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Microsoft Plays the Long Game with NFL Partnership #SuperBowl
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s big splash into the NFL with its Surface tablet has been a little bumpy. Broadcasters kept calling it an iPad. It was erroneously blamed for a meltdown during the AFC Championship (the problem was really a network connectivity issue).
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The Horrors of Installing Win10 on a Tablet
I have an unhealthy addiction to tablets. Within arms reach right now, there are five working tablets with a screen size of 8-inches or smaller. Think about that: five, just on my desk, right here. Yep — I'm addicted. I need to talk to a medical professional.
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4 Ways Marketers Can Move Mobile Advertising Forward
On the heels of recent research centered around how companies are falling short with mobile marketing, comes a new report — this time with similarly disappointing findings around mobile advertising, in particular. The AdExchanger Research report, titled Mobile’s Unmet Potential (available for purchase), finds that although marketers, technology providers and
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Office 365 Shines, But What About Microsoft Windows?
You’d have to be a forensic accountant to understand Microsoft’s financials. However, a few things are clear from this week's second quarter earnings release. The first is that the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is starting to make serious ground in the cloud space.
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Companies Plagued by Mobile Marketing Mediocrity, Altimeter Finds
Hold the (cell) phone.
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Leave Your iPad at Home, Forget BYOD, Says HP
Face it, HP notes: iPads, Android and Windows tablets may be great but they weren’t built specifically for business.
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Social, Analytics and Smartphones Driving IT Spending Growth
While smartphones remain the top dogs in IT spending, the research firm IDC reports analytics, collaborative applications and data management will help drive stronger spending through the end of 2014. The firm forecasts worldwide IT growth of 4.1 percent in US dollars.
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PC Market? Up Slightly, But Still Barely Breathing
Though it appears there will be some relief for the besieged PC market in Gartner’s second quarter predictions for 2014, the relief will be be only temporary. Overall, the global devices market will witness a revival in 2014, increasing by 4.2 percent over 2013.
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Microsoft, Apple Offer Discounts to Lure Customers #BlackFriday
Bargain hunters are plotting their strategies to find the best pre-holiday deals, online and off. Two options to consider: the Apple and Microsoft stores. Each one is offering potential savings of hundreds of dollars on the latest tablets, computers and software. The one-day Apple deals start at 12:01 a.m.
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Game Consoles, 3D Printers Top Holiday Shopping Lists
With Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales looming, new super-powerful game consoles — the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One — appear to be the hot tickets this year.
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Microsoft Commercial Business Thrives, But Ballmer Still Remains a Question
Microsoft's sales and profits are up. In the first quarter since the company announced a major reorganization and shared the news that CEO Steve Ballmer is retiring, the Redmond, Wash.-based technology giant reported a jump of 17 percent in net income in the fiscal first quarter to $5.
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Apple vs. Microsoft: the Buyers Will Decide
A row is brewing between the two tech titans, initiated by Apple's' comments about "confusion" among its rivals during the recent iPad unveiling. Microsoft shot back, claiming "standardization" and "productivity" are on its side.
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Apple's Tablet Moves Please Analysts
If the key to a financial analyst's heart is profit margin, then Apple did a good job yesterday of reassuring Wall Street with its roll out of new products. That's because it introduced new iPads with higher prices. Apple's stock moved up this morning by about a half a percent,
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Nokia Joins the Windows RT Party with it's Lumia 2520 Tablet
Alongside its Windows Phone phablet, Nokia officially entered the tablet market with a 10.1" device at Nokia World in Dubai. The $499 SnapDragon-powered machine runs Windows RT 8.1 and offers both 4G and Wi-Fi, plus a full 1080p HD display.
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