Omniture in pact with Microsoft’s ZuneBoston Globe – Microsoft launched its Zune music player and store in November as a competitor to Apple Inc.’s wildly popular iPod and iTunes franchises. “Omniture helps us understand what our customers care about, continually allowing us to improve the online Related items Zune music – Zune’s Web...
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Microsoft Sees Selling 1M Zunes by JuneYahoo Finance – Microsoft Expects to Sell 1 Million of Its New Zune Music Players Through First Half of 2007 Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that it expects to sell 1 million of its new Zune music players through the first half of 2007. That figure would pale in...
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Why DRM’s best friend might just be Apple Inc.Ars Technica – The symbiotic relationship between iTunes and the iPod has been so profitable for Apple that Microsoft has blatantly ripped it off for its new Zune music player. Apple has managed to create an ecosystem populated with high-margin devices; the company Related...
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‘Convergence’ Dominates Consumer Electronics ShowSmart Money – Seagate is also tapping into the trend in hip and simple packaging for consumer devices (for example, the packaging for Apple’s ( AAPL ) iPod and Microsoft’s Zune music players). Looking at the simple white box for Seagate’s FreeAgent products, one Related items Zune music –...
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The Imagine Cup Innovations Accelerator – sponsored by Microsoft and Cambridge Network – There the prizes include Zune music players, Xbox 360s, and for the winners, HP laptops, an all expenses paid trip to the world finals in South Korea, plus the opportunity to be part of next year’s Imagine Cup Innovation...
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Gaming RealityForbes – Microsoft said its Zune music player would come with games by mid-2008. The company didn’t say what kinds of games, but if they’re anything like the simplistic, casual games Apple (nasdaq: AAPL – news – people ) sells for the iPod Related items Zune music – Zune’s Web traffic triples Zune...
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Preaching From the Ballmer PulpitLedger – He pointed to Microsoft s Xbox video game console, its Zune music player, Internet search and online advertising as examples of big investments the company is making in businesses that are very different from its lucrative stronghold in PC software Related items Zune music –...
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Microsoft Ties Zune Pricing To iPodDVD Recordable – Microsoft has said its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple’s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this Christmas. In the US, Microsoft’s 30-gigabyte Zune will retail for $249.99 — 99 cents higher than the iPod Related...
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Gates Touts New Consumer ElectronicsSmart Money – Microsoft said it has sold 10.4 million Xbox 360 consoles to date, and expects to sell 1 million Zune music players by June. The show is expected to draw 140,000 people over four days. Attendees received a peek at Windows Vista, which included more Related...
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Zune’s not so generous with wireless song-sharingSeattle Times – Microsoft touted Zune’s ability to wirelessly share songs when it introduced the music and video player in November. Microsoft’s Zune music and video player can’t share some songs, potentially eroding a key advantage over Apple’s market-dominating Related items Zune music – Zune’s Web traffic...
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Sandisk shows wireless-ready MP3 playersITP.net – This differs from Microsoft s Zune music players, which allows users to share music files with other Zune-users via a Wifi connection. Zune players do not however offer internet access at present. Sandisk s latest model offers 4Gbytes of internal Related items Zune...
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