A New Chapter Ahead at ESPN
July 9, 2012 – 12:31 pm | Comments Off

I have always been a sports nut. Growing up, I wouldn’t go to bed without first calling the Washington Post’s automated sports hotline for ‘current’ sports scores (delayed by 15-30 minutes); and over breakfast, I’d …

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ESPN on Xbox
September 15, 2012 – 10:51 am | Comments Off
ESPN on Xbox

I wanted to share Xbox’s Facebook post from this weekend (see here). If you have an Xbox, checkout ESPN on Xbox (more here). It’s a phenomenal experience and merges our scores, alerts, ESPN3, kinect, etc. …

Microsoft Deal Strategy from 2009-2012: Yahoo, Nokia, Skype, Nook.
May 6, 2012 – 11:52 am | Comments Off
Microsoft Deal Strategy from 2009-2012: Yahoo, Nokia, Skype, Nook.

This is the front page of Tuesday May 1st’s Wall Street Journal. It’s a well done graphic overlaying Microsoft’s big-dollar entrances into “markets where it lags behind rivals”:

Klout, Perks and Packaging.
January 10, 2012 – 10:34 am | Comments Off
Klout, Perks and Packaging.

During the holiday season, why not write about great packaging? (a theme I have written about before)

iPad’s 2010 Rewind: “The Cloud” & “Mobile Office”
January 4, 2011 – 3:38 pm | 404 Comments
iPad’s 2010 Rewind: “The Cloud” & “Mobile Office”

There is nothing profound about this realization or blog post… after all, it was sparked by Apple’s iPad: Rewind 2010 promotion which has two categories of featured applications: ‘The Cloud’ and ‘Mobile Office’:

Microsoft’s “Office Social Connector” (aka Facebook Connect for Outlook) is Great
July 15, 2010 – 7:17 am | 383 Comments
Microsoft’s “Office Social Connector” (aka Facebook Connect for Outlook) is Great

But tying together the web’s most visited site (Facebook) with arguably the most important communication platform (email) is both natural and a long time coming.
And with this week’s announcement of Microsoft’s ‘Outlook Social Connector‘ …

Solving MS Outlook Pain with Google Calendar, Chrome Extensions
February 22, 2010 – 6:38 pm | 544 Comments
Solving MS Outlook Pain with Google Calendar, Chrome Extensions

I am very frustrated with Microsoft Outlook – particularly the calendar… which, for every scheduling / meeting exchange, requires one to switch between inbox and calendar. As a calendar fills up, this becomes more and …

Where is the Desktop Widget Innovation?
January 14, 2010 – 2:18 pm | 284 Comments
Where is the Desktop Widget Innovation?

In all the developer attention paid to mobile, Facebook and web-based applications, “desktop widgets” have been the big loser. They were thought to be a major selling point when Microsoft Vista was launching – and …

Facebook Featured in Xbox’s “It’s More Fun Time” Commercials
November 30, 2009 – 2:27 pm | 34 Comments
Facebook Featured in Xbox’s “It’s More Fun Time” Commercials

Microsoft clearly understands that the platform element of Xbox is as much a selling point as its game titles: in just the first week of being live, 10% of Microsoft’s Xbox Live subscribers connected their …

Top Three “Most Wished For” Laptops on Amazon are Mac; But Bestsellers are Windows
November 29, 2009 – 7:29 pm | 395 Comments
Top Three “Most Wished For” Laptops on Amazon are Mac; But Bestsellers are Windows

As Cyber Monday and the holiday season approach, Fortune notes that Macs are the most wished for computers (laptops and desktops) on Amazon. For laptops, the three “most wished for” products are the MacBook ($999), …

Microsoft’s Latest Laptop Hunter, Giampaolo
April 4, 2009 – 4:47 pm | 451 Comments

First Microsoft had Lauren. Now they have Giampaolo, a “technically savvy” twenty-something looking for a computer that fits his $1,500 budget (higher than Lauren’s $1,000 budget).
Because Giampaolo’s budget is higher, he is actually able to …

Feeling Ripped Off? Kodak AND Microsoft Attack
March 30, 2009 – 9:15 pm | 649 Comments

Microsoft made headlines with their “Lauren” commercials (“I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person”):

Considering the economy, Microsoft hit Apple at a very sore, powerful point: pricing. Critics argued that the machine “Lauren” …

Video Game Consoles Up 26%; iPhone Killing Portable Gaming Devices?
November 13, 2008 – 6:11 pm | 706 Comments
Video Game Consoles Up 26%; iPhone Killing Portable Gaming Devices?

Strong numbers were announced today from The NDP Group that show significant year-over-year growth in video game console purchases: +26% in October ’08 vs. ’07 for consoles, software and accessories.
However, portable gaming consoles (like …