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First appstore experience on a Windows 8 Tablet: the Chrome web store
From 2011-09-13 I am at Microsoft Build where the company is taking the wraps off its new tablet-friendly Windows 8 operating system. No freebies for influencers at BUILD (fail!) but the developers...
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Speed is a Feature – Further Thoughts on Windows 8
I noticed a tweet from Get Satisfaction marketing dude Jeff Nolan recently about the Google advantage – namely speed as a feature = which reminded me of a post of the same name a couple of years ago...
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The Windows 8/Metro Challenge: Good for the Enterprise, Not So Good for Apple...
Microsoft’s TechEd conference this week showcased more than just Windows 8 and its amazingly well-designed Metro touch-based user interface. It also heralded what may prove to be a tectonic shift in...
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Event Report: Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 #wpc12
Microsoft Provides The Passion And Products For Partners To Compete In A Post PC Era Microsoft kicked off its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Canada amidst 16,000 partners (See Figure 1)....
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Looking for the Killer App: Imagining Windows 8 in the Enterprise
I spent last week at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference with 16,000 of the company’s 460,000 partners, and Windows 8 was at the top of the agenda for the company and the attendees. As I’ve...
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Windows 8: Microsoft in a Post Microsoft Era
Like a lot of people I am watching the launch of Windows 8 in the market unfold in real time and find it one of the most fascinating shows in tech right now. There are few moments in our industry’s...
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Microsoft Struts It’s New Stuff
Microsoft is flying high, certainly internally, after four important announcements in the last couple of weeks. The company introduced Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and the all important new tablet for...
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Windows 8 for a Mac User
I recently purchased an Asus Zenbook Touch laptop to replace my trusty Macbook Air. I was impressed by the hardware design being exhibited by the top tier ultrabook manufacturers, they embody sleek...
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Lenovo Yoga–Straight up With a Twist
I have been using a Lenovo Yoga laptop for a month and like it enough to report back on my impressions. This laptop replaces an Asus Zenbook Touch that I had been using and generally liked but in order...
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Microsoft’s New Coke Moment
Windows 8.1 is beginning to make the pre-release rounds with the influencers as this post by Ed Bott in ZDNet documents. Version 8.1 brings me back to the 1990s and 1980s for various related reasons...
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Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-10-21
Go Giants! Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past week: Lots of activity in the mobility world – Apple seems to have set the date for the iPad mini (this Tuesday,...
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Win8 like a first time visit to WalMart
I have been playing with my Win8 Ultrabook for the last week, gradually exploring its features. My friend Louis Columbus tells me Microsoft has bought into “Personas” in its development philosophy...
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Microsoft Convergence 2013: crossing the t’s; dotting the i’s
First, once again, an apology to Microsoft and to those of you who like reading this stuff, for the lateness of this post on Convergence which was well over a month ago. I’m on the road so much and had...
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