About this Blog: This is Shane O'Neill's blog about Microsoft's corporate strategy and its various software and services — the good, the bad and the ugly.
May 23, 2013|
Microsoft is in no position to disparage Google and Apple in TV ads, yet it keeps doing it. A new ad for Microsoft Surface turns inward and gets it right.
May 15, 2013|
Analysts question Microsoft's commitment. OEMs are slashing prices. Consumers are just confused. Times are tough for the poorly-marketed Windows RT and Surface RT tablets.
May 14, 2013|
Microsoft is quickly moving forward with its Windows 8 update, now officially named Windows 8.1, and it has wisely decided not to charge users for the upgrade.
May 09, 2013|
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is having a hard time accepting that people don't want their tablet to act like a PC, at least according to his responses in a CNBC interview.
May 08, 2013|
Windows executive Tami Reller did the media rounds to discuss Windows 8 and upcoming update, Windows Blue. While her comments offered little substance, she made it clear that Windows Blue will address user complaints. But is that enough?
May 03, 2013|
The overall tablet market is exploding, with year-over-year growth of 142 percent, according to IDC. But it's an Android and iOS world, and Microsoft has been all but shut out.
April 29, 2013|
A funny new Microsoft Windows Phone commercial crashes a wild wedding, but bashes dominant foes Apple and Samsung instead of selling viewers a phone.
April 18, 2013|
If Microsoft brings back the Start button in Windows 8 and allows direct boot into the Desktop, it will appease disgruntled users but stunt its own mobile progress.
April 08, 2013|
To mark the one year remaining on the Windows XP support clock, Microsoft steps up its upgrade warnings and advice and offers a 15 percent upgrade discount for SMBs.
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