kara.allthingsd.com - 2/13/2009
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Displaying BoomTown’s advanced age and elephantine cache of meaningless tech memories, after news yesterday that the software giant was plunging into the retail market, I was surprised to find little mention that Microsoft’s last store effort that ended in failure in 2001.
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microsoft.com - 2/12/2009
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microsoft.com —
Twenty-seven-year retail veteran will focus on transforming the
PC and device-buying experience for retail consumers and developing...
and rolling out new Microsoft-branded stores. REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 12, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that ...
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Microsoft Appoints David Porter as Corporate Vice ...
blogs.zdnet.com - 2/13/2009
microsoft.com - 2/13/2009
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microsoft.com —
Microsoft unveiled microsoftSF, an interactive, hands-on retail environment
in which people of all ages, from all walks...
of life and at all levels of technological expertise can explore the benefits technology can bring them. SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, ...
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Microsoft Debuts microsoftSF Retail Environment At San ...
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Microsoft’s last retail store attempt was a dismal failure
MacDailyNews —
... who share the vision of how the PC and the Internet can empower people any time, anywhere. San Francisco and the Silicon Valley are home to the world’s largest and one of the most sophisticated high-tech audiences, so this was the natural place to create this site–dedicated to showing, in an interactive environment, the way technology can enhance our working, learning, living and playing.'" Swisher reports, "Not so much, as it turned out. The store closed in 2001." Full article here .
News Bits: 'Day of Reckoning' Approaching for Behavioral Ads?
Contentinople: —
... as corporate vice president of retail stores. Microsoft's previous retail effort, Kara Swisher recalls , failed in 2001, and out of all the other tech companies that have made attempts, only ...
I Visited the Microsoft Store
Geek In Disguise —
... and Kara say, I think taking learning's from that 1999 store is probably a waste of time. Scoble has a pretty long list of what he wants to see… ...
Microsoft stores aim to encourage Windows shopping
GMSV —
... of tech outfits that tried self-branded retail can’t be encouraging. Only Apple has really succeeded, while efforts by companies like IBM, Gateway, Sony and Palm struggled. And Microsoft’s one previous retail experiment , the microsoftSF store in San Francisco’s Metreon Sony Entertainment Center, survived only a couple of years before closing in 2001. But the company is convinced that its problem is not with products, but preconceptions, and it seems ...
Microsoft: It’s not just a store, it’s a branding experience
All about Microsoft —
... for gathering information from customers to whom they might not be talking already. And All Things D blogger Kara Swisher reminisces about Microsoft’s previous failed attempt at going retail with a store in San Francisco. One thing’s for sure: David Porter, the new head of retail stores for Microsoft, sure has a daunting task ahead….
Microsoft's Promising New Mobile Store-y
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... . The technology blogosphere reacted to the store announcement with typical condescension, all too happy to remind Microsoft of its past failed attempt at retailing , and offering faint praise in the form of ...
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crunchgear.com 2/13/2009 —
I guess it had to happen: Microsoft is opening retail stores with the help of some guy named Dave Porter who used to work for Wal-Mart. Super synergy. I can see it now: these stores will be the exact polar opposite of the Apple Store - brightly ...
What do you want to see in Microsoft's retail stores?
arstechnica.com 2/13/2009 —
The rumor first started in April 2008 , and many were skeptical Microsoft was really planning to follow in Apple's footsteps and launch its own retail stores. In November , the company launched its online Microsoft Store in the US, and the ...
The next Microsoft and Apple battleground: Retail
venturebeat.com 2/18/2009 — This is set up almost too perfectly. We’re in the midst of the work economic downturn since the Great Depression, retail sales are plummeting, consumer spending is way down and so what does Microsoft want to do? Open retail stores . But ...
This is the Microsoft I want to see
venturebeat.com 3/2/2009 — People sometimes ask me why I dislike Microsoft. The answer is simple: I don’t — I’ve just been disappointed with much of what it has done in the past decade.
This disappointment stems from the 1990s, when I was a big fan of many Microsoft ...
Microsoft to open retail stores. Yeah, good luck with that
blogs.zdnet.com 2/13/2009 — Buried in a late-in-the-day press release announcing a new executive, Microsoft revealed plans to open branded retail stores as part of its effort to raise awareness surrounding Windows 7, Windows Mobile and Windows Live.
The time frame for opening ...
Jobs at Microsoft
microsoft-entertainment-jobs.com 2/24/2009 — Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Grow your career in Connected Entertainment Join our talent community Watch for future jobs Receive E&D updates Get invited to future events Music music Zune Musiwave Gaming gaming Xbox 360 Xbox Live XNA Games for ...
Microsoft: Once Again, We’re Not Making a Smartphone
blogs.wsj.com 2/5/2009 — In a familiar ritual, an analyst says Microsoft is preparing to launch a phone in the second half of the year. The response from a Microsoft spokesman: “Microsoft is not doing a phone.”
Killzone 2 for Sony PS3 Review —
I4U News 2/13/2009
Killzone 2 for the Sony PS3 is getting released on February 27th and is as reported currently the bestselling PS3 title on Amazon.com.
There are supposed to be already over 1 million pre-orders for Killzone 2 world-wide. Reason enough for Ars ...
Sony PSP reaches 50 million world-wide Sales Milestone —
I4U News 2/13/2009
Sony announced today that the PSP console cumulative worldwide sell-in units of PSP (PSP-1000, 2000 and 3000 series) reached a total of 50 million units.
The 50 million is a sell-in number, which I suppose means that Sony sold 50 million PSP into ...
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