Collection of Articles about Microsoft

The Newsletter For Smart People. • 14 min read

🇨🇳 Wiser! #92: Social Media | TikTok | Crypto Regs | Brand Strategy For The Metaverse | Peloton's Crisis

Wiser! #92: TikTok's anti-China narrative. Biden's crypto consultations. Peloton's brand crisis. AWS v Microsoft cloud. Brand strategy in the Metaverse.…

Rick Huckstep • 23 Sep 2022

BigTech • 11 min read •

🧮 Newsletter #75: BigTech's BigNumbers | Elon's BigDebt | Twitter Rumbles On | Other Stuff

Wiser! #75: Elon Musk is borrowing big time against his Tesla stock to buy Twitter. He's skating on thin ice with that one and many doubt he'll still go through with it. Also, it's earnings week as the big tech stocks report for the quarter.…

Rick Huckstep • 30 Apr 2022

BigTech • 12 min read

BigTech's BigNumbers: Q1 2022 Earnings Roundup

Tech Stocks had enjoyed a 2 year ride since the Covid induced crash of March 2020. With a few notable exceptions, that's over for alot of the tech stocks. It's tough times ahead as I take a look at the round of quarterly earnings for BigTech's BigNumbers.…

Rick Huckstep • 29 Apr 2022

BigTech • 14 min read •

💪Newsletter #69: Ukraine: What BigTech Had to Say About It! | Facebook, Apple and The Lost $10 Billion

Wiser! #69: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has dominated the world's attention. The horrors of war on a European doorstep are too close to home. The question is: what has BigTech done about it? Can Social Media sit on the platform fence any longer?…

Rick Huckstep • 04 Mar 2022

The Newsletter For Smart People. • 9 min read •

🕵️‍♀️ Wiser! #61: Privacy v Surveillance Capitalism | Disaster for Facebook | BigTech Post BigNumbers

Wiser! #61: Apple are going one way and Facebook are going the other. It's a proxy for the Privacy v Surveillance Capitalism battle. Plus BigNumbers from BigTech and a host of snippets.…

Rick Huckstep • 05 Feb 2022

The Newsletter For Smart People. • 12 min read •

🎉 Happy Birthday Wiser!: BigTech's Political Lobbying | El Savador | Replika | Microsoft

Wiser! #58 - The Birthday Issue!: BigTech spent record amounts in 2021 on political lobbying and acquisitions. Meanwhile, El Salvador continues to buy the dip. Replika is an AI cure for loneliness and Microsoft's acquisition of Activision is all about the Metaverse.…

Rick Huckstep • 28 Jan 2022

Essays • 7 min read •

BigTech's Spending Spree on Lobbying and Buying Up The Competition

Wiser! Essay: BigTech spent record amounts on lobbying and buying up its competition in 2021. Meanwhile, the FTC charged with regulating the Tech Economy has a limited budget and a mountain to climb.…

Rick Huckstep • 27 Jan 2022

The Newsletter For Smart People. • 11 min read •

🕵️‍♀️ Wiser! #57: Google/Facebook Collusion | Dark Side of Roblox | Encryption | Microsoft's Mega Deal

Wiser! #57: Unsealed papers in the US anti-trust against Google has revealed the extent of the collusion with Facebook. Plus: how much does Roblox exploit kids? UK Gov spending half a million on public opinion over E2EE and Microsoft's acquisition of Activision.…

Rick Huckstep • 22 Jan 2022

The Newsletter For Smart People. • 13 min read •

😵 Deepfakes in the Metaverse | Substack | NFTs | Nigeria's CBDC | Xbox

Wiser! #46: deepfakes in the Metaverse; Substack lose the plot, Tarantino sued over NFTs; Nigeria launch CBDC and Xbox hits 20.…

Rick Huckstep • 19 Nov 2021

The Newsletter For Smart People. • 9 min read •

🥽 Microsoft enters the Metaverse | Facebook's Facial Recognition | Pinterest and Your Attention

Wiser! #43: Microsoft takes on Facebook head to head in the metaverse virtual workspace; Pinterest moves for your attention, and Facebook turns off facial recognition (for now).…

Rick Huckstep • 05 Nov 2021

Essays • 3 min read •

Linkedin shuts down in China

Wiser! Essay: Microsoft have announced plans to shutdown Linkedin in China, the last of the Western social media platforms running in China.…

Rick Huckstep • 21 Oct 2021

The Newsletter For Smart People. • 12 min read •

🚀James T Kirk Goes Where Others Have Gone Before | BigTaxes for BigTech | TikTok go Shopping | Facebook

Wiser! #40: James T Kirk goes into space; BigTech are about to get Big Taxes; TikTok pushes into e-Commerce as Amazon shuts down China; and Facebook's woeful damage limitation.…

Rick Huckstep • 15 Oct 2021