Showing posts with label microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label microsoft. Show all posts

Saturday, February 11, 2023

This Artificial Intelligence Stock Could Be A 100 Bagger

There’s a convergence of two MASSIVE technology waves happening presently, offering a once-in-a-lifetime wealth-changing opportunity.


Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is the FASTEST growing software market. Even though it JUST STARTED, it’s already the same size as the mobile application market.


AI is expected to grow 10 X’s to $1.6 Trillion in JUST 3 YEARS.


Not only that, Microsoft just invested $10B in the parent company of ChatGPT, the AI application that Google declared a “Code Red” for their ENTIRE online advertising business.


The other technology wave in play here is Web 3.0 when the physical world merges with the digital world.


Experts predict that Web 3.0 will be at least 1,000 Xs larger than the current Web.


Instead of just 1.5B PCs and 4.5B smartphones generating, sharing, and retrieving digital content, it will consist of 100B+ devices like (drones, robots, surveillance cameras, street lights, cars, etc…)


Here’s the problem though; these 100B+ devices CAN NOT use the existing protocols (html and http) to start Web 3.0.


However, there IS one company that offers an artificial intelligence operating system, platform, and protocols for this “new web” or Web 3.0


Is this years away? Unequivocally NO, it’s here right NOW!


Not only that, their first contract was for $26M


In addition, their first application with this very same first reseller is expected to generate up to $1B in revenue.


Perhaps even more important, the IEEE, which sets the standards for Wifi, Ethernet, Bluetooth, etc… is in the process of making its’ protocols the standard for Web 3.0

 

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

DuckDuckGo Search Engine Not As Private As You Think

 From Bleeping Computer.com "


"DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement"

The privacy-focused DuckDuckGo browser purposely allows Microsoft trackers on third-party sites due to an agreement in their syndicated search content contract between the two companies.

 DuckDuckGo allowed trackers related to the bing.com and linkedin.com domains while blocking all other trackers.

In spite of what you may think, or see in their ads, you are NOT PRIVATE when you use DuckDuckGo.

Google can determine what sites you visited and the searches you made.

The government can determine your search and browsing history.

Is DuckDuckGo really private?

DuckDuckGo proved it themselves that there is no such thing as a private search engine.

 

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Microsoft's New "Chromebook Killer"...What I Would Do


For a couple years the world's largest software company was pointing out faults in its rival Google’s policies with a campaign called Scroogled.
 

When Nadella starting running this campaign. Apparently the guys at Google know where the future is heading which might be why Microsoft changes their motto from "be what's next" (huh?) to "mobile first- cloud first".

Google's Chromebook, which was once considered a joke because it only worked if there was an Internet connection, is now becoming a serious contender in the low end cloud computing device, especially with the next generation of computing users (kids) are being raised on them.

So we learn that Microsoft has introduced a product to compete with Google, excuse me, kill the Chromebook called the ASUS X205. Yes that's right there will be people lined up outside Best Buy the buy the new ASUS X205.

If Microsoft really wants to penetrate and ultimately dominate the low end market, they need to give this device a name. It all starts with branding, and brand names sell, not SKUs. When you're selling a very high end item you can get away with just the brand (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolex etc) but when you're selling a low end item you better find a way to make yours different.
 

Here's my idea. These devices are all dependent on the cloud for computing right? What is the quickest connection from the cloud to the ground?..a lightning bolt.

Microsoft could brand it the LiteNing Book, FlashBook or the BoltBook...or they could just keep the name ASUS X205.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Microsoft Yahoo Acquisition Makes No Sense...Here's What They Should Do Instead



Microsoft is looking at Yahoo again?...really?

Just because Yahoo is approximately $25B cheaper than when Microsoft first looked at it, doesnt make it a better investment. Let the Chinese have it.

Microsoft is a company still stuck in the 90's and has made poor acquisitions ever since.

The computing space has changed and Mister Softee has failed to realize, or adapt to it.

Their search engine Bing is losing $1B per quarter.

The next generation Net devices have their operating system in the cloud, not on the device. Bye bye Windows.

Android and iOS own the mobile space too.

Office is on its way out too. Google put that technology on the cloud years ago.

The only thing saving Microsoft is their huge bankroll earned from their "old" business.

As CNN states "A company that once symbolized the future is now living in the past"

There are many companies they should be looking to acquire, Yahoo ain't one of them.

