Blog Archives

I’m all for disruption but….

September 21, 2008

Design, Efficiency, IT, Strategy

Facebook, Microsoft, outlook, techcrunch, xobni

TechCrunch waxes poetical on the threat to Microsoft, and in particular the exalted position of Outlook, that Facebook poses. TechCrunch says that; Facebook succeeds because it is the killer web application for communications and personal information management. Facebook Mail…

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The prognosis for email…

July 9, 2008

Business, Collaboration, Design, Efficiency, IT

email, gmail, im, sms, xobni

Over on RWW, Alex Iskold posted about email, asking whether or not it is in danger. Alex pointed out that there are some threats to email, in the form of Twitter, Instant messaging and SMS. Alex came up with…

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Xobni walks away, what now?

May 2, 2008

Efficiency, IT, New business, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0

worklight, xobni

Staunch move by Xobni to walk away from Microsoft’s takeover offer. Apparently they felt uncomfortable with Microsoft’s intentions for them. I wonder if Bill Gates will continue to use the Xobni plugin? Xobni sees itself as much more than…

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Someone else rebuffs Microsoft’s advances…

April 21, 2008

Governance, IT, Strategy

Microsoft, xobni

The blogosphere is mildly warm with talk about Microsoft’s attempts to acquire…… no not Yahoo but Xobni. Xobni (inbox spelt backwards) (Diversity coverage here) is a cool Outlook plugin that brings some social networking and efficiency functionality to the…

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Blog Archives

I’m all for disruption but….

The prognosis for email…

Xobni walks away, what now?

Someone else rebuffs Microsoft’s advances…