Tag: Microsoft

  • Microsoft begrudgingly committed to Windows 10 Mobile

    We believe in this product’s value to business customers and it is our intention to support the Windows 10 Mobile platform for many years. Those two highlighted words are the very problem with that whole statement. I don’t know anyone who is issued a company fun that doesn’t use personally for photos, music, fitness, checking…

  • The Office Paradigm

    The Office Paradigm

    Everyone uses Office right? In fact most people think that Office comes standard with Windows or any new PC you might buy. The reality is that the next generation of computing users think that Office only exists on the PC and some might have seen it running on a Mac or a tablet computer. Sugar…

  • The Google Chromebook Sells Out!

    The Google Chromebook Sells Out!

    Google’s latest iteration of ChromeOS hardware has very impressively sold-out almost as soon as it went on sale. The new hardware is attractive for a number of reasons: it’s thin, it’s light, it features a lot of the latest technology like Bluetooth 3.0, USB 3, and dual-antenna a/b/g/n wi-fi (and we know there’s a mobile-wireless…

  • The Skinny on Windows Phone 8: Better for Business

    The Skinny on Windows Phone 8: Better for Business

    Here is the summary of the key points brought up today at the Windows Phone 8 announcement, which is slated to be released in the fall. You can view the live coverage of the event here ##The Good Things: Shared Core support, the phone will essentially use the same kernel and even drivers as Windows…

  • Microsoft Reboots Surface Into a Serious Tablet Contender

    Microsoft Reboots Surface Into a Serious Tablet Contender

    This is the new tablet that was announced by Microsoft last night. This not the crappy prototype [table](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/pixelsense/default.aspx) we all saw a few years back as CES. By the way the original table is now called NONPixelSense is In fact, the hardware is manufacturer by Microsoft. Not an OEM and not a partnership. Steve Ballmer…

  • Corporate Greed is the Worst Public Relations at Yellow Pages

    Corporate Greed is the Worst Public Relations at Yellow Pages

    You know those thick yellow books we all have at home, that are really useful for boosting up kids at the dining table when you run out of actual booster seats? Well, turns-out there was a time before tablets, smart phones, and the Internet when people actually marched their fingers through those books to find…

  • The State Of The BlackBerry

    The State Of The BlackBerry

      I will make no excuses for our past criticism and scrutiny of the Waterloo based Research In Motion. Over the past year they have seen their share price drop $50, from $75+ to a mere $13 recently (two-thirds of the total value). RIM missed crucial deadlines with the PlayBook and then under delivered on…

  • Galaxy Nexus Owner Smokes a Windows Phone Still Gets the Shaft

    It’s the sorry and admittedly one-sided tale of Galaxy Nexus-owner Sahas Katta, who claims he beat a “Get Smoked” Windows Phone challenge at a Microsoft store yesterday, but was denied his prize.  A Microsoft insider has since tweeted that he’ll “make it right” for Sahas, but will it be the kind of right that includes…

  • Top 10 From The Last 500 Fat Ones

    Last Week, Steph published the 500th post from on our 2FatDads site, a site he and I created far too long ago. Over the years we invited Ben, Eric and Steve to join us; not only writing some pretty awesome tech reviews and rants but also in creating the DadCast which will be resuming it’s…

  • Steve Ballmer, Keeping it Classy

    “You don’t have to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone,” said Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, “but you do to use an Android phone.” How does the Microsoft board let this guy get on the stage.  This is not the quote to make when you have a lower smartphone market share than the company…