Is it game over for Microsoft on consumer front?

Release Date 11 Dec, 2009 in CNET News

 
   

Is it "game over for Microsoft in consumer"?

ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 11 Dec, 2009
Over on All About Microsoft my colleague Mary Jo Foley has posted market watcher Mark Anderson's 2010 predictions. One of those predictions is that 2010 ...

Is it game over for Microsoft on consumer front?

CNET News - Ina Fried - 11 Dec, 2009
The more interesting question raised in this New York Times blog, to me, is whether Microsoft flat out just doesn't get the consumer. ...

Microsoft responds to German Apple 'ban'

Mirror.co.uk - 11 Dec, 2009
Microsoft has officially responded to rumours that a journalist was told that using or mentioning Apple products at it's events was “banned“. ...

Microsoft Losing Consumer Battle?

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 11 Dec, 2009
Microsoft (MSFT) has lost the war for consumers' hearts, most particularly in the smartphone category, argues influential newsletter ...

Analyst: 'It is game over for Microsoft in consumer'

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 11 Dec, 2009
Microsoft started out its life as a consumer/developer-focused company. The company subsequently switched strategies and became a largely enterprise-focused ...

Microsoft needs to go big with Windows Mobile

CNET News - Dave Rosenberg - 11 Dec, 2009
It's no secret that Windows Mobile has hit a rough patch as the iphone and Android-based smartphones have take center stage. ...

Microsoft Is Losing Fight for Consumers, Analyst Says

New York Times (blog) - Steve Lohr - 11 Dec, 2009
Mark Anderson is the writer behind the Strategic News Service, a predictive newsletter with a wide following among technology executives and ...

Microsoft PR outlaws iphone talk

Register - Bill Ray - ‎Dec 10, 2009‎
A Microsoft manager created a bit of a fuss by advising a journalist not to mention the iPhone at a Microsoft event ...

Microsoft in 2010: Four Challenges That Lie Ahead

Computerworld - Shane O'Neill - ‎Dec 10, 2009‎
By Shane O'Neill CIO - When you're a technology mongrel like Microsoft, challenges are constant - and 2009 was chock full of them. ...

Is Microsoft Dead In The Consumer Market?

Microsoft Watch - 11 Dec, 2009
"Except for gaming, it is 'game over' for Microsoft in the consumer market," Mark Anderson of the Strategic News Service, which attempts to predict ...

Childish: Exec erupts with anger, rebukes a journo praising the iphone

Geek.com - Christian Zibreg - 11 Dec, 2009
Flashing the iphone in front of your manager might score you a few respect points, except if you're a Microsoft employee. But what if you were a journalist ...

Is it really "game over" for Microsoft's consumer business?

ZDNet (blog) - Sam Diaz - 11 Dec, 2009
The New York Times has given some online love to Mark Anderson, the influential writer of the Strategic News Service, who this week said that Microsoft is ...

Analyst: Mobile Is Killing MS Softly

Mediapost.com - 11 Dec, 2009
Microsoft's name is mud, according to Mark Anderson, who writes the Strategic News Service, a predictive newsletter that apparently has a wide following ...

"Game Over" for Microsoft?

Seattle Weekly (blog) - Brian Miller - 11 Dec, 2009
​Up in the San Juans, tech analyst Mark Anderson publishes an influential newsletter called Strategic News Service, ...

IT Analyst Declares Microsoft's Consumer Play 'Over'

ChannelWeb - Rob Wright - 11 Dec, 2009
By Rob Wright, channelweb Influential IT analyst Mark Anderson has fired a shot across the bow of Microsoft, declaring that 2010 will be "game over" for the ...

10 Things Apple`s Mac OS X Needs to Stay Competitive

eWeek - Don Reisinger - 11 Dec, 2009
Apple's Mac OS X has enjoyed unprecedented success in the marketplace over the past few years. The operating system that was once considered the "also-ran" ...

Should Microsoft Abandon Mobile?

Motley Fool - Eric Bleeker - 11 Dec, 2009
Mark Anderson, a distinguished technologist who runs an online newsletter widely followed by technology executives and investors, ...

Microsoft doesn't understand consumers, says analyst

StrategyEye (subscription) - Jasper Jackson - 11 Dec, 2009
Microsoft fails to understand consumers, according to Strategic News Service writer Marc Anderson. He says the firm is losing in every ...

Microsoft denies blocking Apple products from events

MacNN - 11 Dec, 2009
Microsoft is not banning Apple products from its press events, a company spokesperson says. At a recent Windows Mobile 6.5 event in Munich, Germany, ...

Analyst: Microsoft should exit phone business

Electronista (blog) - 11 Dec, 2009
Microsoft ought to cut its losses and drop Windows Mobile and Zune, Strategic News Service analyst and founder Mark Anderson said late Friday. ...

The Windows 7 RTM Touch Pack to Be Available for Download

Softpedia - 11 Dec, 2009
By Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor Microsoft plans to make available for download a range of applications designed to take advantage of the touch ...

Microsoft: Windows 7 Family Pack 'Sold Out'

Infopackets (blog) - Brandon Dimmel - 11 Dec, 2009
One of the best Windows 7 retail deals (aside from the $30 student package, of course) was Microsoft's special Windows 7 Family Pack promotion, ...

Why the Cloud Won't Seduce Me From My Mac, At Least Not Yet

TheAppleBlog (blog) - Charles Moore - 11 Dec, 2009
The rhetorical question du jour on the Mac Web seems to be whether the traditional Mac advantage is eroding due to increased reliance on “the Cloud,” or not ...

Windows Mobile 7.0 is coming….BUT WHEN

HTCPedia.com - 11 Dec, 2009
When asked about Apple's position in the mobile marketplace, Microsoft UK head of mobility Phil Moore said, in regards to Windows Mobile 7, ...

Microsoft + Mobile Consumers = FAIL

GigaOm (blog) - Colin Gibbs - 11 Dec, 2009
Microsoft's latest ad campaign focuses heavily on the end user, telling us that Windows 7.0 was “designed with ...

Microsoft isn't losing its consumer edge, it was game over long ago

BetaNews - Joe Wilcox - 11 Dec, 2009
I disagree with Mark Anderson, writer of the Strategic News Service, about Microsoft's future. ...

Should Microsoft Abandon Phones?

Technologizer (blog) - Harry McCracken - 11 Dec, 2009
Over at the New York Times' Bits blog, Steve Lohr is reporting on a shocking ...

wininfo Short Takes: Week of December 14, 2009

WinInformant.com - Paul Thurrott - 11 Dec, 2009
Maybe it's just me, but it seems as if time has sped up dramatically over the past few months. November disappeared in a flash, and now December is ...

Microsoft Loses in the Mobile Area, Analyst Says

Softpedia - 11 Dec, 2009
By Ionut Arghire, Mobile Editor Redmond-based software giant has already lost the fight in the mobile phone area it seems, or at least this is what Mark ...

Apple, Google, Microsoft Fight to Get, Stop Ubiquity

BNET - Erik Sherman - 11 Dec, 2009
How do you keep a business growing and strong enough to push off competitors? Have it everywhere at the same time. ...

 

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