Fixed WiMAX – Last-mile broadband

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author Today belongs to CDMA-based wireless technologies. These technologies will continue to dominate the wireless market at least until 2012, beyond which they will slowly be phased out by 4G technologies based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). OFDMA is a multi-user version of OFDM systems that transmit data by

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Web 3.0 & MSN (Part 5)

Conclusion Microsoft has been reorganizing and rebranding its online properties. The Company has rebranded MSN Messenger and Hotmail as Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Hotmail. Microsoft is working on improving the underlying technology behind MSN and introducing new features but all this is yet to trickle down to the bottomline. There are rumors of

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Web 3.0 & MSN (Part 4)

Acquisition Strategy Microsoft acquired Medstory and aQuantive this year. Actually both were very good acquisitions. Online Health is a large segment with 31% of the total U.S. Internet users or 55.3 million U.S. Internet audience visiting health information sites each month during the first quarter of 2007. Buying aQuantive was a shrewd move. With the

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eBay vs. Amazon: Which is a Better Company?

Holiday shopping is on everyone’s mind. All e-commerce players stand to gain. Here are 4 charts that compare eBay and Amazon’s performance. I would like you to take a look at them and provide your comments on which one is a better company, and why.

Web 3.0 & MSN (Part 3)

Web 3.0 Framework discussion Below is a quick overview of the Web 3.0 framework for the MSN sites. We have not gone into the details of all the properties, but you can review the Web 3.0 section of this site for detailed discussions on some of the vertical categories. Context MSN Astrology provides horoscopes and

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Web 3.0 & MSN (Part 2)

Vertical Strategy MSN (an abbreviation of Microsoft Network) is a collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft. MSN provides a range of Internet services and it services have changed significantly since its release. We will take a look at the Company’s various online businesses below, with a special emphasis on its verticals. Horizontal Search MSN

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Marvell: Intel Deal Intelligent?

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author Marvell (MRVL) is a Santa Clara based semiconductor company with a wide footprint ranging from storage, communications and consumer products. It was started in 1995 by Sehat Sutardja, his wife Weili Dai and his brother Pantas Sutardja. iPhone fans will know this company as the provider of its Wi-Fi capabilities.

Web 3.0 & MSN (Part 1)

Introduction MSN is the all in one Internet portal of Microsoft. The Company has divided its core business into three divisions – Platform products and services division, Business division and Entertainment and Devices Division. The online services group comes under the first division. Microsoft, through MSN, has significant presence in the online business and owns

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