Consumerization as a trend in enterprise IT is changing how a user works with flexible work hours and travelling. Microsoft understands this shift and has products that help companies adopt to the change.
Microsoft with their Skype purchase in addition to the integration of Facebook and Windows Live Messaging integration will let them play ball on the negotiations table with the carriers.
A few thoughts on the Microsoft and Skype $8.5 Billion deal to be formally announced soon.
Windows Azure or the cloud computing OS is now the third Windows that will bring the enterprise and personal computing together.
Patent shows gestures adapting to a user and these personalized gestures being available as a roaming profile.
Microsoft visualizes developer enthusiasm for WP7 with a wall filled with app icons, at their annual MIX conference.
Gartenberg backs Steve Jobs’ marketing claim of a post-PC era. I say there’s none. The PC is still the same, does the same but we interact differently.
Steve Ballmer’s decision to have Windows everywhere and the Metro (Windows Phone 7) inspired UI might well be the reason why the Courier was kinned.
HTML5 Bing demos show Bing becoming more than a search engine (or decision engine) the service from Microsoft is becoming more of a web based app.
Consumer tech trends as seen by Microsoft were talked about at a conference held in Seattle.