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What Microsoft can learn from the Apple Application store

With today being the iPhone 2.0 launch, there’s a lot of chat about the new Applications Store and Apple touting the 500 third party applications available initially. Ina Fried already questioned Microsoft about how this compares to Windows Mobile, with the response being that “Microsoft has nearly 18...

Posted to OurView: The Opinion Blog (Weblog) by Chris on 07-11-2008
Microsoft plans acquisition of MobiComp: Portugese Mobile services company

Microsoft has just announced that it plans to acquire MobiComp. MobiComp is, according to the press release : …a company that helped pioneer technologies allowing the backup and restoration of mobile data and mobile posting of social content to Web sites such as Facebook. The acquisition would...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 06-26-2008
Microsoft confirms Symbian mobile messenger charges - Nothing decided yet for Windows Mobile

After today's reports by users on MoDaCo that Windows Mobile and Symbian users were all seeing notifications informing them to sign up to a trial period for Windows Live Mobile Messenger, we've received a statement back from Microsoft after our original post . Here's what Matt Champagne,...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Chris on 01-10-2008
Microsoft gets ready to charge users of Windows Live Mobile Messenger [Updated]

Users of the free Windows Live Messenger client available on Windows Mobile got a shock today when they tried to log in, a notice saying "Starting today, your 30 day trial period begins". Uh oh! So far this relates to Windows Mobile and Symbian (e.g. Nokia) devices, and only to users wanting...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Chris on 01-09-2008
Microsoft buys WebFives: mobile photo upload and sharing enhancements headed for Windows Live

Brier Dudley of the Seattle Times reports that WebFives will be ceasing operations at the end of the year, after being bought by Microsoft. The Seattle start-up was started by Mike Toutonghi, the former Microsoft Distinguished Engineer who started Windows Media and ran it until he left Microsoft in 2003...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 12-01-2007
Microsoft to purchase MusiWave for $50 Million

Microsoft is apparently following up on plans to purchase French mobile music company MusiWave from OpenWave, for $46 million in cash and assuming another $4 million in debt, according to an AP story on Yahoo Finance , via David Hunter at Microsoft Tracker . Microsoft announced its intentions on Monday...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 11-15-2007
Microsoft plans to acquire MusiWave, French mobile music company

In a press release issued this morning , Microsoft announced its plans to acquire French mobile music company Musiwave. The company is a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies. According to the press release: The acquisition would bring Musiwave's...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 11-12-2007

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What Microsoft can learn from the Apple Application store

Microsoft plans acquisition of MobiComp: Portugese Mobile services company

Microsoft confirms Symbian mobile messenger charges - Nothing decided yet for Windows Mobile

Microsoft gets ready to charge users of Windows Live Mobile Messenger [Updated]

Microsoft buys WebFives: mobile photo upload and sharing enhancements headed for Windows Live

Microsoft to purchase MusiWave for $50 Million

Microsoft plans to acquire MusiWave, French mobile music company