For a full and complete analysis of how far Nokia have floated up the creek without any propulsion, Tomi Ahonen is as comprehensive as ever in his figures, predictions, and critical analysis of Microsoft and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. But I think I may have spotted a big opportunity for a core of growth for Nokia, and it’s all based around Windows Phone 7 and their relationship with Microsoft. Here’s where Nokia, Microsoft and Windows Phone 7 could nail it: Microsoft posted record quarter profits for Q4 last year, and record annual profits of $69.94 billion. MORE >>

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A week after Google VP of Engineering Andy Rubin said that mobile doesn’t need another operating system , Microsoft responded with what analysts believe can be a long-term game-changer. Microsoft has a market share of only 5 percent in the global smartphone market, according to research firm Gartner, compared with 9 percent a year ago. They (Microsoft) are not going to change their position today or in the next month,&# Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at research firm Gartner, told Reuters. And that was in 2005!) What will all this do to global handset market share? MORE >>

The ‘Microsoft Muppet’ —as Tomi calls him —  has destroyed Nokia’s value and threatens its future. And finally, a mention goes to this post from Six Revisions that came in via a cross-post from [link] The post, written by web designer/ web developer Arley McBlain, asks if Microsoft’s increasing position in mobile could spark a Browser War and increased fragmentation. Our ‘founding fathers’ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino started the COM in 2005 as a platform for ideas, insights and a way to ensure that the tide of mobile transformation lifts all boats. MORE >>

Technology leaders like Microsoft, IBM and Cisco had hundreds or thousands of employees blogging as early as 2005 and those same companies are now expanding their footprint into social networks like Facebook, YouTube and, overwhelmingly, Twitter. Microsoft used a video program called Channel 9 to show its human side to a market that saw it as a closed and secretive company. Here is a draft of the first chapter of Social Marketing to the Business Customer by Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman. Your feedback is welcome. In 2008, about 100 people visited the site every day. MORE >>