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Microsoft’s Bing increased U.S. market share to nearly 28 percent, up 6 percent

Post author By M3 Sweatt
Post date 08/02/2011

W00t! Microsoft’s Bing bites Google back, jumps 6% as noted by Brier Dudley today in the Seattle Times…

“Microsoft’s underdog search engine saw a jump in market share over the last month, increasing its U.S. market share 6 percent, according to an Experian Hitwise report today. Google’s U.S. market share fell 2 percent over the same period. No doubt it’s because Bing was siphoning off searches for terms like torsorapy and mbzrxpgjys.”

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Of interest: Ex-Microsoftie Brad Lovering joins Splunk in Seattle

Post author By M3 Sweatt
Post date 08/02/2011

Congrats to ex Microsoft-ie @brad_lovering, as he just joined @Splunk, as noted at https://t.co/zfMrUPn by the Seattle Times’ own Brier Dudley…

Brad Lovering, one of Microsoft’s top engineers until he left last year, is heading a new Seattle office for Splunk, according to a report by Mary Jo Foley.

Lovering is now vice president of development platform with the San Francisco-based company, which provides an enterprise IT data management system used by thousands of customers.

During his 24 years at Microsoft, Lovering rose to become one of the company’s elite Technical Fellows.

Splunk investors include Bellevue’s Ignition Partners, a venture firm led by a number of Microsoft veterans.

As noted, Brad was a techical fellow at Microsoft, an “acknowledgement of the key role a technical leader plays in driving intentional innovation”.

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Update available for Microsoft Office OneNote for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iOS

Post author By M3 Sweatt
Post date 27/01/2011
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Remember the new release of Microsoft Office OneNote for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iOS?

Benoit Barabe reminded me of the 1.0.1 update released which addresses the error 400 some users experienced. Still US only for now, but everyone who has 1.0 should get the free upgrade to 1.0.1.

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Microsoft quarterly earnings for FY11 Q2: lots of records for Kinect, Xbox 360, Windows 7 and more

Post author By M3 Sweatt
Post date 27/01/2011

Just posted our Earnings Release for FY11 Q2…

Redmond, Wash. – Jan. 27, 2011 – Microsoft Corp. today announced record second-quarter revenue of $19.95 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.17 billion, $6.63 billion and $0.77 per share, respectively.

Prior year results reflect the recognition of $1.71 billion of deferred revenue relating to the Windows 7 Upgrade Option program and sales of Windows 7 before general availability in October 2009. Second-quarter growth rates for revenue and earnings per share were 5% and 4% respectively. Without the deferred recognition in the prior year, second-quarter growth rates for revenue and earnings per share were 15% and 28%, respectively.

“We are enthusiastic about the consumer response to our holiday lineup of products, including the launch of Kinect. The 8 million units of Kinect sensors sold in just 60 days far exceeded our expectations,” said Peter Klein, chief financial officer at Microsoft. “The pace of business spending, combined with strong consumer demand, led to another quarter of operating margin expansion and solid earnings per share growth.”

Among the factors driving Microsoft’s record revenues and earnings per share was the 55% growth in revenue for the Entertainment & Devices Division, as the success of the Kinect sensor boosted sales of Xbox 360 consoles, Xbox Live subscriptions and Xbox games.

Microsoft Business Division revenue grew 24% year-over-year. Office 2010 is the fastest-selling consumer version of Office in history, with license sales over 50% ahead of Office 2007 over an equivalent period following launch.

“Business demand for our productivity and infrastructure products and cloud solutions is strong. Office had a huge quarter, exceeding everyone’s expectations, and our roadmap for cloud productivity with Office 365 makes products like SharePoint, Exchange, Lync and Dynamics CRM even more attractive to our customers,” said Kevin Turner, chief operating officer at Microsoft. “Windows 7 continues to be the fastest-growing operating system in history, and our recent System on a Chip announcement demonstrates our commitment that Windows will have the power and flexibility to run everywhere and on every device.”

Among the other product and business highlights Microsoft reported in the quarter:

Microsoft announced it has now sold over 300 million Windows 7 licenses, and Windows 7 is now running on over 20% of Internet-connected PCs.
Windows Phone 7 launched during the quarter in 30 countries and on 60 operators and nine different devices. Microsoft announced developers are adding Windows Phone 7 applications to the marketplace at a rate of over 100 per day.
Bing completed the integration of Yahoo! search in the U.S. and Canada and continues to gain share.
Windows Azure developer momentum continued this quarter, with Pixar Animation Studios, ADP with NVoicePay and others demonstrating compelling uses of the platform.
Internet Explorer 9 is Microsoft’s fastest downloaded beta browser of all time with over 20 million downloads to date.
At International CES 2011 in early January, Microsoft announced that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip architectures.
The company announced that during the quarter, it bought back $5 billion in stock and declared $1.3 billion in dividends.