There's an industry that is going to require massive computing power. It will require a bunch of new software programs. Intel, Google, AOL, have not spent a dime on it.

 Do you know where they should be spending their money?

Here's your chance to reinvent yourself Microsoft. Don't become another Kodak.




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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Intel And Yahoo Merge the Internet And TV


What happens when Yahoo and Intel make TV interactive?

Could TV ads as we know it be over?

Instead of a TV channel being a one-way passive content "website", it becomes a dynamic information delivery platform. Ads can be inserted as hyperlinks in tv programs,that match viewers interest and viewing habits.

TV programs turn into quasi websites. TV networks have multiple revenue opportunities. Viewers click on "hyperlinks" inserted in TV shows for more info.

If hyperlinks are inserted into any TV program and the typical 30 second ad is eliminated, does this solve the problem of DVR skipping?

Media disruption ahead...for advertisers, consumers and innovative companies. The Next Google is the ability to monitor viewership and deliver ads/content to any screen.

Intel® And Yahoo!® To Bring The Internet To Television

The Widget Channel will allow consumers to enjoy rich Internet applications designed for the TV while watching their favorite TV programs.

The Widget Channel will be powered by the Yahoo! Widget Engine, a fifth-generation applications platform that will enable TV watchers to interact with and enjoy a rich set of "TV Widgets," or small Internet applications designed to complement and enhance the traditional TV watching experience and bring content, information and community features available on the Internet within easy reach of the remote control.

TV Widgets will enable consumers to engage in a variety of experiences, such as watching videos, tracking their favorite stocks or sports teams, interacting with friends, or staying current on news and information.

Makes a lot of sense considering Nielsen said Americans are watching more TV than ever.

Have to factor in the Mister Softee too. Microsoft announced their intent to cash in with click-on ads.

Advertisers pay top dollar to place products in popular television shows and movies.

Microsoft is hoping to expand on the concept with a new technology that allows viewers to click on cars, clothing or other products that appear in online movies or TV shows. For example, viewers of "Sex and the City" could click on Carrie Bradshaw's designer shoes or Kamali sweaters as she walks down a New York street and immediately be transported to advertisements for those products.

What is produced from all of these partnerships? The Next Google.

Why?

The Next Google will be able to collect data, second-by-second, from all services/devices connected to the broadband pipe and deliver relevant advertising to ANY display.

This company
has the distinct capability of tracking all data activity from the nation’s 110 million television set-top boxes.

They are capable of measuring with incredible accuracy and precision, every view of a television program or advertisement and every click of a remote across all networks and all programs. Pretty big huh?

All screens, all networks, all programs and all advertisements...yes that's the Next Google

Know what company this is?

Friday, February 01, 2008

Microsoft Buys Yahoo..A Pondering Primate 2007 Prediction


scott p. shaffer
So I was off by a month for this prediction. Is it too little too late?

After reading Nicholas Carr's Big Switch, I wonder if Microsoft buying Yahoo is too little, too late. As more of the computing world goes and performs online, the PC becomes irrelevant.

Microsoft To Buy Yahoo For $44.6B

Microsoft buying Yahoo was one of my 2007 Predictions.

10. Microsoft buys Yahoo

In an effort to take on Google, Microsoft buys Yahoo.

For $44B, what should Microsoft have bought instead?

The better question though is....what does Google buy to up the ante?

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Microsoft Unveils Mobile Speech Recognititon Search Engine



Microsoft Releases New Searches For Mobile

Live Search 411.

Jointly developed with Tellme Networks Inc., acquired by Microsoft earlier this year, a new toll-free number will be available for anyone using any kind of phone to access the power of Live Search.

Users can simply dial (800) CALL-411 (800-225-5411) and say the city and state, then ask for the business or business category to hear a list of options.

Users say, “Connect me,” to instantly connect to the business. Cell phone users can ask for a text message with a link to a map of the business.*

Lots of revenue streams and advertising options with this application.

Next up for Microsoft, a speech recognition browser

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Microsoft In Talks With Retail Chains For RFID Software




From Economic Times Microsoft In Talks With Retail Chains For RFID Software

Microsoft is in talks with retail biggies, financial service providersrfid microsoft and government agencies for its new radio frequency identification device (RFID) software.

The software, called Microsoft Biztalk server 2006 R2, can be used across sectors to improve business processes such as asset tracking, supply chain management and inventory control.

Could Microsoft be developing an RFID browser? A software application that allows any RFID tag to connect to the Internet?

