Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Posted By } Olga Kharif Like many users of mobile devices, Arvind Jain is annoyed by how long it takes Web pages to load over cellular connections. The Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) engineering director is continually monitoring Internet-access rates — from hotels, offices and airport lounges around the world — looking for ways to speed things up. Jain’s [...]

Huge! Google is buying handset maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. That’s a 61% premium. Needless to say this is a gamechanger in the mobile world, as Google moves down the stack, and is no longer just an operating system provider meaning it competes directly with Apple as well as the various other handset makers who currently use Android. What’s more, one of [...]

Stephen Elop backs Windows Phone strategy despite plunges in firm’s share price and forecasts of falling market share

Combined companies will benefit consumers, businesses and increase market opportunity.

Posted BY ] DAILY MAIL REPORTER Microsoft is on the verge of buying Skype for $8.5 billion – despite the Internet phone service making a loss last year. The deal would be the biggest in the 36-year history of the world’s largest software company. It could indicate Microsoft’s intention to compete with Apple and Google as [...]

There is a trend brewing and it seems rather ominous. It seems all major tech corporations are trying to step into each other’s territory, sometimes overtly. Competition definitely benefits the consumers, but the way tech majors are encroaching upon each other’s realm is definitely surprising. Expanding its Ecosystem A fortnight ago, the world’s largest online [...]

As the web experience evolves, smartphones may soon live up to their name, and every business’ mobile strategy will grow in importance…

Microsoft is positioning its upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone OS, planned for release this October, as an “ad-serving machine.”

Submitted by Editor on 7 May, 2010 – 12:45. It has taken just five months for mobile advertising to go from a trickle of coverage in the mainstream media to a feeding frenzy. Since Google announced its plan to buy mobile ad network AdMob for US$750 million AdMob for US$750 millionin November, national papers and newswires [...]