Windows apps coming to Nokia’s Ovi store
Thanks to Nokia’s Windows-powered netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, the Finnish company that sells more mobile phones than its next three competitors combined will soon host Windows apps in its recently launched Ovi app store. It’s Complicated, the relationship between Microsoft and Nokia. Two weeks… Continue Reading
3 reasons the new Windows phones are doomed
I don’t hate Microsoft, honest. But the company’s mobile phone software has time and again failed to catch on as a hot consumer product. Statistics from mobile ad server AdMob say that in June, Google’s Android platform surpassed Windows Mobile in percentage of phones in… Continue Reading
Roundup: Android sales slump, Chinese piracy boom, book publishers still hate the Internet
Here’s the latest action:
Top Android app developer spills his sad, sad sales stats – Matt Hall has some of the top-selling apps on Google’s Android Market. For that, his company has earned a pathetic $62.39 average daily revenue. Matt’s list of Android Market failings that he… Continue Reading
Yahoo SearchMonkey keeps chugging as Bing looms
Since last month’s announcement that Microsoft’s Bing search engine will be powering Yahoo search, it’s unclear how exactly Yahoo’s search technology will transform, especially since the switch won’t happen until the technical details get worked out and federal regulatory agencies approve the deal. But despite… Continue Reading
Emerging trends in the future of technology
While the plethora of tech companies might make some entrepreneurs fear that the field is closed to them, Steve Ballmer says the field is still wide open. In an entrepreneur thought leader lecture given at Stanford University earlier this year, the Microsoft CEO said the… Continue Reading
Roundup: Craigslist adds 140 cities, Facebook cashouts continue, Google’s brand under fire from Bing
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Craigslist city coverage gets 25 percent bigger — The destroyer of newspapers added 140 cities to its listings on Thursday, bringing the total to 690 cities. Lucknow, India and Shenzhen, China were the biggest cities added. But many small towns, including Oneonta,… Continue Reading
Microsoft taps Wolfram to make Bing geekier than Google
It’s surprising that Microsoft is working to incorporate something as wonky as Wolfram Alpha into its Bing decision engine. Neither Microsoft nor Wolfram will confirm the deal, but a blabbermouth has happily leaked it.
Why Wolfram? Because it’ll let Bing beat Google on its home turf… Continue Reading
Microsoft kills Entourage, brings Outlook to Macs
Mac users who want to manage their email, contacts, and calendar with Microsoft software are moving closer to even footing with their PC counterparts. Microsoft said today that in the next version of Office for Mac, its Mac-only email application Entourage will be replaced with… Continue Reading
Microsoft and Nokia confirm partnership: ‘A formidable challenge for RIM’
Microsoft and Nokia announced today that, as expected, they will be working together to bring native versions of Microsoft Office to Nokia smartphones. But this is about more than just creating a version of Office for Nokia — the companies say they are working together… Continue Reading
Yes, really: Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
A U.S. District Court judge in Texas has ordered Microsoft to stop selling the latest version of its Word software. And yes, that’s the same Word that’s part of Microsoft Office, a product that supposedly has 500 million users (although only half of them pay).
That… Continue Reading
Microsoft probably bringing Office 2010 to Nokia phones
It’s looking increasingly likely that Microsoft and Nokia are about to announce a native version of Office 2010, the latest version of Microsoft’s ubiquitous productivity software, on Nokia smartphones.
In the past, Microsoft said there will be a native version of Office (i.e., one that you… Continue Reading
Microsoft defends Internet Explorer 6, says it’s all about “user choice”
There’s been increasing pressure from frustrated web developers to get users off Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 web browser, which they say is an increasing pain to support. Last week, for example, a group of startups launched a campaign called IE6 No More, where site visitors… Continue Reading
Roundup: Bartz is tougher than you, new Zunes are pretty
Cisco forecasts lower revenue for Q1, stock drops 74 points – – Barron’s reports that on Wednesday’s conference call with analysts, Cisco management “forecast fiscal Q1 revenue to decline by 15% to 17%.” It’s not bad compared to the street’s estimates, but traders punished the… Continue Reading
Roundup: Ad market reset, Windows 7 pricing, Pogue’s voicemail crusade continues
Online advertising stops its nose-dive — Second-quarter global ad revenues, at $7.864 billion, were down 3.4 percent from a year ago. But admit it: After the past year, a 3.4 percent drop almost feels like growth. Is this a “reset” of base level from which the… Continue Reading
Roundup: Pogue’s voicemail rage, YouTube monetization, more Techmeme bragging
New York Times gadget guru incites backlash against mobile carriers’ costly voicemail instructions — David Pogue is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. Not that you could tell, given Pogue’s perennial good cheer and unfailing politeness. But he went on a… Continue Reading
Microsoft chases brand advertising dollars with comScore-powered forecasting tool
Through its 10-year deal with Yahoo, Microsoft has bought its way into being a major player in online advertising, serving an estimated 30 percent of the search-based ad market. But there’s one swath of advertisers who still shy away from spending their budgets on online… Continue Reading
Roundup: Milken launches business advice site, Palm blowhard proves wrong, Microsoft goes on a “permanent diet”
Michael Milken-backed business advice site goes live — Bizmore is a new businessperson-to-businessperson advice site aimed at small business and small enterprise execs. The site, which I’ll disclose that I worked on for all of three days last year, aims to fill a perceived gap… Continue Reading
Blog millionaire Jason Calacanis offers best analysis of Yahoo / Microsoft deal
The baby-faced, fast-talking entrepreneur, who edited Silicon Alley Reporter during Web 1.0 and sold Engadget and some other blogs to AOL for more than $25 million in his Web 2.0 comeback, lacks only one thing to make him a star business pundit: An editor.
VentureBeat can… Continue Reading
Microsoft and Yahoo turn on the buzzword firehose
Microsoft and Yahoo are shaking up the web search landscape today with their just-announced partnership. But before returning you to our regularly scheduled business analysis, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the way Microsoft and Yahoo shared the news. Normally, talking about PR… Continue Reading
Questions not answered on Microsoft / Yahoo deal
Despite the large amount of text coming from Yahoo about its ten-year search deal with Microsoft, there are a few questions still nagging the VentureBeat staff. We don’t expect to get answers, but we need to get the questions out there anyway.
1. What happens to… Continue Reading