In just two years, mobile went from about 5% of all Black Friday purchases to 24% according to a report from IBM. And of that traffic the iPad dominated with 10% of all shopping traffic and a whopping 88% of all mobile traffic. Think about that for a minute. A device that didn’t exist 3 [...]
Can Microsoft create killer hardware and software?
November 13, 2012 by
What if Microsoft pulled a page out their early playbook and created software for the most popular platforms, be it desktop, tablets or mobile? What if Microsoft was less concerned about owning the entire mobile ecosystem and instead was a player on all platforms? I can’t imagine owning an Android tablet or phone. But because [...]
Tax on the Brain
September 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“The PC is over. It will linger, but increasingly as a relic.” Those are words from from MG Siegler, a noted fan of Apple products, writer and investor. When I come across anyone predicting the demise of the PC I immediately take interest because I make my living helping people select custom computers. Many of [...]
What’s Driving Windows 8 Pricing?
July 3, 2012 by
Today Microsoft announced that anyone with a copy of Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99. My first thought was that this is a smart move my Microsoft. A low price may very well drive momentum for Microsoft’s newest and most controversial version of Windows in years. Microsoft [...]
“Priming the Pump”
June 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“No comment” Those were the words of Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, when asked about the reaction of his PC partners when told of the Surface tablet. Of course, this isn’t Microsoft’s first attempt at building their own hardware device running Microsoft software. They did it with the ill-fated Zune media player and with the successful [...]
Narrowing The Search
March 4, 2012 by
The Aiwa portable cassette player I’d been saving for was smaller than the Sony Walkman plus it looked a lot cooler which was the main reason I wanted it. I hadn’t been out of high school long, but had saved the nearly $300 to buy my first portable music player. The same day my pay [...]
We Still Have Office
February 19, 2012 by
Patrick Rhone from Minimal Mac recently shared his thoughts on “Microsoft’s Biggest Miss” which he believes happened with Office: Then, she explained, the iPhone came. There was no Office. People got things done. Then the iPad came. There was no Office. People got things done. Android came. People got things done. All of those things [...]
Microsoft Office on the iPad
November 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Matt Hickey reporting for the Daily: According to sources, the tech giant is actively working on adapting its popular software suite for Apple’s tablet. With the iPad making up over 80 percent of the tablet market and millions of people worldwide using Office, that could mean big bucks for the tech giant based in Redmond, [...]
