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Yahoo is doing whatever they can to avoid a Microsoft takeover, but it is becoming obvious that they will have no choice but to fall prey to the Seattle giant, in large part because their other suitors - News Corp, Google, and AOL - could never exude the leverage that Microsoft could.  In truth,...

The RIM versus Apple battle is the current smartphone battlefield (unless Nokia can enter the fray), with Microsoft and Palm bowing out due to an inability to innovate and deliver products that capitalize on the shifting pro-sumer or business / consumer market.  Now that Apple is making a move...

Microsoft is in the middle of a tremendous browser battle.  Their share has been eroding, and the web masses are getting restless.  Internet Explorer 8 is an attempt to fight back Firefox and Safari, but it also appears to be a change in approach for Microsoft.

Google Gears delivers interactive applications that run offline to a place where these applications will certainly excel, on a mobile device.  However, the users most likely to use it, iPhone users, aren’t on the list and neither are Nokia users.  Are they just seeding for the Android launch?...

With the decreasing value of voice through both mobile and landline phones, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile are all entering into a price war that places a decreasing value on voice.  They are also adding data onto their plans, and services such as Sprint TV, in the hopes of getting consumers...

Yahoo is in a good and a bad position.  The good position is that they have multiple suitors already -- Microsoft, News Corp, and Google (in a way) -- and might get more, driving up the offer price.  The bad news is that they've already seen AOL go down the road of a failed merger with Time...

AT&T doesn't make a cent off of an unlocked Apple iPhone, but Apple makes a hefty profit.  Plus, they get distribution to untapped markets and can still claim that they tried to prevent it.  Apple is on a roll and will continue through the next iPhone release (provided it is not a bad...

Google's domain tasting policy makes sense, but, predictably, it addresses a very small concern.  Click fraud and a complete lack of transparency are more vital, though this lack of transparency also vaulted Google over Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft.  In the vein of openness (OpenSocial, Android,...

Garmin's Nuviphone entrant shows that the incumbent manufacturers and carriers are continuing to lose their stature, in the wake of the Apple's iPhone.  However, Garmin has neither the brand power nor the expertise to pull off an iPhone.  We won't be able to predict success until we have much...

Manufacturers, carriers, and analysts completely underestimated the willingness of consumers to access the Internet over mobile devices and are still nay-saying the iPhone.  They're wrong, and the numbers prove it.