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Tag: beleaguered Microsoft

Sony PlayStation 4 cumulative sales 2.5 times greater than Microsoft’s Xbox One

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 5:39 pm10 Comments

It’s no secret that the PlayStation 4 has been outselling the Xbox One, but the extent…

Microsoft’s Windows Phone failure was easily preventable, but the company’s culture made it unavoidable

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 3:48 pmWednesday, July 26, 201719 Comments

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

Thursday, July 6, 2017 4:00 pmThursday, July 6, 201726 Comments

Microsoft announced a major reorganization on Wednesday that will include thousands of layoffs…

Beleaguered Microsoft to ax ‘thousands’ more employees

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 9:57 am26 Comments

Microsoft is poised to layoff thousands of employees worldwide..

New England Patriots coach Belichick on Microsoft Surface tablets: ‘They’re just too undependable for me’

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 12:32 pmWednesday, October 19, 201617 Comments

Belichick said he ‘can’t take it anymore’ with Microsoft’s wannabe iPads…

Beleaguered Microsoft axes 2,850 more employees

Friday, July 29, 2016 4:55 pmFriday, July 29, 201620 Comments

Beleaguered Microsoft said in May it would cut 1,850 jobs in its smartphone business…

Beleaguered Microsoft forecasts failure for its 1 billion Windows 10 goal

Monday, July 18, 2016 10:56 amMonday, July 18, 201614 Comments

About the same time last year, Microsoft made a bold proclamation…

Beleaguered Microsoft told to pay $10000 to woman over deceptive Windows 10 forced download

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:00 am9 Comments

Microsoft has been forced to pay £7,500 ($10,000) in compensation to a woman…

Windows 10 and beleaguered Microsoft’s desperation

Monday, June 27, 2016 10:57 amMonday, June 27, 201624 Comments

Windows sufferers are complaining that beleaguered Microsoft pushed downloads on their PC, in the background…

Microsoft pulls plug on consumer smartphones, axes another 1,850 jobs

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 3:39 pmWednesday, May 25, 201641 Comments

Microsoft is further scaling back its flagging phone business, exiting the consumer market…

Apple’s Mac reaches 9.2% share online as Windows PC suffering declines to new low

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 4:20 pmTuesday, May 3, 201623 Comments

Apple saw its share of personal-computer operating systems in use on the Internet rise to a new high in April…

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Surface Book exhibiting nasty freezing problems

Monday, March 7, 2016 8:27 am15 Comments

After waiting for months and many updates, one Windows 10 update had finally addressed the Microsoft Surface…

Apple MacBooks surpass 10% market share in worldwide notebook market

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 1:30 pmTuesday, February 16, 20169 Comments

lobal notebook shipments dropped significantly in 2015 mainly due to the impact of currency depreciation…

Why the Mac has so much staying power; Apple’s indomitable workhorse deserves some praise

Friday, February 5, 2016 12:01 pmFriday, February 5, 201620 Comments

Let’s hear it for the Mac!

Sony PS4 trounces Microsoft’s Xbox One over the 2015 holiday season

Thursday, February 4, 2016 9:33 pm12 Comments

2015’s all-important holiday quarter saw Sony continuing to extend its sales lead over the competition…

New England Patriots’ coach Belichick: Microsoft Surface breakdowns are common

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:15 amTuesday, January 26, 201634 Comments

“It is what it is,” Belichick said. “It’s a pretty common problem.” Paper printouts are “more dependable” than the Microsoft Surface tablets…

Microsoft pays $400 million for product placement; Surface tablets fail during Patriots vs. Broncos playoff game

Sunday, January 24, 2016 4:58 pmMonday, January 25, 201681 Comments

During what is guaranteed to be one of the most-watched NFL games of the year, the Divisional Playoffs between AFC powerhouses Denver Broncos and New England Patriots…

Sony shames beleaguered Microsoft’s Xbox as juggernaut PlayStation 4 nears 36 million units sold

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 4:14 pmTuesday, January 5, 201618 Comments

Sony’s unstoppable PS4 has chalked up 35.9 million in global sales…

Beleaguered Microsoft admits to parade of bugs in weak-selling Surface lineup

Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:57 pmThursday, December 17, 201520 Comments

As most of you know, whenever Apple has a problem with hardware or software…

Apple’s new iPad Pro is faster and more affordable than beleaguered Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4

