Category Archives: Opinion
Devices and services? Microsoft needs to focus on apps
Jan 8, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Late last year, Microsoft announced that it is changing its focus, moving away from software and toward “devices and services”. We’re… Read more
With Windows Phone and Google at war, the user loses
Jan 5, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Google seems to be bent on declaring war on Windows Phone for some reason recently. After dropping Exchange ActiveSync for its own open-source… Read more
Google, Microsoft, and the EAS problem
Dec 15, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
Today, in a blog post on the Google Official Blog, Google announced that they were shutting down some services, including Google Sync. According… Read more
The prickly problem of how to price Surface
Nov 29, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
Microsoft announced some pricing details of the second in its family of Surface devices today, with Panos Panay, in a blog post on the Official Microsoft… Read more
Thoughts on a Post-Sinofsky world, one week in
Nov 19, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
It’s been (almost) a week since Microsoft announced Steven Sinofsky’s departure as President of Windows and Windows Live Division, which… Read more
For Microsoft, now the hard work begins
Nov 2, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
This week’s Build conference has been a culmination of years of work on Microsoft’s part, and a summer of speculation and then trials and testing… Read more
Is Windows Phone 8…. late?
Sep 12, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
Today, in the shadow of iPhone 5 day, where Apple unveiled the new iPhone 5 with lots of fanfare and almost no surprises, Microsoft pushed ahead with… Read more
The Apple-Samsung verdict: A “win” for Windows Phone, but will it really matter?
Aug 25, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
A verdict was reached in the Apple-Samsung US federal patent lawsuit late today, and Samsung was found to have, in some circumstances willfully,… Read more
Is this what really happened to Silverlight?
Aug 22, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
Scott Barnes was a Product Manager for the Rich Client Platform team, and its no secret that since he left Microsoft he’s been outspoken and has… Read more
Windows 8, Windows Phone, Bing, Xbox Music and Video, SmartGlass, Kinect, Surface: can Microsoft put the pieces together?
Jun 18, 2012 by Kip Kniskern
Microsoft has made a number of impressive announcements in the past few months (with hopefully more to come as early as Wednesday, when we’ll… Read more
