Microsoft’s position in the software industry today is defined by a rare combination of enormous scale, accelerating cloud-and-AI revenue, and a conservative balance sheet — a profile that helps explain why the company is being valued like a growth platform even as some headline ratios appear...
OpenAI, the renowned artificial intelligence research organization, is reportedly seeking to loosen its ties with Microsoft, its largest investor, due to concerns over potentially anticompetitive terms in their partnership. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, OpenAI executives have...
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Europe’s digital landscape is undergoing a transformation with Microsoft’s latest decision to implement sweeping Windows updates—an explicit response to growing regulatory scrutiny under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA). These changes reflect both the...
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Microsoft’s relationship with European regulators has entered a critical phase as the tech giant moves to quell persistent antitrust concerns surrounding the integration of its Teams communication app with its best-selling Office 365 and Microsoft 365 productivity suites. This issue, rooted in a...
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Microsoft is making headlines again—this time by launching its first-ever standalone Copilot AI app for macOS. Long confined to browser windows on Macs, the dedicated Copilot app now offers users a seamless, native experience straight from the Mac App Store. Let’s dive into the details, explore...
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Microsoft Competitor Analysis: Key Metrics & Insights
In today’s rapidly shifting tech landscape, evaluating a company’s performance against its peers is critical to understanding its market position. A recent competitor analysis published by Benzinga delves into Microsoft’s financial ratios and...
When it comes to iconic programs, Microsoft PowerPoint has been a cornerstone of digital productivity since its birth in 1987. For many Windows users, it has symbolized the convenience of crafting slideshow presentations for classrooms, boardrooms, and everything in between. However, with...
How is it that a toaster works for decades and cost 20 bucks but a forced Windows software on purchase of computer does not make it through a full week without a stupid update that change absolutely nothing except slowing down the new computer? When are you going to stop harassing your base with...
In Link Removed of this Office Show, Tina and Laura used Link Removed to get their dog grooming business up and running with email, calendars and shared documents. In Part 2, they step up their game and create their own website, edit a Word doc simultaneously and set up a customer database in...
Microsoft partner conference featured previews of the Windows 8 server and desktop operating systems, talk about integration between Skype and Lync, and a barrage of insults aimed at Microsoft's competitors.
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The new Windows 8 user experience has triggered excitement in the Windows user community, but also some fear and loathing for competitors and their supporters, and for developers. I'm happy to see Microsoft's competition on the run for a change, but the...
Microsoft is holding its official launch of its cloud-hosted application suite, known as Office 365, on June 28.
CEO Steve Ballmer will be on hand at the New York launch event, according to an invitation I received.
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June 28 also may be the date when the...
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Intel was quick to point out that the ARM version of Windows 8 won't have any backwards compatibility—"Our competitors will not be running legacy applications. Not now. Not ever." But the ol' friendly x86 version? You betcha! More*»
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RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis ceded the stage partway through his keynote address to his competitor, who proceeded to announce that Microsoft's Bing Search and Bing Maps products will be "fully integrated" into the BlackBerry platform later this year. Rather than simply supply a stand-alone app on...
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Microsoft's next Windows could be a cross-platform OS in the style of Apple's iOS or Hewlett-Packard's webOS, if supposed early builds are to be believed.
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Asus will continue to build Window 7 tablets, calling Microsoft's OS a worthy competitor to the Apple iPad and the army of Android tablets on the market. An Asus official told TechRadar that the company gets a lot of inquiries from the consumer and business market for Windows 7 tablets, so it...
What should i do? I have a Free wallpaper app in the market and it had been doing really well until recently. I keep getting a bunch of 1 star ratings and really negative comments from people. I have reason to believe it's my competitor because he has the same wallpaper app (PAID) but it's...
There's a new Windows 7 slate coming to town (starting in April this year) that Microsoft is hoping may give the company at least a temporary answer to Apple's iPad and the various Android slates...
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