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Now available: Microsoft Office OneNote for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iOS

Post author By M3 Sweatt
Post date 18/01/2011
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**Free for a limited time**

I love Microsoft Office OneNote on my Windows Phone 7. I f I still used my iPhone 3GS, I could now get OneNote there, too: the team has released Microsoft OneNote for the iPhone. Follow the team blog (including outside the US availability) here.

You can get Microsoft’s OneNote for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad at the Apple iTunes App Store at http://bit.ly/fACSbl. As Michael Oldenburg noted today…

“Since I began looking at Microsoft Office 2010 Beta feedback last year, the one question so many of you asked perhaps more than any other was “When will you release a OneNote app for the iPhone?” I’m happy to say that the time has come. First, check out the official announcement by Takeshi Numoto, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Office Product Management Group. Then head over to the iTunes App Store to download OneNote Mobile for iPhone. It works on any iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 4.2 or later, and it’s free for a limited time.

“With OneNote Mobile, you can create and view notes and lists right on your iPhone. Your notes can be synced with your Windows Live SkyDrive account so you can access, edit, and share them from virtually anywhere. (Don’t have a SkyDrive account yet? Sign up here — it’s free!) You can also use OneNote Mobile for iPhone to view and edit any of the notes that you’ve created on your computer and synced to your SkyDrive account.”

Microsoft OneNote Mobile is the easy-to-use, powerful note-taking application for all of your ideas, brought to you by Microsoft Office. OneNote Mobile lets you create and view notes and lists whenever you need them. Sync your notes with free Windows Live online storage and access them from virtually anywhere using your phone, PC, or almost any web browser.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.

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With OneNote Mobile, you can:

Create flexible notes that can include text, pictures, bullets, and checkboxes
Check To Do items off on the go
Save time with quick access to your most recent notes
Work with confidence—OneNote Mobile automatically syncs your notes with Windows Live in the background
Organize your notes into sections or create new notebooks using OneNote 2010 or OneNote Web App and access them from your iPhone

Requirements:

iPhone or iPod touch must have iOS 4.2 or higher
A free Windows Live ID is required to use OneNote Mobile —use an existing one or let OneNote Mobile help you sign up
Web functionality uses the free OneNote Web App available on Windows Live, which requires a supported web browser
OneNote Mobile opens notebooks created in Microsoft OneNote 2010 or the OneNote Web App
Customizing section colors requires Microsoft OneNote 2010
Access your notes online at http://office.live.com.

As noted on the on the San Francisco Chronicle site today…

“Microsoft took a huge step forward in its mobile strategy this morning: for the first time, the company has released an Office application for Apple’s iPhone.

“OneNote, which has been part of the desktop Office family since 2003, is a natural fit for mobile touch-screen devices: it’s supported touch interface (with a stylus, true, but touch nonetheless) since its inception. Users often want to take quick notes on the go, and OneNote backs files up to the cloud via Windows Live SkyDrive, giving users access to all their notes from any location and device with an Internet connection.

“It’s also a great move for Microsoft, which needs to maintain the relevance of Office — its number-two business, with revenue of about $13 billion a year — as smartphones and tablets grow at the expense of Windows PCs.“

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/01/18/businessinsider-finally-microsoft-brings-first-office-app-to-iphone-2011-1.DTL#ixzz1BQ0s6oJc)

Good stuff.

UPDATE 01/18 – 12:50 PM PST from the OneNote Blog…

OneNote Program Manager Daniel Escapa confirms that due to the overwhelming response to the OneNote Mobile app release today, we have received reports from some customers who are experiencing an error when they attempt to login. Specifically, you may encounter the following error message: “Loading list of notebooks failed. (400).”

The underlying cause is an intermittent issue due to the overwhelming interest in the app. The current workaround is to keep attempting to sign in. Once you get past this error, OneNote Mobile will sync without any problem. The OneNote team is actively investigating the issue and believes to have identified the cause. An update for the app is in the works. Please check back for further developments as they become available. We apologize for any inconvenience and sincerely thank you for your patience and interest in OneNote Mobile.