Author: Sean Johnson

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)  recently conducted Convergence conference in Atlanta Georgia where the company executives shared the business dynamics, future goals and endeavors the software giant. Speaking at the event, Kirill Tatarinov, executive vice president of Microsoft’s business solutions said that the company believes in slow but steady evolution of complete processes. He said that the company has devised a way to analyze people, their roles and how business processes are flowing in-between. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is now picking its fruits of this effective strategy which was started a decade ago. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s people-centric strategy is also giving it a…

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) recently made some key moves regarding its video business which will make Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Youtube run for its money in the coming months. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Youtube has long been the juggernaut of the video world. People go to Youtube to watch videos and was the standard for video watching, but Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is turning the table around. The social media platform has an algorithm that decides what content and video the user would want to see. Facebook has around 1.6 billion users. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) wants to convert its social media platform in a…

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that it will let its Enterprise and industry partners to migrate to and use its Office 365 platform for free. For this, the company has signed a deal with SkyKick, which will enable every company willing to make a migration from Offline office apps to mobile, online and Cloud-based Office 365 platform. The migration cost would be free and SkyKick is developing a special suite that would help automating the daunting task of migration. This is a huge step by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) that could crush Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) apps for work that are used by…

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BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) reported its fourth quarter results and the software giant’s CEO is quite happy with the company’s performance. The company reported $28 million profits which is far better as compared to the year earlier. Although the revenue dipped and missed the analysts’ expectations, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) is optimistic that it will come out of the crisis and soon its products will elevate in the market in terms of sales and popularity. In an interview, CEO of BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) John Chen said that in the list of the pronounced customers of BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), a majority is related…

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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is quickly making its way in the billion  dollar streaming industry, but it seems the problems are just starting to pop-up in the market, not just for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) but also for other major internet streaming players like Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX). An article on Dallas News reported that the TV players like HBO and CBS are quickly making their way towards the internet streaming. There was a time when experts predicted the end of cable and TV services because of the massively increasing internet on-demand streaming services. Also, a recent report depicted that millions of users…

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is making huge moves in the Internet of Thins domain apart from the social media, ads and content industry. Two years back the social media giant acquired Parse, the mobile development platform. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) does not have its own mobile operating system, but the company used some unique ways to monetize its apps and tools. It is using its open graph in-app ads to generate massive revenues. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) just announced the support for connected devices and Internet of Things for its Parse platform. This would give app developers an opportunity to develop apps and software for the Internet…

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is continuing its efforts to take more mobile space slowly. In a recent development, the company has signed a deal with Dell after which, the Dell devices will have pre-installed Microsoft apps like Skype, Office, OneNote, OneDrive. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is in a direct threat because of increasing collaboration between Microsoft and other companies. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) also announced that it is increasing its partnerships in Europe and Asia in order to give built-in software and apps to hardware and device makers. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Android OS is increasing becoming occupied with apps of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and…

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A lot was expected from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) when it announced that it is going to turn its Messenger app into a platform. But the first lot of 40 apps that are designed and developed for the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s Messenger app for phones have disappointed many. In an article, Mike Elgan said that the majority of apps that are rolled out for the Messenger don’t solve any problem. These apps include silly cartoon buttons, weather apps, small games that were already around in the user phones, score sharing sports apps. Elgan thinks that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Messenger platform will create…

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According to a new report from Gartner, the mobile market share of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is just around 2%, but the Redmond giant continues to be the PC OS behemoth, having 92% operating system share in the global PC market. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is trying to make its space in the mobile. The company is rolling out software, apps for the mobile operating systems like iOS and Android. But the true asset of the company still lies in its conventional business, thinks Alex Hughes. The source said that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) earned a market share and reputation so strong that…

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International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has been arch rivals in the server business for years. An article on Fool said that International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) used to bear losses because of its closed business model due to which every company wishing to have International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) technology was forced to buy only from the company. The losses forced IBM to open its gates and it launched a new OpenPOWER technology. This technology was open sourced and attracted hundreds of industry partners. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) on the other hand, after getting defeat in the…

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) started focusing heavily on mobile ads and video business to crush Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Youtube and the results are already depicting that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is now leading Google in the video ads business. According to a new report by TubeMogul, the price per video ads in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is far more than of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Youtube. The price of an ad always shows the popularity of a platform and which platform advertisers are ready to choose even if they have to pay more. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s video ad costs 18 cents per minute whereas…

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has revealed its plans about turning its social platform into a massive news hosting outlet. Twitter is yet again in trouble with this announcement. For months, Twitter is orienting itself as a primary news source. If you want any important news and update about what’s going on in the world, you go to Twitter and see all the rant. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)  is not the primary news sources, as most of the business pages use it to share their products; people use it for entertainment purposes and photos. But all this is about to change. Twitter had…

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