony West
There’s a lot going on in the world of technology and many of the happenings are quietly slipping under the radar much to behest of tech gurus. One such trend is Bring Your Own Device or BYOD for short. This practice put simply is where employees bring their own mobile devices to work and use [...]
December 17th, 2012 by Anthony West
There’s a new worm in town and it’s not playing nice by the sound of things. I say sound because I haven’t been infected yet, so I don’t really know what the pesky little bugger looks like. Things are even more unsteady because Microsoft in its monthly update of vulnerability and issues surrounding its suite [...]
December 15th, 2012 by Anthony West
All good things come to an end and so the recent announcement by Yahoo that many core features in Yahoo Messenger are to be discontinued can at least be taken in that spirit. Since taking over at Yahoo, Marissa Mayer has implemented a raft of changes; all geared at making the media and search company [...]
December 4th, 2012 by Anthony West
What is happening in browser land? If the latest reports are to be believed, quite a lot. According to the latest browser rankings released by Net Applications, there has been quite some movement by certain key players which makes for interesting analysis. There are of course three main players in the browser market and each [...]
December 2nd, 2012 by Anthony West
Microsoft seems to have secured another major partner in helping it churn out Windows 8 phone and the newly announced 8S from HTC is quite a looker. Dubbed the “twin” of the very popular HTC 8X, the 8S is being touted as an entry-level phone for smartphone buyers. This entry-level tag seems destined for the [...]
December 2nd, 2012 by Anthony West
No publicly traded company is going to call a press conference and announce to the world that sales are flat, or even worse “we aren’t making any,” hence the reason many are now looking to third-party research and marketing firms to give us all a true feel for what is happening at Microsoft. The software [...]
November 30th, 2012 by Anthony West
Google controls around 65% of the online search market and Microsoft with its Bing search engine controls around 30%. By that measuring standard Google has clout and does pretty much what it wants, right? Not so according to Microsoft and the company has taken a rather confrontational approach in accusing Google of “fooling” its users [...]
November 29th, 2012 by Anthony West
Windows XP may command a hefty 39% popularity among all Windows operating systems but this doesn’t mean that Microsoft wants to keep it that way. In fact, it is starting to look more and more that Microsoft is keen on killing off XP so that it can boost sales of Windows 7 and 8. We’ve [...]
November 24th, 2012 by Anthony West
I know 1.04% isn’t a lot and probably not much to write home about but given that Windows 8 is a tablet-focused OS, news that its now gaining acceptance among Windows users is very good news indeed—at least for Microsoft. The launch of the much anticipated Windows 8 came and went in a flash and [...]
November 22nd, 2012 by Anthony West
The month of November is turning out to be a month of surprises and downright shocking decisions. If you are a Laker fan and expected Phil Jackson to be hired as head coach then you’ll understand what I mean. The tech space has had no less immunity to shockers and Microsoft is the latest company [...]
November 14th, 2012 by Anthony West
