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Monday, 6 April 2009

Bing? Windows Live? MSN!

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Microsoft have been attempting to brand their online experience for months and years now and things appear to be getting worse. I am personally a fan of the Windows Live brand. I think it completely captures the one product Microsoft is best known for and conjures the image of Windows being online and available. So why not stick with it?

The fact is that they do not seem keen on sticking with this brand and there are many rumours about rebranding of Live Search. So what about simply going back to the best known online brand Microsoft have, MSN. I was on a call with Microsoft today and while I was on hold I was listening to an ad for spaces.msn.com. That sounds much better than anything Microsoft have managed to come up with lately and the portal that is currently in place is very well known and developed.

So my question to Microsoft and Softies everywhere is this, why not bring back and support MSN? Or if you don’t want it then give it to me.

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Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Yahoo! Do Enough Thankfully

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Yahoo! announced their Q1 results today and as expected they are strong, not amazing but string none the less. Now the ball arrives back into Microsoft's court and we wait to see when they will up their offer for Yahoo, I suspect to $35 per share. I would feel however that this is now the time for Microsoft to withdraw from the deal completely. A final offer from Microsoft for about $33 per share would be a good next move. Once that bid is rejected the next step will be to either attempt to replace the Yahoo! board if they're that desperate to take them over or withdraw from the bid altogether. Within a couple of days I hope to take a full look at Yahoo! and MSN offerings and see just how far away from being truly competitive Microsoft actually are but I suspect if the money being spent trying to take over Yahoo! was spent on R&D and hiring new blood Microsoft wouldn't have to worry so much.

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Friday, 29 February 2008

It's official! Hell has frozen over.

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macbook on msn

 

 

 

On the front page of www.msn.co.uk there is a competition to win a new laptop. Nothing strange in that you might say. Well it's a Macbook Air! On the Microsoft portal they have a competition to win an Apple product! What's more the competition page states:

If you want to keep up with the leading technology company then don't miss the opportunity of winning this fabulous MacBook Air laptop!

What a strange day this leap year is turning out to be.

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