Articles tagged ballmer.

The Summer of Microsoft

May 9, 2011 17:57 by: Mark Reschke   1 Comment

Categories: Humor , News , Predictions , Products , Rumors

Tagged: Apple , ballmer , bing , facetime , Microsoft , nokia , Skype , tango , Windows_phone_7

Microsoft's latest pursuit is yet another sign that Apple is tearing them up. The company from Redmond is rumored to be in pursuit of buying out (or heavily investing in) Skype. If you are a user of Skype you may have noticed their latest updates are pretty much deplorable with regard to user interface, and their video quality typically stinks when compared to Tango or Apple's Facetime.

Based on Microsoft's track record, I can only assume they will purchase Skype, repurpose it for "Windows Phone 7 Extreme Plus Home Edition" and market it as: Windows PeopleTime – The Windows you love, now with video chat... Please.

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Microsoft Partners With Nahkia. Nokia Left Out

February 11, 2011 21:57 by: Mark Reschke   0 Comments

Categories: Humor , Products , Rumors

Tagged: ballmer , imovie , Microsoft , nokia , Windows , zune

Not only is Nokia using iMovie and Apple's music loops to create their quick-turn marketing videos, but within the video itself, it seems Steve Ballmer has pulled a fast on on Nokia. Evidently Ballmer used Nokia to launch Windows Phone 7 with a new upstart called Nahkia.

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