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Microsoft + Nokia: A Living Dog Is Better Than a Dead Lion
- February 14, 2011
- Posted by: Ted Bullen
- Category: High-tech, News, Telecommunications
No CommentsOn Friday, February 11, 2011, Nokia, the world’s largest cell phone maker, and tech giant, Microsoft, announced an alliance to make smart phones to attempt to take market share of from Apple and Google. Nokia will abandon its open-share smart phone software and use, instead Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7. The announcement caused Nokia shares to
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MS Windows Phone 7: MS ≠ Market Share
- October 11, 2010
- Posted by: Ted Bullen
- Category: High-tech, News, Telecommunications
We wrote in past months about the emergence of the 4th Paradigm, or internet appliance, which extends from an employee to a lifestyle focus. The 4th Paradigm became firmly entrenched as Apple Computer surpassed Microsoft as the most valuable tech company – Apple is on a path, now, to overtake Exxon Mobil Corp. as the
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Microsoft KIN is Dead, But Next of KIN Remains Alive
- July 1, 2010
- Posted by: Ted Bullen
- Category: News, Telecommunications
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the discontinuance of its, much touted, foray, into the Smartphone market. The KIN had its own social networking software and Microsoft’s Zune digital music player. The problem: Facebook and iTunes. Another problem was the inability to download apps onto the phone. Microsoft was late to the internet and has just stumbled with