Driving Lightning

Speaking of which, have people noticed that the Office 365 subscription tie doesn’t require Microsoft to pay Apple its 30% app revenue cut?

Prediction: Office for iPad won’t move the needle for either Apple or Microsoft. Mobile SW pricing will prevent it from being big $.

I think that Nadella’s rebranding of Microsoft Azure is also savvy; hard to maintain the Windows moniker when you support Linux VMs. #ygma

Kudos to Nadella for not bowing to the “Windows everywhere” sacred cow. Great to see a fresh approach.

Touch Microsoft Office is the first product I can remember it introducing that is native first on a platform other than Windows. #ygma

According to 451 Group’s M&A database, Facebook has spent more on M&A in 2014 than it did in the 49 acquisitions it did between 2010-2013.

According to announced values, Maker Studios will be Disney’s largest acquisition since it acquired Playdom in 2010. reuters.com/article/2014/0…

451 Group’s M&A Knowledgebase says that Disney’s acquisition of Maker Studios is only its 7th acquisition since 2010. reuters.com/article/2014/0…

This article about tech ageism rings true to me, but I’m biased: I co-founded my first startup in my 50s. newrepublic.com/article/117088…

Great day booting up a Raspberry pi computer. Who knew you could run a dedicated Linux R platform and Web server in your pocket for $35?