24 May 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
The Microsoft UK chief marketing officer is honing its strategy of promoting the parent brand...of Microsoft UK's chief marketing officer all the more remarkable is that her role was the result of a global ...
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Building on the restructure
The merger last July of Microsoft UK's consumer and online divisions ...
left Microsoft to join embattled Johnston Press as chief executive, after his role as managing director ...
10 May 2012
| by Charles Arthur
Apple, Google and Microsoft and their many business battles over the past 15 years, I had plenty of time ...
and Microsoft - however, have rather different PR strategies. Here's my take on them, as someone on what you ...
as it has got bigger and come into more direct rivalry with Microsoft and, more recently, Facebook.
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04 May 2012
| by Kim Benjamin
used by Microsoft and Google - AppNexus and AdEx - and assesses their potential for advertisers....7stars, to assess how two key players stack up against each other. Ireland looked at Microsoft ...
opportunities.
Google uses its own technology, built on DoubleClick Ad Exchange (AdEx), while Microsoft uses AppNexus technology, effectively outsourcing its RTB capability. Microsoft narrowly emerged as the winner ...
01 May 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft has stepped up its rivalry with Apple and Amazon with a $300m (£185m) investment in a...The deal will involve Microsoft taking a 17.6% stake in the subsidiary and rolling out the "Nook" ebook platform, based on Barnes Noble's service, across its operating system Windows 8.
Windows 8 is expected to launch in the autumn and will be available across a wider range of tablet devices and Microsoft ...
23 Apr 2012
Microsoft has released a free mobile app to launch Kinect Star Wars for Xbox 360.
27 Mar 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft is embarking on its most significant marketing push to date for its Internet Explorer...It is launching two separate campaigns to promote the latest version of the browser (IE9), as well as driving awareness of the Internet Explorer brand itself.
Microsoft will roll out a UK variant of its ...
, this reinforces that there is much greater consumer interest in technology , and has given Microsoft a reason ...
26 Jan 2012
| by Jeremy Lee
The late James Graham Ballard is one of the few people who would find any inspiration in Microsoft ...
and that, even to an agnostic, there's a life that extends beyond the reach of Microsoft - Hart is rather ...
. This followed a period when Microsoft Advertising appeared to be in a state of perpetual flux and getting ...
04 Jan 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
Software giant Microsoft is launching legal proceedings against troubled electronics retailer Comet...Microsoft claims Comet created more than 94,000 of the recovery CDs for Windows Vista and Windows ...
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David Finn, worldwide anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting general counsel at Microsoft, said: "Comet ...
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"Comet's actions were unfair to customers. We expect better from retailers of Microsoft products ...
13 Dec 2011
| by David Singleton
Microsoft director of corporate affairs and citizenship Matt Lambert has been appointed director...Lambert, previously head of government affairs at Microsoft , will start the new role in January. He makes the departure after 12 years at the technology giant.
He will report to chief legal and regulatory affairs officer Martin Cruddace.
Lambert said of his appointment: 'Betfair is a great British ...
07 Dec 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft is looking to attract developers to build apps for its forthcoming Windows 8 operating...the developer community. In a similar way to Apple, Microsoft will take a 30% cut from all digital sales ...
an 80% return, which will undercut Apple. Microsoft already has an app store for its Windows 7 devices ...
just announced it has notched up 10bn downloads globally . Microsoft has not confirmed when ...