Microsoft and Apple will ship fewer devices in 2014-2015 than earlier estimates, while Android will ship more Gartner today scaled back its forecast of Windows’ near future, saying that while Microsoft’s operating system will power an increasing number of devices […]
Microsoft drags customers ‘kicking and screaming’ into its world of faster updates
Mandates Windows 8.1 Update to receive future patches; evidence of commitment to constant OS refreshes, say experts Microsoft’s demand that Windows 8.1 users install this week’s major update was another signal that the company is very serious about forcing customers […]
Why 2014 is the ‘year of smart glasses’
Raise your glass to the coming wave of face-top computing gadgets. You’ll see: There’s something for everybody. In the technology press, every year is the year of this and the year of that. Much of this kind of prediction is […]
Online ad group accuses Mozilla of anti-business bias
Analysts say there’s more to the story, contend that users blame browser makers — not advertisers — for over-zealous data collection An online advertising group this week attacked Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, for being anti-business, hiding behind a veneer […]
Retailers didn’t do Windows 8 any favors
Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today. Microsoft’s radical overhaul of Windows has been cited by some to explain plummeting PC shipments, but the very organizations […]