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- Microsoft's Zune bizdev head counter-challenges my offer to shave my head
- Microsoft's Zune bizdev head counter-challenges my offer to shave my headcheck?I dont think Bach specifically said anything about being #2, I believe that was Bloomberg's interpretation. This is Bach's quote .. ``When we're done with the holiday, people will look and say, `There's Apple and there's Microsoft,''' he said. ``The...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- Open challenge to Microsoft's Robbie Bach: If Zune is #2 after X-Mas, I'll shave my head
- Open challenge to Microsoft's Robbie Bach: If Zune is #2 after X-Mas, I'll shave my headBach has to give away lots of zunes to keep the hair!I think he was planning to shave his head anyway, just made a stunt out of it. ;)You forget the accesor-abilityThere is everything accessory...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- Meet Microsoft, the advertising company
- Microsoft, first and foremost, is a software company. Or is it? Consider these recent developments: * On May 3, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire European-based mobile-phone advertising company ScreenTonic. * Microsoft is promoting its Personal Expressions for Windows Live Messenger theme packs, which incorporate an expanded...
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
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- Microsoft unveils Windows Phone
- Microsoft's Robbie Bach gives details on a new platform called Windows Phone that features a mobile app store. The company also unveiled updates to Zune HD and Xbox 360, including the ability to stream HD video to Microsoft's gaming console.
- Videos 2009-10-07
- Microsoft's Project Natal for business: In your dreams
- Natural user interfaces will be big. Anyone that sees Microsoft's Project Natal demo comes away impressed. Once Microsoft execs try to extend that to the business world you can't help but snicker. That clunky transition from the Xbox to the business world was in plain view at...
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to Microsoft
- With all the threats, promises and negotiations around the pending acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft, it's easy to lose sight of the key driver of the deal: Increased ad inventory. While folks trying to read the tea leaves for signs of CEO Steve Ballmer's moods or Yahoo...
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- CTIA Spring 2008: Keynote Featuring Robbie Bach
- This webcast presented at CTIA Wireless 2008 Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division discusses the company's Connected Entertainment vision, and the vital role that mobile devices play in delivering that vision to consumers. The presenter demonstrates new technologies and services from Microsoft that helps to take the world with the users...
- Webcasts 2008-04-01
- Is Microsoft's Danger play a poke at Apple? Google? (updated)
- Microsoft said Monday that they're acquiring Palo Alto, CA-based Danger Inc., maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick QWERTY smartphone. Sidekicks feature a novel flip-up screen that reveals a full-size keyboard making easy work of texting and email. It could even be argued that the Sidekick (which the company...
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Danger to be Microsoft's entry into consumer-focused phones
- How does Microsoft intend to take on Apple's iPhone? The Redmond software maker's plan to gain traction in the consumer-focused mobile-phone market hinges heavily on Danger Inc. -- the company that invented the Sidekick and is soon to become part of Microsoft, according to Robbie Bach, president...
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu
- Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieure: Good riddence.mrmckeb:"...marketing has almost everything to do with Vista's sales. Apple wouldn't even be around if it weren't for marketing."Really? Most of Apple's teevee ads are style over substance, with few or no facts entered into evidence. I point you...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
- Gates gives CES keynote swan song--no fireworks
- At his annual Consumer Electronics Show opening keynote address, Bill Gates made a few announcements as he prepares to head into the sunset...sort of. In July this year Bill Gates will no longer be part of the day-to-day operation of Microsoft. He has been gradually moving...
- Blog posts 2008-01-06
- What does Microsoft's IPTV reorg have to do with 'Fiji'?
- What does Microsoft's IPTV reorg have to do with 'Fiji'?Wow....what could iLife compete work be?Just like XP, MS completely abandoned XPMCE after Vista released....they didn't even release SOME backported features for XPMCE. No details on what XPSP3 will bring to XPMCE. Their Windows Live for TV project is Vista media...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-28
- What does Microsoft's IPTV reorg have to do with 'Fiji'?
- I've been thinking about Microsoft's quiet reorg, via which the company unified the IPTV, Media Center and HD DVD initiatives into a single organization, known as the Microsoft Connected TV business group. Just munging these three teams together doesn't necessarily mean a cohesive set of Microsoft TV...
- Blog posts 2007-12-28
- Podcast: Oracle & BEA, Zune, tech policy and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show we discuss Oracle's proposed bid to acquire BEA. Unless a white knight (IBM or SAP, for instance) comes in to outbid Oracle, the marriage is likely a fait accompli, with BEA angling to up the bid price from $17 per share. ...
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Microsoft's Zune bizdev head counter-challenges my offer to shave my head
- Yesterday, via e-mail, Zunecorps blogger Charlie Curran sent me an e-mail saying that Microsoft's head of business development for Zune Bill Wittress had a counter-offer to my open challenge to Microsoft president Robbie Bach to shave my head if Microsoft is ranked #2 in personal digital media player PDMP units...
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Carm from Sandisk ups ante; will shave her head too if Microsoft's Zune makes it to #2
- Last week, in an open letter to Microsoft President Robbie Bach, I offered to shave my head if, after the holiday 2007 market share data is tallied, Microsoft's share of the portable digital media player market puts its Zune-branded players in 2nd place ahead of the current 2nd place holder...
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- More MP3 player market data says Microsoft's Zune won't be shaving my head at CES
- So far, I haven't heard back from Microsoft president Robbie Bach about my open challenge to him. In case you missed it, I caught a story where he said that Microsoft would be ranked #2 in the portable digital media player PDMP market by the time this year's holidays...
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Podcast: Microsoft HealthVault, Zune, SAP and more....
- This week on the Dan & David Show Microsoft dominates the news. Today the company introduced HealthVault, and free client application and Microsoft Live service for building and maintaining health records. It's an emerging market that is going to be huge, with Google and others trying to gain favor as...
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Open challenge to Microsoft's Robbie Bach: If Zune is #2 after X-Mas, I'll shave my head
- This is Microsoft's chance to get even with me for anything I've written that it doesn't agree with. It's all in good fun which we need more of in this industry and it's a great way to exhibit how passionate if not disputatious journalists and vendors are when it...
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- Ozzie tries to justify Microsoft's consumer detours
- Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie states the obvious when he notes that consumer technology is leading the industry these days. Shame he's just trying to justify the red ink spent on Microsoft's various consumer forays. It's hard to argue with Ozzie's premise. These days technology hits the consumer first...
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
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