Microsoft - Business Model, Strategy

The killer use case for AR/VR might just be warfare. Today, Microsoft announced that it has received a contract to outfit the United States Army wi... (2021)

Humans are hard-wired to dream, to create, to innovate. Each of us seeks to do work that gives us purpose — to write a great novel, to make a disco... (2023)

Amid the tech industry’s worst slump in decades, industry leaders are predicting an era built on new chatbots and other types of artificial intelli... (2023)

The Microsoft and Stripe developer keynotes were both examples of the rise of Thin Platforms —- “Of course I am covering the Build and Stripe... (2022)

The Moat Map describes the correlation between the degree of supplier differentiation and the externalization (or internalization) of a company’s n... (2018)

Google and Facebook are building custom chips for AI. Microsoft is using Intel chips that can be reprogrammed for different uses... (2018)

How two established tech firms are taking different directions when it comes to their blockchain-as-a-service offerings. (2017)

"It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microso... (2017)

Microsoft has paid out $7 million to Minecraft content makers since last June. But it’s just beginning to build out its marketplace... (2018)

Google and Facebook represent one philosophy, and Microsoft and Apple represent another; tech needs both, but ultimately platforms are more importa... (2018)

Apple was at its best in its most recent keynote: unveiling the sorts of products the company is uniquely capable of creating. The question, though... (2015)

April 2007 “A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking to a young startup founder about how Google was different from ... (2018)

After two years, Microsoft still hasn’t delivered on its grand vision for LinkedIn. And it may never do so. Every time this LinkedIn commercial pop... (2019)

Microsoft is finally planning to open up Xbox Live to all game developers. The push will allow games to use Xbox Live across PC, Xbox, iOS, Android... (2019)

There are strong parallels between organised abuse of Facebook and FB’s attempts to respond, in the last 24 months, and malware on Windows and Offi... (2019)

Ben and James continue to discuss the differences between platforms and aggregators, including Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Netflix, Amazon,... (2019)

Engadget Published on May 6, 2019 (2019)

Ben and James discuss the Zoom and Slack IPOs in the context of Microsoft’s current success and long-term challenges. (2019)

Microsoft has a 7,000-square-foot space dedicated to prototyping the future. We got to see a number of demonstrations of future concepts of Windows... (2019)

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced the Fluid Framework, a new software development kit that is meant to help developers b... (2019)

Now for the hard part (2020)