Roku said on Friday that it had agreed to buy the rights to a content library originally created for Quibi, the overhyped start-up…
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Flop: Quibi streaming service is shutting down
Quibi is shutting down is what’s described as “a crash landing for a once-highflying entertainment startup that raised $1.75 billion…
Quibi has all the earmarks of a flop
Quibi, the streaming service that promised to serve “quick bites” of content designed to be consumed while on-the-go, has all the earmarks of a flop …
Microsoft’s Windows Phone failure was easily preventable, but the company’s culture made it unavoidable
How could Microsoft’s Windows Phone licensing business model stand a chance against Google’s Free and Open Android?
Beleaguered Microsoft announces yet another major reorg; axes up to 3,000 employees
Microsoft announced a major reorganization on Wednesday that will include thousands of layoffs…
Beleaguered Microsoft to ax ‘thousands’ more employees
Microsoft is poised to layoff thousands of employees worldwide..
Beleaguered Microsoft axes 2,850 more employees
Beleaguered Microsoft said in May it would cut 1,850 jobs in its smartphone business…
Judge rules Michael Dell didn’t give all the money back to the shareholders, by $6 billion
A Delaware judge’s recent ruling that Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners shortchanged public shareholders…
Microsoft pulls plug on consumer smartphones, axes another 1,850 jobs
Microsoft is further scaling back its flagging phone business, exiting the consumer market…
Jay-Z’s beleaguered Tidal music service fires CFO, COO; faces $5 million royalty lawsuit
Jay Z’s Tidal music service is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week…
Amazon and Best Buy slash prices on Moto 360 stupidwatch
As the revolutionary Apple Watch preorders kicked off, Motorola’s Moto 360 flop saw it’s price hacked today…
WTF?! Amazon inserts ads for Misfire Phone flop into Amazon Prime videos
I canceled Amazon Prime…
Beleaguered Microsoft axes another 2,100 employees
Microsoft has confirmed another 2,100 redundancies as part of a plan…
Surface damage mounts at beleaguered Microsoft as losses surpass $1.7 billion
Three strikes and yer out!
Samsung CFO admits quarterly results to be ‘not that good’
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is a confirmed dud…
Microsoft offers cheaper subscription: Office 365 for one Mac and one iPad for $69/year
Microsoft is launching a cheaper ‘Personal’ Office 365 subscription…
Business owners beware: What CIOs need to know about Office 365 and Office for iPad
Office for the iPad makes it even more likely that…
Microsoft’s fork in the road
Ballmer seemed hell-bent on ensuring…
We can live without Office for iPad
Last week Microsoft made the headlines by finally acknowledging…
Ihnatko: Office for iPad a boon for compatibility with business, but costs $100 a year forever
Microsoft’s Office for iPad is “free” in a way that’s worse than “paid”…
Estimize CEO Drogen: Microsoft isn’t Apple’s competitor anymore
Estimize Founder and CEO Leigh Drogen discusses Microsoft’s rollout of Office for iPad…
Microsoft’s Nadella to Apple’s Cook on Office revenue sharing: Drop dead
The only revenue for which Apple is due its 30% commission will be…
Apple takes their usual 30% cut of Microsoft’s Office for iPad subscriptions
While one of the big holdups for Office for iPad was getting the software…
Microsoft releases hobbled Office for iPad; requires $100/year subscription to create/edit documents
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday unveiled Office for iPad…
The day Ballmer went too far: Screaming ultimatum to BoD last July, either buy Nokia or I’m gone!
As Satya Nadella puts his stamp on Microsoft Corp., he’s coming to grips…
Ballmer wishes for 10 year do-over, says Microsoft missed the mobile market
Microsoft Corp largely missed the mobile market in the last decade…
Samsung lies again: 16GB plastic 32-bit Galaxy S5 only has 7.86GB usable on-board storage
Samsung’s 16GB plastic 32-bit Galaxy S5 only has 7.86GB of usable storage…
Samsung unveils plastic, 32-bit Galaxy S5 phone, world yawns
The Galaxy S5’s body looks event more like the Galaxy S4 than the GS4 did the Galaxy S3…
Microsoft looks ready to kill off Windows RT
Do not risk your hard-earned money on Microsoft’s dead end products…
Microsoft CEO candidate Elop said to mull focus company on Office, not Windows
Stephen Elop, a candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO…
Microsoft said to include Kevin Turner on internal list for CEO
Microsoft Corp.’s board placed Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner…
Microsoft narrows CEO shortlist; Elop, Mulally make the cut
Microsoft Corp has narrowed its list of external candidates…
Beleaguered Dell officially gives the money back to the shareholders
Beleaguered Dell today announced the completion of its acquisition…
Apple recruits employees from beleaguered BlackBerry
Apple Inc. has all but destroyed BlackBerry Ltd.’s business model…
DCW Blackberry begins axing 4,500 employees
BlackBerry wasted little time in embarking on the layoffs…
Beleaguered BlackBerry hit with shareholder class action lawsuit for misrepresenting state of company
A shareholder of BlackBerry Ltd sued the company and its executives on Friday…
Microsoft short-timer Ballmer loses over half his bonus over failure to compete with Apple
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer received $1.26 million…
How BlackBerry blew it: The inside story
Late last year, Research In Motion Ltd. chief executive officer Thorsten Heins…
Squirmfest: Video of Ballmer’s tearful farewell to Microsoft
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has always been…
Beleaguered BlackBerry to ax workforce by up to 40%
Beleaguered BlackBerry Ltd. is axing its workforce…
Microsoft employees recognize beleaguered company has lost its way
Since mid-July, three interlocking events…
Can beleaguered Microsoft really go head-to-head with Apple?
No.
