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June 27, 2013
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Microsoft’s mobile strategy: Where Android, iOS and Windows 8.1 fit in

This is not your dad’s Microsoft. In the last few months Microsoft has been refocusing on Web services and devices instead of its mobile operating systems, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8 (WP8). Neither OS have been cutting the mustard in the market. … Continue reading

June 5, 2013
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2013: Welcome to the universal Internet

Ten years ago the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) started deregulating incumbent local exchange companies’ (ILECs’) broadband services. Shorn of jargon, that meant the telephone and cable companies were free to offer newer, faster Internet broadband services. The FCC  expected this … Continue reading