My thinking on how and why Microsoft could do this.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Microsoft Taps Electronic Games For Advertising



Merging internet ad technology into a number of popular sports games, Microsoft and EA have developed a dynamic in-game ad system for the Xbox 360 and PC platforms.

Ars Technica reports that the deal will enable Microsoft to actually change ads and sponsors that appear within popular sports games, turning ongoing gameplay into fresh income opportunities for potential sponsors, as well as Microsoft and EA.

Imagine the advertising and revenue potential when Microsoft does this .

Friday, May 04, 2007

Microsoft Buys Yahoo?.. 2007 Pondering Primate Prediction Possible?

Scott Shaffer

From Washington Post Microsoft Eyes Yahoo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. has stepped up its pursuit of a deal to buy Yahoo Inc., two newspapers reported on Friday, as the two companies reenter talks to strike a deal amid huge growth from rival Google Inc.

2007 Primate Predictions

10. Microsoft buys Yahoo

In an effort to take on Google, Microsoft buys Yahoo.

Doesn't seem that far fetched now.

What are the other predictions for 2007?

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Microsoft Buys Mobile Marketing Company

From Washington Post Microsoft Buys ScreenTonic

Microsoft said on Thursday it agreed to acquire European mobile phone advertising company ScreenTonic to gain a foothold in the rapidly growing business for placing ads on mobile phones.


Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Paris-based ScreenTonic is one of the first companies in Europe to develop a platform to manage and place ads on the mobile Internet.

ScreenTonic also serves as an advertising agency for companies looking to develop marketing campaigns on phones. Investors in the start-up include venture capital firm 3i (III.L) and I-Source Gestion, according to ScreenTonic's Web site.

Their STAMP™ platform manages all the specifics of mobile phones and can target the delivery of the ad in keeping with the technical criteria, such as handset capabilities (particularly audio capacities, video, screen size and Java), the portal formats (WAP, XHTML, video, Java, rich media) and the information sent by the portals (bearer, user information and geolocation). It also incorporates the user targeting constraints: capping (controlling the repetition of ads seen per contact) and user scenarios.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Microsoft Colorful Barcode Followup And How It Affects Google

Google may be kicking Microsoft's butt in the PC search space, but Mister Softee has unveiled and acquired some interesting applications that could make them a formidable player in the mobile space.

Microsoft, using a mobile phone, is actually starting to link objects in the physical world, to the Internet.

Yesterday Microsoft's colorful 2d barcode (HCCB) announcement will have a profound impact on Physical World Connection (PWC). The multicolor 2d barcode technology was developed by Microsoft Research to assist in the identification of commercial audiovisual works such as motion pictures, video games, broadcasts, digital video recordings and other media.

In the last few months Microsoft has introduced a:
speech recogntion browser
1d barcode scanner
2d barcode scanner
mobile image recognition engine and an
RFID browser

Is Microsoft developing the operating system for the "Internet of Things"?

Having a day to ponder, I see enormous opportunities for Microsoft in the mobile marketing space and makes my prediction even more likely.

After the DoubleClick-Google deal, it is more important than ever that Microsoft try to "own" the mobile marketing space.

Google, while they are dabbling in print and radio, is still pretty much a digital world player. How will Google connect the physical world to the Net? How will they continue to dominate the Internet advertising space if they are only using SMS for mobile marketing?

See why Google should be, or maybe is, looking at these guys and will offer a 2d code creating site/application. This acquisition would allow Google to offer clients the ability to connect almost ANY physical object to the Internet using existing 1d codes or newly created 2d codes. It would also add billions of objects in their database.

What happens if Microsoft buys them first?

A big transformation will come when physical objects/content are/is linked to the Internet and Microsoft is already in the lead there. I don't see that same size change or demand occurring in trying to make digital content physical.

Once the group starts issuing the barcodes, studios and producers will be able to link their Web sites to that database.

Did Microsoft indirectly just land the entire entertainment industry as a mobile marketing client? What is the next big component, that the entertainment industry uses directly for promotions, that Microsoft should go after? Who is producing the next generation barcode for Physical World Connection?

Thoughts, comments?

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Microsoft Adds Color And FeaturesTo Barcode Scanning

Things are really starting to heat up in the Physical World Connection space. I see lots of interesting physical world connection applications here. Microsoft creates their own unique 2 dimensional code (2d code) and signs a licensing deal with the major bar code numbering agency.