Thursday, November 12, 2015 2:37 pmThursday, November 12, 201522 Comments

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Surface Pro is offered in three processor tiers, each with different storage options…

Microsoft’s Surface Book sells out in 5 days

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:55 pmWednesday, October 14, 201531 Comments

Underwhelming supply is the likely cause…

Microsoft announces ‘Surface Book’ laptop, Surface Pro 4 tablet, three phones and a fitness tracker

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 4:25 pmTuesday, October 6, 201595 Comments

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a new laptop, a tablet, three phones and a fitness tracker…

Why Apple should partner with Microsoft

Monday, September 21, 2015 2:36 pm40 Comments

During a presentation at Dreamforce last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella demonstrated…

OS X Yosemite vs. Windows 10

Thursday, July 30, 2015 5:35 pmThursday, July 30, 201538 Comments

There’s previous little in Windows 10 to get excited about…

Beleaguered Microsoft, capitulation and the end of ‘Windows Everywhere’

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 2:16 pm41 Comments

Microsoft today is a case study in knowing when you should indeed give up…

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Windows 9… er, ’10’ is more like Apple’s OS X than ever before

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:34 amWednesday, July 29, 201544 Comments

The resurrection of the Start menu, after being killed in Windows 8…

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Windows 9… er, ’10’ won’t save the struggling Windows PC industry

Monday, July 27, 2015 9:28 amMonday, July 27, 201542 Comments

The release of Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows 10 operating system…

Apple Macs gain even more share against Microsoft Windows PCs

Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:12 pm19 Comments

The PC market is expected to contract in the high-single-digit percentage range…

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Xbox One has lost the console war to Sony’s PS4

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 5:28 pmWednesday, July 22, 201537 Comments

The console war is over, and Sony has come out the runaway winner over Microsoft…

Beleaguered Microsoft axes up to 7,800 employees, writes off $7.6 billion from Nokia deal

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 9:54 am39 Comments

Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to restructure the company’s phone hardware business…

Major job cuts expected at beleaguered Microsoft

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 8:42 amWednesday, July 8, 201519 Comments

Microsoft plans to announce a major new round of layoffs as early as Wednesday…

Microsoft axes 1,200 jobs, exits display ad business

Monday, June 29, 2015 4:55 pmMonday, June 29, 201521 Comments

About 1,200 jobs at Microsoft will be impacted…

Microsoft CEO Nadella talks of ‘tough choices’ in latest memo to employees

Thursday, June 25, 2015 7:18 pm34 Comments

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent a companywide email to employees…

iOS, Android developers not interested in beleaguered Microsoft’s Windows overtures

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8:33 amWednesday, May 20, 201532 Comments

Chase and Bank of America stopped supporting Windows phone apps, saying few customers were affected…

Apple now worth double Microsoft’s market value

Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:54 pmThursday, January 29, 201526 Comments

Apple Inc. is currently worth $693.41 billion dollars…

Beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Windows Phone may finally be dead

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:56 pmWednesday, January 7, 201547 Comments

It’s an absolute bloodbath for Windows Phone…

Don’t believe the hype about beleaguered Microsoft’s so-called revitalization

Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:55 amTuesday, November 25, 201439 Comments

Much has been written about Microsoft’s revitalization…

Beleaguered Microsoft axes another 2,100 employees

Thursday, September 18, 2014 8:37 pmThursday, September 18, 201425 Comments

Microsoft has confirmed another 2,100 redundancies as part of a plan…

Microsoft pays $400 million for product placement, then NFL announcer calls Surface tablet ‘iPad-like’ on air

Monday, September 8, 2014 4:37 pmMonday, September 8, 201454 Comments

In among the larger-than-life humans on NFL sidelines this season…

comScore: Apple gains U.S. smartphone share ahead of iPhone 6

Friday, September 5, 2014 4:33 pmFriday, September 5, 20144 Comments

Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with…

Steve Ballmer wrote Windows’ ubiquitous ‘Blue Screen of Death’ message

Thursday, September 4, 2014 10:58 amThursday, September 4, 201435 Comments

When Ballmer visited the Windows team he thought…

As ordered by judge, Apple removes Secret app from Brazilian App Store

Friday, August 22, 2014 11:00 amFriday, August 22, 20142 Comments

Apple has complied with the order from a Brazilian judge…

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