Microsoft Outlook Adds Social Networking: Nice Idea, Bad Execution
Microsoft did more than chase Yahoo and Google in adding social network connections to Outlook. However, it did it badly.
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Google Buzz Offends, But Who Really Cares About Privacy?
As users inundate Google (GOOG) Buzz with complaints about privacy, they paradoxically seem willing to give up their true identities elsewhere online. What does Buzz teach business about online anonymity? First, the rap sheet: launched several days ago, Buzz has already sparked a class action law...
Microsoft Learns From Apple, Sort of
Microsoft is taking a note out of the Apple playbook and starting to design products for customers. But it needs to learn more for success.
Android Sales On Track to Surpass iPhone
Android-based phone sales are growing so fast that they're already at 62 percent of Apple iPhone sales.
Study: Cookies Overcount Unique Users On Pay Websites
A recent study suggests that using cookies to count web audiences is even more flawed than people expected, over-counting users by two to four times.
Windows Phone: May the Most Gorgeous OS Win
Microsoft (MSFT) unveiled a fresh-faced revision of their mobile phone OS on February 15th, and industry reactions have been virtual paeans. But the praise isn't about connectivity or compatibility or multimedia. No, Windows 7 Phone is impressive because it's beautiful -- and it will succeed for t...
Apple-Adobe Flash Fight: Think Ads, Not Video
The fight between Adobe Flash and HTML 5 misses the point. It's not about how to deliver video, but how to deliver super-cookies that can track consumers without being deleted or even noticed.
Microsoft's New Mobile OS Targets RIM, Not Apple
Microsoft is aiming its new Windows Phone 7 at RIM and enterprise customers to get a foothold, and then expand out to consumers.
Is Google Maps Falling Behind Bing?
Microsoft's (MSFT) Bing search engine is inching upwards in the comScore rankings while Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO) slip. Bing now has 11.3% of the U.S. search market, thanks in no small part, I'm sure, to the fabulous, mind-bending progress of Bing Maps. To see what Bing is up to, check out this...
No Quick Reset for Video Game Sales
As shown by the Microsoft's recent X10 industry event and the release of several major titles, it's clear video game companies would like their spring releases to become as popular as those that land during the traditional holiday season. Says the Wall Street Journal: Taking advantage of that audien...
Google Buzz: Another Nail in Facebook's Coffin
Google (GOOG) Buzz might seem like a piddling, even tacked-on status updater. But it's actually one of the final steps in Google's comprehensive outperformance of Facebook. Here's why. Facebook was oh-so-crucial in the mid-2000s, when not many people lived their lives online. Back before everyon...
Gamefly's IPO: It's Bloody in the Video Game Biz
Quick-growing startup Gamefly applied for its IPO this week, which not only isn't representative of a rebound in video game industry growth, but actually shows that the slump will continue. Like Netflix, Gamefly allows users to rent games via mail instead of having to purchase them. Games can be he...
Oh No, Veoh! Is the Online Video Model Broken?
Yesterday saw a report that online video service Veoh has fired all of its workforce to pursue a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy. That was after burning through $70 million in funding from some big name investors, including Goldman Sachs (GS), Time Warner (TWX), Intel (INTC), and VC firm Spark Ca...
Motorola Divides to Force Focus, But the Forecast Remains Hazy
Motorola hopes splitting the company into two pieces will improve performance. What remains to be seen is whether the actual structure of the split will work or cause other problems.
Forget Google Buzz. Wave's the One To Watch
Many people see Google Buzz and Wave as the same thing, but they're not. Buzz is an attempt to catch up with Yahoo (which isn't going anywhere fast). Wave is real innovation, marketed terribly.
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Trump announces Russia will release millions of tons of diesel to help with costs
Trump promised to lower prices for Americans. Here's what the data shows.
Pentagon's plan to livestream execution sparks intense backlash
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