Will Microsoft and the ISAN create a "registry" for physical world objects that can be connected to the Internet?

Microsoft has a 2d code scanning application for a camera phone, and a 1d code scanning application.

Because DuPont and Microsoft are launching Physical World Connection platforms, this seems even more unnecessary now.

Microsoft's HCCB code offers authentication as well as a connection to the Internet.

From IT Jungle Microsoft breaks the color barrier for barcode


The IT industry has seen various improvements in labeling technology, starting with simple two-dimensional barcodes, more advanced three-dimensional barcodes, and, finally, radio frequency identification (RFID), the "barcode killer." Now, Microsoft is trying to infuse new life into the tired black-and-white barcoding scheme with a new colorized barcode format.

The High Capacity Color Barcodes are expected to start showing up on DVD discs later this year.

According to Gavin Jancke, director of engineering for Microsoft Research and the inventor of the new high capacity color barcode (HCCB) format, color barcodes hold more information and look better than traditional black-and-white barcodes.

Microsoft declined to disclose financial terms of the agreement with the ISAN International Agency. The PC and mobile-phone software needed to read the high-capacity bar codes will be available for free.

What will this do to the PWC space?

On Monday, Microsoft announced that the International Standard Audiovisual Number International Agency ((ISAN-IA), the Swiss agency charged with administering the ISAN numbering system, has licensed HCCB technology and plans to incorporate it into an authentication system for weeding out legitimate motion pictures, video games, broadcasts, and digital video recordings from forgeries.

In addition to authentication, HCCB has other uses. As the technology improves, Microsoft envisions barcodes being displayed on TV or computer screens, on movie posters or DVD or CD cases, or on magazine ads or billboards. To get more info, consumers would scan these color barcodes with their camera-equipped cell phones or Web cams.

New security features can also be incorporated into the color barcode. Microsoft cites a company called DatatraceDNA that plans to use HCCB to build anti-counterfeiting security protection features that could be added during the manufacturing process of most products. The company refers to this process as Digital Nanoparticle Authentication, or DNA.

Jancke has a European patent on the High Capacity Color Barcode, and a U.S. patent is pending.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Microsoft's Lincoln Uses Camera Phone And Images For Mobile Search

Recently Google acquired Neven Vision, and Mobot was acquired in what was called the "marketing wedding of the year". Since then they bought themselves back from acquirer.

Here comes Microsoft with an image recognition search engine application.

Microsoft has their own image recognition application that lets people search the Internet on their cell phones using a camera instead of a keypad.

From Technology Review Microsoft's Lincoln uses images and camera phones for search

Researchers at Microsoft have developed a software prototype called Lincoln that they hope will make Web searches easier. According to Larry Zitnick , a Microsoft researcher who works on the project, phones equipped with the software could, for example, access online movie reviews by snapping pictures of movie posters or DVD covers and get product information from pictures of advertisements in magazines or on buses.

"The main thing we want to do is connect real-world objects with the Web using pictures," says Zitnick. "[Lincoln] is a way of finding information on the Web using images instead of keywords."

Currently, the database contains pictures of DVD covers that link to movie reviews uploaded by Microsoft researchers. However, anyone can contribute his or her pictures and links to the database, and Zitnick hopes that people will fill it with pictures and links to anything from information about graffiti art to scavenger-hunt clues.

The technology is now the basis for the Google Image Labeler , which consists of a game that helps Google serve up more-accurate picture results for keyword searches.

Microsoft now has a speech recognition browser , a barcode scanning device and developing a RFID browser .

Microsoft Buys Speech Recognition Browser TellMe

Microsoft buys a speech recognition browser

When you read this remember that the spoken word is technically a physical world hyperlink. Saying the word "Google" links you to www.google.com. on any device. There are/will be trillions of other physical world hyperlinks that will need a browser.

From USA Today Microsoft buys speech recognition company TellMe

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it is buying privately held speech recognition maker Tellme Networks in a deal believed to be in the range of $800 million.

With the deal, Microsoft gains a company with deep expertise in speech recognition and the intersection of voice and data, an area of keen interest to the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant.

Are we seeing Microsoft transform themselves into a "mobile Internet company"?

Now think about the trillion other physical world hyperlinks (1D code, 2D code, RFID tags, images, fingerprints etc) that will need a browser to connect objects to the Net.

Microsoft already has the browser for the barcodes .

Are they developing an RFID browser ?