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Why Microsoft needs to buy Netflix
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
For all the reasons a Nokia merger wouldn't work, Netflix can be the core of Microsoft's answer to Apple's iCloud -- and provide Ballmer a canny co-CEO.
FORTUNE -- Poor Steve Ballmer. Standing at the helm of one of the computer age's biggest success stories while its brand withers and its stock languishes at the same level it traded at in 1998. Shareholders are increasingly unhappy with him. MORE
Jun 8, 2011 1:14 PM ETPosted in: Apple, Bill Gates, Google, Microsoft, Personal computer, Reed Hastings, Steve Ballmer, Windows Phone 7 -
Stephen Elop's mission impossible
Stephen Elop is sure he can turn Nokia around, but if succeeds it will be an entirely different Nokia.
FORTUNE -- Nokia chief executive officer Stephen Elop is a man on a mission. Despite the Finnish phonemaker's rough week (it issued a profit warning on Tuesday, which sent shares tumbling), the newish CEO recently made the rounds at a couple of confabs in Southern California to pitch his turnaround plan for MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Jun 2, 2011 6:47 PM ETPosted in: Android, Apple, Google, Intel Corporation, iPhone, Microsoft, Nokia, Stephen Elop, Windows Phone 7 -
Today in Tech: Windows 8 teaser
Fortune's curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you every day.
* Microsoft teased Windows 8 yesterday at All Things D's D9 conference, unveiling a versatile user interface heavily inspired by its Windows Phone 7 platform. While users will be able to access the classic Windows desktop experience they'll also experience the Start screen above, which presents users' apps MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jun 2, 2011 10:24 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Twitter launching photo service?
Fortune's curated selection of the holiday weekend's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you every day.
* Twitter reportedly plans to launch a photo-sharing service at All Things D's D9 conference this Wednesday. If it takes off, the service would mark a major step forward for the social network as users currently have to store their photos on third-party sites like Twitpic and Flickr. MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - May 31, 2011 6:30 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion
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*Fortune.com revealed its brand spanking new Web site. If you're a newsletter subscriber and haven't seen the changes for yourself, head on over!
* Multiple reports abound that Microsoft is negotiating to buy popular video calling service Skype for some $8.5 billion, but according to All Things D, the MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - May 10, 2011 6:30 AM ETPosted in: Chad Hurley, Google, Microsoft, Mobile, New York City, Phandroid, TechCrunch, Windows Phone 7, YouTube -
IDC: Apple is No. 2 in smartphones
The iPhone could be headed for No. 1 this year as it overtakes RIM and gains on Nokia
The lead that Nokia (NOK) and Research in Motion (RIMM) have enjoyed for years in the smartphone market is evaporating rapidly, according to a report issued Thursday by IDC.
Their immediate problem is Apple (AAPL), which shipped 18.7 million iPhones in Q1 2011, more than double last year's shipments, to overtake RIM's BlackBerry and MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - May 6, 2011 7:39 AM ETPosted in: Apple, BlackBerry, IDC, International Data Corporation, iPhone, Mobile, Nokia, Research in Motion, Windows Phone 7 -
Intelligent Environments: Android now #1 in UK
The Android phenomenon isn't a US-only affair.
Digital banking provider Intelligent Environments published the results of a study yesterday profiling the buying habits of smartphone buyers in the UK.
Some 28% of smartphone users own an Android, with 26% using an iPhone and 14% a BlackBerry, the study for digital banking provider Intelligent Environments found. More than four million British people over 18 years old own an Android - and it is popular with both MORE
Seth Weintraub - Apr 5, 2011 11:42 AM ETPosted in: Android, Apple, BlackBerry, iPhone, Research in Motion, smartphone, United States, Windows Phone 7 -
Google tries to reel in Android carriers, can't catch a break
Google tries to clean up Android, telling carriers and manufacturers that they can't get too crazy with their modifications. So it gets whacked by pundits. Damned if you do...?
It's hard for Andy Rubin and his Android creation to catch a fair break. Partnering with just about every carrier and smartphone manufacturer, Android has come from nowhere to be the dominant OS in the smartphone industry in under three years. MORE
Seth Weintraub - Mar 31, 2011 4:25 PM ETPosted in: Android, AndyRubin, BlackBerry, Eric Schmidt, Google, iPhone, Mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 -
Today in Tech: This week's buzziest startup, Twitter creator returning?
A curated selection of the day's newsworthy tech stories from all around the Web. Read on, and join the conversation with a comment below.
This week, the startup everyone's buzzing about is Color, a free mobile app aimed at creating a social experience that maximizes the smart phone's unique technology. Users share and store photos and videos in visual diaries -- besides being able to view their own media, they can also MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 24, 2011 9:48 AM ETPosted in: Apple, AT&T, Bertrand Serland, comScore, Google, Jack Dorsey, LinkedIn, Mobile, MySpace, Sequoia Capital, Shashi Seth, T-Mobile, TechCrunch, Twitter, Windows Phone 7, Yahoo -
Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble
The struggling bookseller now has to fend off a lawsuit from Microsoft over the Android OS in its Nook eBook Reader.
Microsoft (MSFT) today filed legal actions against Barnes & Noble, Inc.(BKS), Foxconn International Holdings Ltd., and Inventec Corporation in both the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington over patents related to the Android operating systems on which its Nook eBook readers are MORE
Seth Weintraub - Mar 21, 2011 5:53 PM ET
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| Bank of America Corp... | 7.11 | -0.06 | -0.84% |
| EMC Corp | 24.18 | -1.28 | -5.03% |
| Hewlett-Packard Co | 21.74 | 0.66 | 3.13% |
| NetApp Inc | 28.71 | -4.15 | -12.63% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 16.38 | -0.31 | -1.86% |
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| Dow | 12,529.75 | 33.60 | 0.27% |
| Nasdaq | 2,839.38 | -10.74 | -0.38% |
| S&P 500 | 1,320.68 | 1.82 | 0.14% |
| Treasuries | 1.76 | 0.04 | 2.21% |
