Eye on Microsoft

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.

Eye on Microsoft

Microsoft Should Leave the Competition Out of Ads

|   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.

How Long Can Windows RT Go on Like This?

|   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.

Windows Blue Officially Named Windows 8.1, Will Be Free

|   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.

Gates Puts on the Blinders to Praise Windows 8, Surface

|   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.

Microsoft Execs Offer Windows Blue Preview Date, But Few Details

|   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?

IDC Tablet Report Casts Shadow Over Windows 8 Tablet Hopes

|   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.

Microsoft Mocks Rivals (Again) with Windows Phone Wedding Brawl Ad

|   A funny new Microsoft Windows Phone commercial crashes a wild wedding, but bashes dominant foes Apple and Samsung instead of selling viewers a phone.

Microsoft Investor Joins 'Get Office on the iPad' Chorus

|   A U.S. hedge-fund sinks $2 billion into Microsoft, seeing future dollar signs in Windows Azure and Office on iOS and Android.

Start Button Resurrection in Windows 8 a Double-Edged Sword

|   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.

Windows XP Support Ends in a Year, So What Are You Gonna Do About It?

|   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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