Monopoly Watch

Microsoft-Nokia Deal: A Win-Lose Situation

Microsoft and Nokia have signed a deal to use Microsoft's Windows Phone OS and Bing search engine on Nokia phones. The deal brings together two players which have lost significant market share to their competitors. The question is, who is going to benefit from this deal.

Flickr For Windows 7 & Windows Phone 7; Win Dell Mini Ntebook

Flickr has announced a new Flickr application for Windows 7 and Flickr for Windows Phone 7!

Why Apple Should Move Its HQ To North Korea

Apple has banned an app from its App Store which allows people to read Wikileaks content on iOS devices. This is not the first time Apple has removed or banned any app from its app store.

1.5 Million Windows Phone 7 Sold?

Microsoft has finally given some numbers. The company claims manufacturers have sold over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7.

Will Microsoft Eventually Acquire Wordpress?

Microsoft shut down their own Live blogging service and started redirecting traffic to the popular open source blogging platform -- Wordpress. The deal between the two companies lead to speculations that Microsoft may acquire Wordpress at a later stage.

Facebook Mail, Old Wine In New Bottle?

Facebook Mail seems to be something Google intended to do with now dead Wave.  In this blog, I am being an sceptic like Michael Shermer and Facebook Mail is a Big Foot! Let's be a bit sceptical.

Google Fights Facebook's Data Dictatorship

Google has refused Facebook to automatically 'import' Gmail data from a user's account by changing its terms of service. I see it as Google standing up to fight an abusive, monopolistic forces rising in the Internet world.

Microsoft Offers Free Antivirus Software: Monopoly Watch

Antivirus companies love Microsoft and its products. Their very existence rely on Microsoft products. If you are running a Microsoft product, its like sailing in a card-board boat which will sink if you don't use protection of anti-virus programs. This insecurity creates a huge anti-virus market around this card-board boat of Microsoft products.

Dangers Of Mac App Store: Conspiracy Theory

Apple has recently recognized that they can be the owner, the seller and the middle-man on their platforms. If something could generate some revenue and wield some control, Apple imitate it and do it themselves.
 

With Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Loses Vision For Future

Ray Ozzie has decided to quit Microsoft and move on. Ozzie was one of the few executives who in fact what even Bill Gates couldn't see. Internet.