E-commerce revolution has driven discounting change

Here’s the latest news from Microsoft by Dan Smith. He said that the e-commerce revolution has changed the way discounting is applied to brands. Director of fashion e-tailer theOutnet.com Stephanie Phair claimed that discounting is something that “used to happen in friends and family sales, sample sales or in bricks and mortar outlets 25 miles [...]

Xbox 360 is Still the Top-Selling Console in the U.S.

Despite a variety of consoles out in the market, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been the top-selling gaming console in the United States for 14 of the past 15 months, according to Microsoft’s official blog. It trumped two other popular gaming consoles—Nintendo Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3—to maintain its spot at the top. NPD Group, a [...]

Microsoft iPad Killer In The Works

Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer has announced the need to combat the Apple iPad tablet platform. No time commitments were made as to when a Microsoft tablet computer would come out but it is an urgent agenda of his organization. These tablet computers will run on Windows 7 to catch up with Apple and Google in this [...]

Release Date of Microsoft’s Latest Kin Phone

Among other large phone companies, it is really expected that from time to time, they would have their own version of what’s latest. Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Nexus and Research In Motion’s Blackberry are just among those popular phone today. Equipped with its own unique features, ‘techies’ or technology addict individuals are trying to have one [...]

Ed Roberts: The Father of PC dies at 68, Bill Gates and Paul Allen Paid Tribute

The founder of Altair 8800, Dr Henry Edward Roberts died at the age of 68. Altair 8800, the machine that started the home computer era. This machine started the careers of Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Roberts founded the Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). According to Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak, Roberts has [...]