Complex planning — and true innovation — is out of fashion, argues PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel ORLANDO — Though it seems as if we’re surrounded by innovative products, services and technologies, there’s a growing counter argument that we’re living in a dismal era. Science is hated. Real technological progress has stalled. And what we call […]
Long periods of uncertainty about who goes, who stays, can corrode a company’s morale Microsoft yesterday said it could take as long as a year to lay off the 18,000 workers who will be eventually shown the door, making for a long, drawn-out morale-busting process that was criticized by both labor experts and industry analysts. […]
Feels like a PR exercise,’ says analyst of Apple’s decision to publicly beta test OS X Apple has returned to public beta testing of its Mac operating system after a 14-year absence, just as rival Microsoft has begun backing away from the practice. On Monday, Apple said that it would expand a small public beta […]
Smartwatch developers must focus on cutting prices, adding more apps, and improving the look to attract broad consumer interest When International CES opens in Las Vegas in early January, a flood of wearable computing devices, including smartwatches, will be on display. The fledgling smartwatch market is tiny compared to that for smartphones, or even wearable […]
Mum’s the word: Microsoft board ‘doing really well’ at keeping quiet Rumors and speculation are part of the game, says PR expert Rumors aside, Microsoft’s board of directors has done a good job of keeping the lid on its search for a CEO to replace Steve Ballmer, a public relations expert said. “The key thing […]
Awards $60M to 8 execs on the same day that board okays retention payments Microsoft handed out nearly $60 million in stock grants to eight executives on the same day it filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announcing that the board had authorized special incentives to keep senior management from jumping […]
Entry-level 32GB Surface RT costs $199, less than cost of goods Microsoft today confirmed that it has heavily discounted the Surface RT tablet to universities and K-12 schools, cutting the price of the entry-level model by 60%. It was the third time within a month that Microsoft has launched a Surface RT promotion, hinting at […]
