For the longest time Target (the department store chain) has avoided mention in this blog. In fact, I’ve used some of their mobile efforts in presentations to show the way to win (vs. fail) in mobile. Both Target and their … Continue reading →
This morning I was sitting at the kitchen table reading a magazine as my wife voluntarily updated my LinkedIN profile, which she said was not quite “up to par.” I’d finished an article and was leisurely flipping through on my … Continue reading →
Thirty-three years after joining Bill Gates at Microsoft and building the Redmond, Wash.-based company into the listing giant it is today, Steve Ballmer is retiring. He won’t leave immediately; the search for a new Microsoft CEO has begun in earnest, and Ballmer will be there throughout. In other words, we'll have ample time to digest [...]
Apple, Google, Microsoft comparedMicrosoft’s share of revenues across three screens has dropped from around 58 per cent in 2008 to less than 30 per cent in 2013, while Apple’s share has risen from just over 20 per cent to 56 per cent today. Although Microsoft’s desktop revenue grew above $15bn in 2013, greater than in [...]
In line with global trends, smartphones are outshipping feature phones for the first time in the APAC region (although excluding Japan), representing 53 per cent of the market in Q2 2013. But Apple is no longer among the top five manufacturers in the region, according to IDC, pushed out by Chinese brands like Lenovo, Coolpad, [...]