Microsoft’s current business is doing great, at least in its most recent earnings report. Read between the lines, though, and the future for Windows appears to be darkening.
So What If PCs Are Down? Intel Wins Anyway
Whether they’re making PCs, servers, phones or tablets, hardware makers are playing more and more with Intel’s chips. And that means the house — i.e., Intel — always wins.
HP: Leap Motion Technology Makes Us Awesome! (Now Buy Our PCs, Please)
HP says its partnership with Leap Motion will enable “new user experiences.” More importantly, the deal offers new reasons to buy HP PCs – reasons the company desperately needs.
Microsoft, Facing Lackluster Surface Sales, May Get Small
Microsoft is reportedly planning a smaller 7-inch Surface tablet. But doing so may strip out much of what makes a Surface a Surface.
Windows 8 Stabs The PC Market In The Gut
IDC reported Wednesday afternoon that the PC market reported the worst quarter ever since it began tracking it in 1994. Disaster.
Dropbox To Business: Never Mind The Breaches, Come Store Your Stuff With Us!
Dropbox takes another step to attract businesses — i.e., paying customers who can fund the company’s expansion. But will a pair of data breaches doom its chances?
9 Things Microsoft Does Right
What does Microsoft do wrong? Lots of things. But the company also does some important stuff right.
Gartner May Be Too Scared To Say It, But the PC Is Dead
Gartner hasn’t said that the PC market is dying — at least, not quite. But it is. And it’s actually important to say so.
Facebook Home Could Be a Pain, Unless You Really Love Facebook
If you love Likes, Photos, and other Facebook interactions, then you won’t be able to wait for Facebook’s new Home app for Android. But if you like, you know, doing stuff on your phone, you might want to reconsider.
Prices Of Windows 8 Machines Are Falling. Wow, Demand Must Be Red Hot!
Discounts on Windows 8 notebooks and tablets are suddenly rampant. It might be the time of year, though it’s also clear that Win8 isn’t exactly lighting a fire under the market.
Google’s Patent Pledge Covers Its Own Ass
Google’s pledge to back open patents is a typical Google gesture: an elegant combination of genuine altruism, PR spin and protecting its own self interest.
Demons, Demos and Dolls: Kinect for Windows Moves Into The Real World
Kinect’s depth sensing is being used from everything from animatronic demons to one of the best PowerPoint presentations you’ve ever seen.
Facebook To Unveil Its ‘New Home On Android’ Next Week
Facebook has big plans for something involving Android on April 4, according to an invitation to an April 4 press conference. “Come see our new home on Android,” it reads — whatever that means.
Microsoft’s Data Explorer: Picking Up Where Bing Leaves Off
Microsoft is quietly working towards fully integrating public data sources into Excel, with a goal of allowing users to search out their own answers when a search engine can’t do it for you.
Windows Blue’s Goal: You WILL Love Metro (Eventually)
Microsoft’s Windows 8 balances the old way of doing things — the Windows desktop — with the new “Metro” interface. With a new “Windows Blue” build that leaked to the Internet over the weekend, Microsoft is inexorably pushing users toward the new user interface.
Google Keep: The Second Coming Of Android’s Voice Actions
Google Keep seems awfully similar to an Android function that’s been around since 2010, even though it was subsequently eclipsed by Apple’s Siri. Here’s why Google is trying again.
Bing Much Better At Browsing Biographies, But Boo-Boos Abide
Bing’s improvements Thursday may make it the best search engine for social media profiles. But Wolfram Alpha still has it beat when it comes to delivering snappy answers to straight questions.
‘Game of Thrones’ Thrives on Social Media. Its Author, Not So Much
The creators of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” say they use Twitter to tap into the cultural zeitgeist surrounding the show. And then there’s George R.R. Martin, the author of “Thrones,” who offers a different take.
Nvidia Finally Gets Faces Right – Until They Open Their Mouths
New technologies from Nvidia and USC make CGI faces look like you’d expect them to – until they move and get all creepy.
Google Wants To Drive Your Collaborative Apps Home —And Into Its Fold
Google plans to use the collaborative sharing aspects of Google Drive as a way to lure third-party apps into the Google fold.