… Pricing is getting harder for people to keep up with. And core experiences like search, discovery, social, and personalization still feel too fragmented. Developers and publishers are asking for more, too: better tools, better insights, and a platform that helps them grow faster. …
… In a memo to Xbox employees, seen by The Verge, Sharma says that Palmer will work “directly with me on our most complex product and engineering problems, with a focus on developer tooling, taste, and infrastructure.” Tim Allen, former Microsoft CoreAI VP of design and GitHub’s senior VP of design a… …
… I’m not surprised Microsoft is giving up on this particular niche product, but I do miss the times when Surface used to do truly innovative hardware. Microsoft developer brings a macOS favorite feature to Windows. …
… Surface fans are now 3D‑printing the hardware Microsoft won’t build. …
… It also makes plenty of Surface hardware and has a whole slew of gaming products, including the Xbox Series X. But the company is ever expanding — building new hardware, acquiring new game studios, and making sure that even if Microsoft doesn’t run your phone, it can touch plenty of the apps on it. …
… We track developments, both of Bezos and Amazon, its growth as a video producer, the popular Prime service, as well as its own hardware, which includes the Amazon Kindle e-reader, Amazon Kindle Fire tablets, and Amazon Fire TV streaming boxes. …
… Xbox will now be judged on daily active players and the priorities of hardware, content, experience, and services. …
… There are also hardware and services businesses, but for our purposes, they are negligible. …