Category Archives: Technology

Motorola Mobility continues its losing streak in synchronization war with Microsoft

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I spent a good part of 2012 helping Microsoft to defend a law suit in the UK High Court against Motorola Mobility. You’ll recall that Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in 2011 with the intention of exploiting the … Continue reading →

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Contemplating Yammer

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft’s $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer in June 2012 is now starting to get traction as the technology becomes more integrated with the rest of the Office suite. Officially described as an internal social network, Yammer is sometimes compared to … Continue reading →

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The dubious value of LinkedIn endorsements

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Allow me to pose a simple question: what value does anyone get from the endorsements lovingly gathered and displayed (with no little amount of pride) by LinkedIn? I ask myself this in light of some of the endorsements given to … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed blog digest October 2013

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Tony Redmond

October began with the Exchange Connections conference in Las Vegas and ended with some thoughts on whether to go to TechEd or MEC next year. In between, I contemplated some of the questions raised by attendees at Exchange Connections as … Continue reading →

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Initial experiences with the Nokia Lumia 1020

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Tony Redmond

As many of the gentle readers of this blog might know, I took the plunge into Windows Phone about two years ago when I changed over from my iPhone to use a Nokia Lumia 800. During that time not all … Continue reading →

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Windows 8.1 – an easy upgrade – except for VMware

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I’ve just upgraded my HP Envy 17 from Windows 8 Pro to Windows 8.1 Pro RTM and the early signs were that it was the easiest and fastest Windows upgrade that I can remember. Everything went extremely smoothly and nothing … Continue reading →

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Would a boycott influence Microsoft Learning?

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft Learning’s (MSL) recent decision to cancel the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) and Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) programs has spawned a fair amount of commentary and debate. Regretfully, in some cases the discussion barely scratches the surface, probably due to the unfamiliarity of … Continue reading →

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Microsoft CVP on the current state of Windows Phone and its competitors

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Terry Myerson, who previously ran the Exchange development group, is now the Microsoft Corporate Vice-President (CVP) for Windows Phone. He has always had strong opinions and it came as no surprise that Terry would voice some trenchant views when he was interviewed … Continue reading →

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Bricked Lumia returns, great joy all round

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Tony Redmond

My bricked Nokia Lumia 800 returned from maintenance on February 25, some 27 days after I left it in because the phone had decided that it did not want to turn on. Nokia made several attempts to fix the problem … Continue reading →

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Google flogging a dead horse with Motorola pager patent

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Tony Redmond

For those who follow patent matters, the spat between Google and Microsoft revolving around whether Exchange ActiveSync infringes a Motorola pager patent dating from August 1995 has moved on to Germany, where an associated case is being heard in Mannheim. … Continue reading →

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